Posts By: K. Barker

5 Simple and Important Communication Principles

5 Simple and Important Communication Principles

In a noisy world that has become the norm, it is more and more difficult to have our organizations’ messages heard above all the racket. Some organizations are succeeding, while others hope that they’ll see some results when their messages “go viral.” Many organizations are adopting the latest–and seemingly greatest–technology for broadcasting their messages–resulting in a… Read more

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 11 February 2019

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 11 February 2019

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: Why positive bottom-line financial results are possible for purpose-driven business, HR is starting to pay attention to content marketing for recruitment, and how mind-wandering can boost your creativity.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 28 January 2019

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 28 January 2019

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: Why it’s good business practice to write stuff down, the problems with measuring the effectiveness of video content marketing and the growing movement towards purpose-driven business.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 7 January 2019

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 7 January 2019

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: Building brand ambassadors from within your employee base, great leadership qualities for today’s successful organization and basics for marketing with video.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 31 December 2018

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 31 December 2018

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: Tangible examples of companies making business decisions based on purpose and conscious capitalism, which comes first – employee engagement or business success and writing tips from a prolific fiction writer of our time.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 17 December 2018

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 17 December 2018

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: Reading fiction broadens your perspective, four priorities for a successful digital strategy, and why trust in organizations is at an all-time low and what organizations, of all kinds, can do about it.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 14 May 2018

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 14 May 2018

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: CEO activism: how to make it work for your organization, more great books for your reading list and communicating results from corporate social responsibility programs.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 30 April 2018

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 30 April 2018

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: Another article on the benefits of reading, a review of Edelman’s Digital Trends report for 2018, reasons for choosing face-to-face communication over all other forms, the key to creativity and how to create high-quality, high-performing content.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 2 April 2018

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 2 April 2018

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: How to avoid a PR disaster, why a brand plan is more important than your business plan, the value of quality over quantity in content marketing, the use of video in your marketing mix and content curation versus content aggregation.

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 19 February 2018

Positive Comms +Plus for Week of 19 February 2018

Interesting or inspiring articles (perhaps a bit of both)… | This week: Straight-forward tips for communication audits, trends in content marketing for 2018, content marketing for B2B organizations, staying on top of industry trends and research around the competencies and strategies needed to build a modern communications shop.