July Storyboard is now out, featuring video, the ‘Streisand Effect’ and BYOD
The July issue of Storyboard is now available and we are sharing some great internal communication stories. This month one of our Editors, Claire Thurlow, discussed the benefits of using video to...
View ArticleGetting headspace, leaving work early and an angelic approach to sustainability
A few of our favourite Internal Communication stories to think about for the week ahead: Get some Headspace from Simply Comms An app designed to help employees deal with stress by encouraging...
View ArticleAQ Magazine – August 2013 issue!
Our 10th issue of AQ can be found on the iPad (just search Aspic AQ) and online here. AQ is a free digital magazine for everyone in the internal communication world which has currently been shortlisted...
View ArticleAspic Breakfast Seminar: Trust me, I’m a Communicator
Join us on 27th September, 9-11am for our next Aspic breakfast seminar – ‘the trusted advisor: from messenger to influencer’. To book your place please click here. The role of the internal communicator...
View ArticleStoryboard August 2013
Our August 2013 issue of Storyboard was sent out in the third week of August. We had a great mix of stories, from holograms and augumented realities to discussing dealing with mental health in the...
View ArticleKeep Calm and Carry on Communicating
When it comes to a crisis, internal communications often takes the biggest hit. In the rush to fix the problem, identify the financial implications and address the reputational damage, organisations...
View ArticleHow Internal Comms pros use social media survey with Rachel Miller
Rachel Miller from All Things IC will be surveying Internal Communication pros about how they use social media from the start of October 2013. Last year, Rachel ran the same survey, for which Sequel...
View ArticleUpwardly Mobile
Adopting mobile – and by mobile we mean portable so tablets too – technology is an exciting and fast developing way to expand internal communications, making your content more accessible for your...
View ArticleSequel wins in the IoIC Awards 2013!
Last Friday Sequel Group came away from this year’s IoIC awards with two Awards, in the Mobile and best News Magazine (up to four issues a year) categories and seven Awards of Excellence! The best News...
View ArticleStoryboard – October 2013 issue
The October 2013 issue of our monthly Storyboard newsletter was sent this week covering a great range of internal communications topics. Sequel took a look at ways to sell an ESN into your own company;...
View ArticleThe Blurred Lines between Internal and External Communications
The difference between internal and external communications: While internal communication takes place between staff within an organisation, external communication occurs between those within the...
View ArticleSequel Group acquires video production company – Take 3
We are very excited to announce that Sequel Group has acquired leading video production experts Take 3! The deal reflects the growing demand for video within the internal communication space; Sequel...
View ArticleThe Big Yak 2014
Last Saturday, this year’s The Big Yak took place in eBay’s offices in Richmond, London. If you haven’t heard of The Big Yak, it is a yearly unconference (meaning the attendees not the organisers set...
View ArticleWinners of our corporate bingo competition
At the recent ‘The Big Yak’ event, run by The IC Crowd, we started a competition asking communicators to tweet their corporate buzzwords and phrases to Sequel Group. We had already identified a few of...
View ArticleThe inbox black hole – can social media offer a solution?
Email is arguably the communication tool we use most in the workplace, but it’s also the number-one productivity killer. If your daily work goal is to whittle down your email inbox to the magic zero,...
View ArticleSequel wins nine awards of excellence from the IoIC Awards 2014!
We were excited by the news that Sequel has won nine awards of excellence in the Institute of Internal Communication Awards 2014 and are already looking forward to the announcing of the winners and...
View ArticleA few facts about visual communication
As we discussed in our Spring 2014 issue of AQ magazine, communicators have seen a shift over the years in how their audiences wish to receive their messages. We have become used to receiving...
View ArticleGame over? The role of gamification in today’s internal comms
Written by Claire Thurlow, Editor with Sequel. What a difference a year makes. Twelve months ago Chris and Gwynnie were still consciously coupled, Luis Suarez had only bitten a couple of people and the...
View ArticleIt’s all a juggling act
In our Summer 2014 issue of AQ magazine we asked our very own Caroline Barrett, Associate Director – Client Services at Sequel Group, to give us her thoughts on the best way to manage client...
View ArticleHigh impact visual communication – Friday 19th September
They say a picture is worth a thousand words and stats show that visuals are processed 60,000 times quicker than text, so how can you be more creative and visual with your internal communications? In...
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