Democracy is a great thing, except in the workplace. But that’s changing in co’s like IBM.

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8 Tips For Finding and Maintaining Your Motivation as a Writer. Reward yourself when you finish.

Designing a Smarter Workplace: Blend Online and Offline Work. Use “jelly bean” tech for better collaboration.

Bots In The Modern Workplace. They’re sure to make life much easier for the average enterprise worker.

How best to use video in your business. Do it yourself. And attend Make Internal Videos that People Actually Watch.

5 Reasons Organizations Should Digitize Their Crisis Communications Plans. Increase accessibility, coordination.

Social Media News: Millennial Marketing.  Millennials use social media nearly 40% more than WOM marketing.

How Telus boosted employee engagement with help from a video game. Employees play Ignite Speed Skating.

The office of the future comes with collaboration, coffee and dogs. It’s all about the anti-corporate experience.

A lesson in cross-cultural communication. Marketers and communicators must spend serious time in the communities they engage with.

Do People Have A Place in Digital Workplaces? Yes or else.

10 things I learned working for @Jason. Great list and insights.

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What’s a customer alignment week, and should you host one?

When Vermeer Corporation, a global industrial and agricultural equipment manufacturer, underwent a major brand initiative to align itself with the changing global marketplace, the company knew there was work to be done to get 3,000 team members, 600+ dealers and countless suppliers around the world on board to protect the promise being made to customers.

Vermeer pulled out all the stops when it branded from the inside out to connect team members to its customers and the new brand.

In this session, you’ll hear from Vermeer’s director of communication and learn how Vermeer:

• Simultaneously launched the brand across the world through Customer Alignment Week
• Connected the external customer brand to the internal culture to increase authenticity
• Created a culture where everyone can be a storyteller
• Evolved existing and introduced new internal and external communication channels, while revamping their editorial content process to align with the new brand.

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Webinar July 13 at 1-2:15 PM Eastern

In this session, hear from Vermeer’s director of communication on how the company rallied their team members around the brand and how they’ve sustained it since.