Effective Communication in the Workplace

Best Practices

• 🤹🏻 Top 10 Skills to Succeed in Internal Communications
• 🎤 Hosting Epic All Hands
• 🏠 A Home for Content: Intranet Guide
• 📰 Nine Steps to Employee Newsletter Success
• 📅 Editorial Calendar Guide
• 🍊Inventing an Internal Brand Mascot
• 🐶 Howl-i-day Pet Show Planning Guide
• 🎆 Holiday Celebration Guide
• 🎺 Developing Operating Values at Mozilla
• ⚡Hosting Welcoming Virtual Events
• 📇 Cards for Colleagues
• 👑 Make Meetings Matter
• 🚀 Launching an Internal Communications Function
• 💛 Creating Your Caring List
• ❓ Advice for Managers
• 🎼 Communicating Change like an Orchestra Conductor
• 🎡 9 Ideas for Fostering Inclusive Hybrid Team Retreats
• 🖋️ Learn to Write for an Executive: 8 Best Practices
• 🚀 Why the Ways We Work Together Matter: 10 Steps to Align, Share and Succeed as a Team
• 📅 How to Start Writing Your 2023 Annual Report Today

Book Reports and Learnings

• ✨ The Ride of a Lifetime: Lessons Learned from 15 Years as CEO of the Walt Disney Company by Robert Iger
• 😂 Why Being Funny Should be a Requirement for Internal Communications
• 📖 Take a Storytelling Approach to Internal Communications
• 📚 The Power of Ritual: Finding Meaning and Connection with 6 Modern Traditions
• 🪙 What Philanthropy Taught Me About Executive and Internal Communications
• 🍜11 Food-Focused Ideas for Fueling Internal Communications and Culture
• 🎧 7 Inspiring Podcasts for Internal Communications
• 📚 Learning and Development Strategies
• 🇺🇦 Ukraine: A Special Edition
• ☎️ Meeting My Muse: A Switchboard Operator’s Story
• 🎩 What Magicians can teach us about Internal Communications
• ☂️ If Mary Poppins was your Chief Culture Officer
• ⛵ Set Sail on a Summer of Learning: Podcast, Books, and more
• ⛅ What Sesame Street Teaches us about Internal Communications and Careers
• 📅 Celebrate World Emoji Day: 🪄Magic Wand or 🔮 Crystal Ball
• 🍔 What The Museum of Failure Can Teach Internal Communicators
• ❤️ The Kindness at Work Honor Roll: 21 inspiring stories of empathy
• 📸 What Creators Can Teach us About Communicating at Work
• 🔮 The Future of Communications: Predictions for 2023 and beyond
• 📺 What We Can Learn from Wednesday, Acapulco and Ted Lasso
• 🎭 10 Employee Club Ideas to Start with Zero Budget

By Industry

Coaching, Consulting and Future of Work

• ⭐ Mansi Goel: Executive Coach at Mansi Goel Coaching & Facilitation
• 📣 Christine Tao: Co-founder and CEO at Sounding Board
• 📖 Toby Frankenstein: Head of Storytelling at CRC
• 🫖 Rachel Miller: Director, All Things IC
• 📥 Jessica Thrasher: Vice President - Products and Services, SNP Communications
• 📈 Tracey Pavlishin: Senior Director, Head of Americas Marketing and Global Internal Communications + Alumni Engagement - Kearney
• 🌲 Netta Conyers-Haynes: VP, Communications at Sequoia Consulting Group
• 📣 Liz Soltoff: Consultant
• 🎙️Arlene Amitirigala: Global Corporate Communications Leader
• 🚦Becky Graebe: Senior Director, Communication Expert at Dynamic Signal
• 🍞 Ken Shuman: Founder of InterConnected Strategies and Interim VP of Communications at Misfits Market
• 🦪 Rhys Black: Head of Workplace Design at Oyster
• 🧃Brie Wolfson: Recipe Development at The Kool-Aid Factory and Author of Founder Fodder
• 💻 Helen Kupp: Senior Director and co-founder of Future Forum at Slack | co-author of "How The Future Works"
• 💡Lars Schmidt: Founder of Amplify, Author and Podcaster
• 🛬 Julie Inouye: Communications and Marketing Executive and Advisor

Education

• 🧰 Adrian J. Hopkins: Director, Internal Communications at General Assembly
• 🚀 Adrian Lai: Chief of Staff and Head of Operations at Wonderschool
• 🏫 Patrick Holmes: Director of Internal Communications at University of California, Berkeley
• ✏️ Christopher Pearsall: Vice President, Brand & Communications at DonorsChoose
• 🌞 Sherrie Westin: President of Sesame Workshop

Hospitality, Food and Sports

• 🛫 Gina Laughlin: Managing Director – Employee Communications at Delta
• 🛒 Cynthia Horiguchi: Senior Director of Communications at Instacart
• 🌮 Jerilan Greene: Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc. and Chairman and CEO, Yum! Foundation
• 🚲 Caitlin Landsman: Senior Manager, Internal Communications at Peloton Interactive
• 🍽️ Samantha Hillstrom: Head of Internal Communications and Employee Engagement, Blue Apron
• ☕ Miki Levine: Retail Divisions Communications Manager at Peet's Coffee
• 🥫 Laura Colantuono: Head of Internal Communications, International at The Kraft Heinz Company
• 🍞 Ken Shuman: Founder of InterConnected Strategies and Interim VP of Communications at Misfits Market
• 🕯️Roseli Ilano: Head of Community at Eventbrite
• 🧁 Candace Nelson: Founder, Sprinkles and Pizzana | Author, Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe to Turn your Passion into Profit

Agencies and Media

• 📺 Brianna Barker: Senior Director, Employee Communications at PBS
• 📰 Megan Dold: Head of Corporate and Internal Communications, Financial Times
• 💫 Jared Taylor: Vice President, Employee Experience at Edelman
• 🧪 Chase Warner: Director of Internal Communications at Real Chemistry
• 🌏 Beth Furtwangler: Internal Communications Director at National Geographic Partners
• 🌈 Soon Mee Kim: Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer at Omnicom Public Relations Group

Tech

• 📋 Roberta (Bertie) Thomson: Chief Communications and Creative Officer, Notion
• 🛒 Leslie Letts: Global Director, Internal Communications & Community Engagement for Worldwide Operations at Amazon
• 🌱 Tracy Van Grack: Chief Communications Officer at Revolution
• 🔎 Lisa Chen: Head of Internal Communications, People Operations, Google
• 💼 Laura McCafferty: Vice President, Global Employee Communications at Indeed
• 🗺️ Holly Nicola: Head of Internal Communications and Employee Engagement at Mapbox
• 🎞️ Emily Singer Mandel: Senior Director, Global Communications and Public Affairs at Google
• 🔖 Sean Langston, Jr.: Internal Communications, Reddit
• 📦 Elizabeth Rasberry: Internal Communications Leader at ABB
• 🪁 Jesse Bianco-Lane: Head of Internal Communications at Webflow
• 📝 Cath Anderson: Head of Communications, Cityblock Health
• 🎨 Laney Erokan: Director, Internal Communications & Employer Branding at Patreon
• 📣 Hannah O'Brien: Head Of Internal Communications at Culture Amp
• 🎥 Butler Rondeno: Director, Executive and Internal Communications at Salesforce
• 🔎 Laura Hunter: Senior Director, Executive Communications at Pure Storage
• 🥁 Lindsey Sanford: Chief of Staff, People Team
• 🔗 Lisa Mudge: Senior Director, Employee Communications at LinkedIn
• 🎫 Camilla Boyer: Head of Internal Communications and Culture at Hopin
• 📘 Danyelle Pollock: Internal Communications, Amazon
• 🏦 Luiz Whitney: Head of Internal Communications & Employer Brand at Pagaya
• 📁 Megan Stack: Head of Global Content and Culture, Internal Communications at Dropbox
• 💡Danielle Boris: Founder & CEO at Sandbox
• 🎥 Emily Busse: Director of Communications at Loom
• 🏦 Phillip Hales: Senior Director, Internal Communications at Stash
• 🧱 Nathan Fisher: Director of Internal Communications at Databricks
• ✅ Jacob Bank: CEO and Founder, Relay
• 🏰 Q Hamirani: Global Head of Live and Work Anywhere, Airbnb Global Head of Live and Work Anywhere, Airbnb

Public Service, Philanthropy and Health

• 📱Mona Nabil: Regional Internal Communications Officer at World Food Programme RBC
• 🏦 Sara Glick: Senior Director, Internal Communications and Engagement - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• 🌳 Cheryl Magat: Director, Internal Communications - The Trust for Public Land
• ⛴️ Lise Harwin: Employee Communications Manager, Port of Portland & Portland International Airport
• 🏥 Elisabeth Wang: Executive Director of Brand Building and Communications for Piedmont Healthcare
• 🏙️ Janelle S. Kpeli: Director of Internal Communications at Cityblock Health
• 📺 Michelle Lyons Dandridge: Senior Director, Enterprise Communications and Colleague Engagement at Pfizer

Financial Services, Real Estate and Retail

• 🌐 Joe Cohen: Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, AXIS
• 🚪Allison King: Senior Director of Internal Communications & Editor in Chief at California Closets
• 👗 Tiffin Jernstedt: Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer at Neiman Marcus Group
• 🏢 Nicole Neal: Director, Global Employee Communications at Cushman & Wakefield
• 🎙️ Mita Mallick: Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta | Co-Founder, Brown Table Talk podcast

By Role

C-Suite

• 📋 Roberta (Bertie) Thomson: Chief Communications and Creative Officer, Notion
• 🌮 Jerilan Greene: Chief Communications and Public Affairs Officer, Yum! Brands, Inc. and Chairman and CEO, Yum! Foundation
• 👗 Tiffin Jernstedt: Senior Vice President, Chief Communications Officer at Neiman Marcus Group
• 🌐 Joe Cohen: Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, AXIS
• 🌱 Tracy Van Grack: Chief Communications Officer at Revolution
• 🌞 Sherrie Westin: President of Sesame Workshop

Chief of Staff

• 🚀 Adrian Lai: Chief of Staff and Head of Operations at Wonderschool
• 🥁 Lindsey Sanford: Chief of Staff, People Team

DEI

• 🌈 Soon Mee Kim: Global Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Officer at Omnicom Public Relations Group
• 🎙️ Mita Mallick: Head of Inclusion, Equity and Impact at Carta | Co-Founder, Brown Table Talk podcast

Founders

• 🧁 Candace Nelson: Founder, Sprinkles and Pizzana | Author, Sweet Success: A Simple Recipe to Turn your Passion into Profit
• 🧃Brie Wolfson: Recipe Development at The Kool-Aid Factory and Author of Founder Fodder
• 💡Danielle Boris: Founder & CEO at Sandbox
• ✅ Jacob Bank: CEO and Founder, Relay

Communications, Brand and Marketing

• 📝 Cath Anderson: Head of Communications, Cityblock Health
• 🛒 Cynthia Horiguchi: Senior Director of Communications at Instacart
• 🌲 Netta Conyers-Haynes: VP, Communications at Sequoia Consulting Group
• 🏥 Elisabeth Wang: Executive Director of Brand Building and Communications for Piedmont Healthcare
• 🍞 Ken Shuman: Founder of InterConnected Strategies and Interim VP of Communications at Misfits Market
• 🎥 Emily Busse: Director of Communications at Loom
• ✏️ Christopher Pearsall: Vice President, Brand & Communications at DonorsChoose
• 🛬 Julie Inouye: Communications and Marketing Executive and Advisor

Executive Communications

• 🔎 Laura Hunter: Senior Director, Executive Communications at Pure Storage
• 📘 Morgan Baden: Head of Executive Communications at Acumen | Author 📚
• 📺 Christine Alabastro: Executive Communications Professional
• 📥 Jessica Thrasher: Vice President - Products and Services, SNP Communications
• 🎞️ Emily Singer Mandel: Senior Director, Global Communications and Public Affairs at Google

Executive Coaching

• ⭐ Mansi Goel: Executive Coach at Mansi Goel Coaching & Facilitation
• 📣 Christine Tao: Co-founder and CEO at Sounding Board

Remote and Future of Work

• 🦪 Rhys Black: Head of Workplace Design at Oyster
• 💻 Helen Kupp: Senior Director and co-founder of Future Forum at Slack | co-author of "How The Future Works"
• 🏰 Q Hamirani: Global Head of Live and Work Anywhere, Airbnb

Community

• 🕯️Roseli Ilano: Head of Community at Eventbrite

Internal Communications

• 🔗 Lisa Mudge: Senior Director, Employee Communications at LinkedIn
• 🛒 Leslie Letts: Global Director, Internal Communications & Community Engagement for Worldwide Operations at Amazon
• 🔎 Lisa Chen: Head of Internal Communications, People Operations, Google
• 💼 Laura McCafferty: Vice President, Global Employee Communications at Indeed
• 🏢 Nicole Neal: Director, Global Employee Communications at Cushman & Wakefield
• 🪁 Jesse Bianco-Lane: Head of Internal Communications at Webflow
• 🚪Allison King: Senior Director of Internal Communications & Editor in Chief at California Closets
• 🔖 Sean Langston, Jr.: Internal Communications, Reddit
• 🎨 Laney Erokan: Director, Internal Communications & Employer Branding at Patreon
• 📣 Hannah O'Brien: Head Of Internal Communications at Culture Amp
• 📱Mona Nabil: Regional Internal Communications Officer at World Food Programme RBC
• 🎥 Butler Rondeno: Director, Executive and Internal Communications at Salesforce
• 📰 Megan Dold: Head of Corporate and Internal Communications, Financial TimesExecutive Communications
• 🎥 Butler Rondeno: Director, Executive and Internal Communications at Salesforce
• 🧪 Chase Warner: Director of Internal Communications at Real Chemistry
• 🏦 Sara Glick: Senior Director, Internal Communications and Engagement - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• 🚲 Caitlin Landsman: Senior Manager, Internal Communications at Peloton Interactive
• ☕ Miki Levine: Retail Divisions Communications Manager at Peet's Coffee
• 🍽️ Samantha Hillstrom: Head of Internal Communications and Employee Engagement, Blue Apron
• 🌳 Cheryl Magat: Director, Internal Communications - The Trust for Public Land
• 🫖 Rachel Miller: Director, All Things IC
• 🏫 Patrick Holmes: Director of Internal Communications at University of California, Berkeley
• 🌏 Beth Furtwangler: Internal Communications Director at National Geographic Partners
• 📈 Tracey Pavlishin: Senior Director, Head of Americas Marketing and Global Internal Communications + Alumni Engagement - Kearney
• 📘 Danyelle Pollock: Internal Communications, Amazon
• 🏦 Luiz Whitney: Head of Internal Communications & Employer Brand at Pagaya
• 📁 Megan Stack: Head of Global Content and Culture, Internal Communications at Dropbox
• 🥫 Laura Colantuono: Head of Internal Communications, International at The Kraft Heinz Company
• 🏙️ Janelle S. Kpeli: Director of Internal Communications at Cityblock Health
• 🏦 Phillip Hales: Senior Director, Internal Communications at Stash
• 🧱 Nathan Fisher: Director of Internal Communications at Databricks
• 📺 Michelle Lyons Dandridge: Senior Director, Enterprise Communications and Colleague Engagement at Pfizer

Employee Engagement, Culture and Branding

• 💡Lars Schmidt: Founder of Amplify, Author and Podcaster
• 💫 Surbhi Ugra: Head of Employee Experience Excellence at Unilever
• 🗺️ Holly Nicola: Head of Internal Communications and Employee Engagement at Mapbox
• 🏦 Sara Glick: Senior Director, Internal Communications and Engagement - U.S. Chamber of Commerce
• 🍽️ Samantha Hillstrom: Head of Internal Communications and Employee Engagement, Blue Apron
• 💫 Jared Taylor: Vice President, Employee Experience at Edelman
• 🎫 Camilla Boyer: Head of Internal Communications and Culture at Hopin
• 🎨 Positively Present's Inspiring Illustrations: Q&A with Artist and Author Dani DiPirro
• 🎙️Arlene Amitirigala: Global Corporate Communications Leader
• 🦊 Diane Tate: Internal Communications and Employer Branding at Mozilla