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Jan 23 is the deadline to enter the Gold Quill Awards.
Here is a helpful D&I calendar for 2022. Use it proactively to come up with stories that support D&I and business goals.
A Wake-Up Call
More than 75% of employees surveyed know and believe in their company’s values yet it turns out, 39% of respondents say their company’s values don’t reflect their values.
That gap is costly to both employees and employers and the message is clear: It’s time to value your employees’ values.
Read the report (Integral Communications).
You Got This
Aniisu K. Verghese interviews Dr. Edna Ayme-Yahil, the head of Communications, Brand, and Sustainability at SITA, a provider of technology solutions to the travel industry. They discuss:
how to intentionally make internal communications your career;
what you can do to pace your progress;
the ways you can add value to the business as an internal communicator.
Aniisu is featured on Mister Editorial’s 13 Internal Comms Blogs That Are Actually Worth Your Time.
It’s a Deal
On January 18 Microsoft announced an all-cash acquisition of video game developer Activision Blizzard. At $68.7 billion it’s the biggest cash deal ever in the tech industry.
Activision’s stock and reputation has taken a beating in recent months because of concerns over sexual misconduct at the company, which you can read more about on Mister Editorial here.
Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer and Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella both sent emails to all employees about the deal. Neither memo addresses the history of sexual misconduct at Activision. Curiously, Mr. Spencer asks employees to “refresh” themselves on the company’s social media policy.
Read the memos (Mister Editorial).
This and That
Latino groups want to do away with "Latinx" (Axios)
Meet Laney Erokan, director of Internal Communications & Employer Branding at Patreon (The Switchboard)
General Motors is revamping its communications team with several promotions and the addition of 20 comms positions as it plugs into an electric future (PR Week)
How HR can tailor internal comms for a more engaged workforce (HR News)
A/B Testing As a Way to Increase Engagement … and Inventiveness (Mister Editorial)
It’s a Word
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Disclaimer: Besides running Mister Editorial, I work in employee comms at Splunk. The views in this newsletter are my own.