It’s easy to get swept up in the next best thing. Don’t overlook the power of what already works: email newsletters, intranets, apps, and surveys. These legacy tools and systems remain the backbone of internal communications, especially when paired with modern tools and eco-friendly digital billboards. In this panel, internal communicators serving all kinds of workers (deskless, hybrid, distributed and remote) will discuss how they blend old-school consistency with modern accessibility. Explore:
- Newsletters and Weekly Updates: How to highlight the humans to boost readership—plus how to personalize updates based on role, location or department, making every word count.
- Manager Stand-Up Toolkits: Factory or retail workers depend on daily or weekly huddles ahead of shifts, and comms can help with printed talking points, visuals, and FAQs to support verbal delivery.
- Designing Intranets for Daily Use: How to add interactivity, employee-generated content, peer recognition and more to create community.
- What’s New with AI: Adding sentiment scores into newsletters, intranets and survey results—plus, how AI can transform your town halls with automatic translation and virtual avatars.
- QR Codes, Digital Signage and Paper: How breakroom TVs, time clock kiosks, and yes, paper flyers can drive critical information—plus how to track readership of each.
- App Integrations and Texts: How to set up high-priority SMS alerts for breaking and urgent updates, like weather events or shift changes.
