CORPORATE COMMUNICATIONS
Corporate Communications: Our goal
To make our city, organization, and all our bosses, look as good as we possibly can To increase awareness of City programs, services, attributes and differentiators in order to further the Citys goals and objectives We do this by delivering, integrated, targeted communications to key stakeholders
Corporate Communications
Identify major communications issues/opportunities to be tackled in order for the City to realize its goals as stated in its mission, vision and strategic priorities
(i.e. take every opportunity to reinforce our key priorities)
Corporate Communications: What do we do?
Media Relations Issues Management
Internal (Employee) Communications
Crisis Communications (planning) Translation Collateral Development (brochures, ads, signs, Resurgo etc.,) moncton.ca Manage the corporate brand Communications Plans (for specific initiatives) Strategic Advisors Presentations Handle complaints, communicate with our stakeholders Event coordination and management
Corporate Communications: Issues Management
Corporate Communications communicates council directives and decisions Proactivewe try to identify issues before they become ISSUES
Reactiveis the reality. Process/toolkit in place.
Sometimes its messy. Thats democracy.
Two-way communication: listen as well as disseminate messages
Corporate Communications: Two-way communication
Two-way communication: listen as well as disseminate messages Identify ways to listen to key audiences as well as developing messages for them (consultative process) Identify ways to establish, maintain, and develop good relationships with those publics
Find benefit based communication
Develop an effective public consultation process--enhance number of meaningful opportunities available for public input, participation and influence in decision-making process on major directions taken by the City
Corporate Communications: Employee Communications
Always start from the inside out
Goal: To ensure that employees never find out major organizational news from media
Improve employee engagement and alignment
Drive clear and consistent messaging through all communications
Communicate mission, vision and values
Strengthen and reinforce brand
Organizations deliver their brand through their people
Change
Media Relations: Key Messages What makes news?
Controversy
Human interest
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