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Which is more important? Great thinking combined with average execution, or great execution combined with average thinking? With Involve you don't have to make that compromise.
We are one of the UK's leading people development and employee engagement agencies, specialising in four areas: Leadership Development, Employee Engagement, Conferences and Events and Customer Excellence Programmes.
Our multi-disciplined teams of strategic change and communications consultants, creative thinkers, designers and event producers, work side-by-side to define direction, plan for change and bring it to life via imaginative, powerfully delivered live events.
We have delivered award winning work for leading organisations such as AXA, EDF Energy, Focus DIY, GE, GlaxoSmithKline, Molson Coors and Government.
We are the experts in involvement, so get to know us better by visiting us at www.involveuk.com
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With over 40 years experience, ABT is one of Australia's leading creative communication agencies. With 50 staff across Sydney and Melbourne, we create ideas that inspire internal and B2B audiences to change the way they think, feel and most importantly behave in relation to a brand or business message.
Our experienced in-house communication teams are able to translate business vision, strategy and messaging into an effective communication platform. Then, our creative and production teams bring this to life by integrating the most relevant media such as, brand design, print, events, video and web production, business presentations, environments, interactive and social media to create solid end-to-end communication campaigns.
Contact:
Antony Gowthorp (Sydney) 02 8585 8107 & Su Reardon (Melbourne) 03 9856 2968
Web: www.abt.com.au
Actuate
www.actuate.co.za
Actuate is a specialist internal marketing consultancy.
With a combination of advertising, marketing and HR disciplines we offer a full range service that include internal marketing strategy development, production and creative execution.
With over nine years experience we’ve helped align employee behaviour with business objectives in some of South Africa’s most notable blue chip companies.
By applying marketing principles from the inside out we can ensure effective delivery of your business strategy, brand positioning and service promise.
Contact: Grace Harding
Email: info@actuate.co.za
Phone: +27 11 217 8860
Imagine a company where everyone knew what everyone knew. Sigma Connect was created to help BP do just that!
- It enables you to find the right people, and to have that all-important 10 minute conversation.
- Sigma Connect is a Web-based software solution – users need only a browser to view or maintain information.
- It's a scalable solution based on practical experience, working in an increasing number of "connected" organizations of differing size and focus.
Contact: Mike Stoneham
Addept Computer Services Limited
Knightsbridge House, 8 Knightsbridge Road
Walton-on-Thames
Surrey, KT12 2BZ, UK
T: +44 (0) 1932 237830
F: +44 (0) 1932 237847
E: mike.stoneham@addept.co.uk
W: www.sigmaconnect.com
AHC
www.ahc.uk.com
AHC is an employee communication firm specialising in the provision of online solutions for 50 large clients. We produce social media networks, websites and HR software. 5 years ago we launched our first social media network. Over 400 UK firms now participate, over 70 being in the FTSE 100.
Our approach to social media is attracting attention outside the UK. We work hard to understand your IT infrastructure and culture. Users find our screen interfaces intuitive and easy to use. We are committed to establishing effective social media and knowledge sharing networks within organisations, between organisations and internationally.
Contact: Tony Hodges
Email: tony.hodges@ahc.uk.com
Tel: +44 (0)1924 203900
AON
www.aon.com.au
Aon Consulting's communication practice is part of the human capital consulting arm of Aon Corporation. We help companies use effective, measurable communication to attract, develop, motivate, reward and retain their people so they can achieve better business results. Our integrated service covers strategy, content, design and production and means we can develop strategic, creative and engaging solutions that really work.
Contact: Ingrid Selene, Principal
Tel: +61 (0) 2 9253 7738
Arbortext's Epic - single-source, multichannel publishing software - improves information accuracy, freshness and consistency, streamlines publishing processes, and slashes costs. Epic enables companies to convert existing document information to XML, create information directly in XML, and automatically publish to multiple types of media: Web, print, CD-ROM, and wireless devices. The Epic product line includes:
- Epic Editor: the world's best-selling XML editor.
- Contributor: a Web-based editor.
- Styler: to simply generate multi-channel stylesheets.
- E3: a server for capturing, assembling and publishing information from a single source to the Web, print, PDF, wireless devices, and other formats.
Contact:
Nic Powers,
Arbortext UK Ltd.,
Queens Wharf,
Queen Caroline Street,
London
W6 9RJ
T: +44 20 8600 2580
E: euroinfo@arbortext.com
W:www.arbortext.com
theblueballroom
www.theblueballroom.com
theblueballroom is the only truly full service agency you’ll find in the internal communication arena. Specialists in this field, we offer live events, print and online media as well as consultancy, leadership coaching and training.
Working with big brands and global players, we get under the skin of your organisation and find the relevant solutions for your people and your business. Creative and strategic, we work as an extension of your team, always on time and always on budget.
Client experience in logistics, retail, FMCG and B2B service industries, ranging from corporate publishing and CEO coaching to local project campaigns.
theblueballroom ltd, B1 Endeavour Place, Coxbridge Business Park, Alton Road, Farnham, Surrey GU10 5EH
Phone: 01252 899950
Email: info@theblueballroom.com
Web: www.theblueballroom.com
Twitter: @theblueballroom
Blog www.theblueballroom.com/blog
blue goose
www.bluegoose.co.uk
Employee engagement is a catalyst for change. And organisations need to change to ensure they are sustainable, now maybe more than ever. We help employees understand and then affect these desired changes.
We have worked across a wide range of critical programmes including:
- employee rewards and benefits;
- structural/infrastructure transformation;
- developing/refreshing vision and values;
- launching business and functional strategies;
- legislative, compliance and process changes;
- internal brand expression;
- talent attraction
We have worked with clients including: AOL, Alliance Boots, Barclays, British Gas, The Cabinet Office, O2, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Siemens.
Contact: Chris Barrington
Email: chrisb@bluegoose.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 7299 1670
Bonfire Communications
www.bonfirecommunications.com
Bonfire Communications is a hybrid communications agency that melds world-class consulting with the creative and media arts. We help organizations create and sustain important conversations through our unique Audience-Centric communications planning process.
With years of experience in employee engagement, internal communications consulting, benefits branding, media strategy, event production, and graphic design, Bonfire is committed to helping organizations become more passionate, connective and effective. Simply put, we are experts in igniting collective action and bringing your strategic vision to life.
Our client list includes organizations such as HP, Starbucks, McKesson, Gap Inc., Genentech and Harrah’s Entertainment.
Please call for more information or to start the conversation.
Contact: Preston Lewis
Email: preston@bonfiresf.com
Tel: +1 (415) 597-9930 Ext. 14
Bridge Consulting
www.bridgecnslt.com
Bridge Consulting is a network of engagement and communication professionals who provide full-service solutions to organizations of all sizes, industries and geographic locations. We have deep experience working with local and global organizations in pharma, financial services, retail, consumer products and technology, just to name a few. The team is led by Chris Gay and Michelle Mahony.
Whether you are looking for strategic consulting to determine the best approach to engage people in an organizational change, hands to just pitch in and help get the work done or a combination of the two, Bridge Consulting is ready to help. Our flexible networked model allows us to scale up for the large, complex projects and be there for you on smaller, strategic projects as well.
Contact: Chris Gay
Email: chris.gay@bridgecnslt.com
Tel: +1 (614) 775-9706
Contact: Michelle Mahony
Email: michelle.mayhony@bridgecnslt.com
Tel: +1 (401) 934-2226
Bring yourself 2 work
www.by2w.co.uk
"Performance is maximised where the WORK me and the HOME me meet"
Set up by Ian Buckingham, the BY2W Fellowship is founded on the core principle
that communication must be authentic if it's to work. That means connecting with
people rather than communicating at them. With colleagues spanning the Arts,
Corporate and Agency worlds we offer engagement solutions which have a lasting
impact on the bottom line whether the catalyst is:
- bringing a brand to life from the inside to deliver on promises to customers and staff
- developing an internal culture, values and behaviours to deliver business goals
- transforming the communication infrastructure and skills of your leaders
Regardless of your business sector, whether you need a credible strategist to facilitate at a senior level; world class engagement event development or would like a creative mentor to bring a "wow" to your tactical communication - we can help.
Contact:
Ian Buckingham
Email: theteam@by2w.co.uk
Web: www.by2w.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1442 864343
Mob: +44 (0)7803 022628
BroadView
www.broad-view.com
BroadView provides strategy and delivery of leading edge dynamic visual communications to educate and engage customers and employees.
Our three core services are:
- Desktop TV programming
- This includes a range of formats providing leadership platforms, product and service briefings, interactive web events, event support and training materials.
- We can help develop a complete web-based Business TV service for customers and employees
- Video production
- Video case studies
- Product and service videos
- Event and presentation support content
- BroadView StoryTeller™
- A multimedia production methodology for sales, marketing and corporate collateral.
Clients include BT, Fujitsu, Canon Europe, CSC, National Grid, Land Securities, ABN-AMRO and Lloyds TSB.
The Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development
Email: members@cipd.co.uk
Web: www.cipd.co.uk
Tel: +44 (0)20 8971 9000
The Colour Works International
www.thecolourworks.com
The Colour Works International Ltd. is a highly-respected and established business skills training and development company. Working across the whole industry spectrum and with global corporates to small and medium sized businesses, The Colour Works inspires people and delivers results that make a positive difference and provides an effective vehicle for organisational change.
It is a well known fact that the majority of business issues are related to relationship management, so that’s where we start. Using one of the fastest-growing and highly-regarded behavioural profiling tools to develop self-awareness, we deliver memorable, engaging and applicable learning programmes that ensure every individual contributes fully and effectively towards the achievement of organisational goals.
The Colour Works provides tailored learning programmes in:
- Personal Impact
- Team Effectiveness
- Authentic Leadership
- Leading & Developing High Performance
- Effective Change
- Working With Customers
Contact: Nick Fewings, Director
The Colour Works International Limited
Suite 11L, Peartree Business Centre
Cobham Road
Dorset BH21 7PT
Email: office@thecolourworks.com
Tel: +0044(0)845 045 0933
Web: www.thecolourworks.com
ColeySmith Consulting
www.coleysmithconsulting.com
ColeySmith Consulting is an engagement consultancy, specializing in critical employee communication and engagement – when you simply can’t afford to get it wrong. Using forward-thinking engagement principles and philosophies, we develop strategies and activities which make a tangible difference to individuals, teams and organizations.
If you are looking for highly experienced consultants who deal with complex issues, think strategically and act as trusted advisors, then we can help. Each of our consultants has worked in a variety of industries and held a senior position client-side, giving us the ability to see issues from a wide, experienced perspective.
Our clients include American Express, Bayer, BP, British Airways, COLT Telecom, The Department for Constitutional Affairs, Easyjet, The Ford Motor Company, Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs, Logica, Pfizer, Skanska and Sony.
Contact: Helen Coley-Smith; T: +44 (0) 870 333 2303 M: +44 (0)7967 057796
E-mail: helen@coleysmithconsulting.com
Comma
www.commaconsulting.com
Comma is a specialist internal communications consultancy.
We are problem solvers - we help clients use communication to drive change, motivate and engage their people, embed strategy and improve organisational performance.
We do this by:
- Helping leaders be effective communicators
- Supporting the clear communication of company vision and strategy
- Helping organisations to speak with one voice
- Managing through a crisis – providing practical advice and support
- Enabling companies to take their people with them through change
- Improving the capability of internal communications teams
- Providing high calibre interims – simply and quickly
Contact: Colette Dorward (consultancy), Virginia Hicks (interims)
Email: team@commaconsulting.com
Tel: +44 (0) 207 487 1120
Communitelligence
www.communitelligence.com
Communitelligence.com is a new knowledge-sharing portal built and supported by communication leaders, associations, schools and businesses. Our goal is to help improve organizational and human communication by giving Communication, PR and Marketing professionals instant access to expert-led knowledge communities, learning events, resources, associations, schools and businesses. The site uses leading-edge self-publishing technologies to allow topic experts and members to build comprehensive, ever-evolving wisdom-sharing communities on key communication topics, from internal communications to intranets to visual literacy and writing. Are you using your Communitelligence?
Compensation Resources, Inc.
www.compensationresources.com
Our compensation consulting firm specializing in developing effective compensation plans, incentive compensation plans, and performance management plans that motivate and reward employees. CRI invites you to explore the benefits of a professional relationship with our consulting firm, and to discover the ease with which an effective compensation program can be designed, implemented, and managed. Our top five areas of compensation include but are not limited to:
- Executive Compensation
- Sales Compensation
- Salary Administration Plans
- Performance Management Plans
- Incentive Programs
Contact: Daniel Moynihan
Tel: +1 877 934 0505
Competency International
www.competencyinternational.com
Competency International, founded by Cybertronics and Lyle Spencer (author of "Competence at Work") of Spencer Research and Technology is a research and consultancy group that specialises in the development and implementation of validated competency-based HR applications.
We adopt a rigorous, scientific approach to everything we do for our clients. This means that they can more confidently plan the selection, development and utilisation of their human capital.
For example we can help you:
- Improve the performance of people in key jobs as measured by increased profits, sales, etc.
- Design and implement assessment and development programs for your high-potential managers that result in continued high performance after their promotion
Contact USA: Dr Robert Emmerling
Tel: +1 (925) 980 3909
E-mail: info@competencyinternational.com
Contact Europe: Geoff Ryan
Tel: +44 (0)208 735 9950
E-mail: info@competencyinternational.com
Web: www.competencyinternational.com
Corporate Culture
www.corporateculture.co.uk
'How can we become an employer of choice?' 'How can we ensure our people deliver the service we have promised our customers?' 'How can we engage existing and potential employees around our CSR commitments?'
These are just some of the questions Corporate Culture works with our clients to answer. Exactly how we do it depends on the nature of the challenge - we offer a range of services including in-depth research, facilitated sessions, strategy planning and the development and implementation of robust internal communications plans. Current clients include ING, Alliance and Leicester and BT.
Our team includes trained facilitators, specialists in corporate and employer brand, internal communications professionals and CSR specialists; which means we have the skills and experience to develop a response tailored to your needs.
To set us a challenge, or simply have an exploratory conversation, please contact Louisa Gray.
email: Louisa.Gray@corporateculture.co.uk
Tel: 020 7462 7620
Couravel
www.couravel.com
Couravel Limited is a change and communication consultancy that works with HR, Marketing and Communication professionals to help deliver change through their people so that they can increase revenue, customer service or productivity.
In order to deliver exceptional performance people need to feel engaged at work. Engagement requires direction, clarity about roles and personal buy-in.
Couravel works to create understanding, knowledge, recognition and involvement in order to encourage engagement. It supports its clients by agreeing common focus, measuring current levels of understanding and engagement and developing any required communication skills or tools to improve this.
Clients include Airbus, Astra Zeneca, Barclays, BAE SYSTEMS, Department for Trade and Industry, Her Majesty’s Revenue and Customs, The Home Office, Department for Transport, GKN plc, Lloyds TSB, Stryker Corporation, Thales, TNT Express, and Vodafone.
For more information please contact:
Mobile: +44 (0) 7860 196 343
Tel: +44 (0) 1732 783 525
E: mikep@couravel.com
annaw@couravel.com
www.couravel.com
CRICKET
www.cricket-ltd.com
At CRICKET, we help our clients to define, understand and engage all stakeholders with the brand to make a real difference to their business. We enable individuals, teams and functions to grasp their role in delivering the brand promise to customers inside and outside of the organisation.
To achieve this, we believe people at all levels of the business need to be involved. Without this, how do product designers know what to design? How will sales people know how to act towards customers? How will R&D teams truly understand what to research and develop? Against what criteria are managers to make business decisions?
For many people the concept of brand is often irritatingly imprecise and distant from their perception of the real world. At CRICKET we promise you clarity and relevance – by involving these people at the start – and then providing tools and activities that are useable and graspable by all.
For more information please contact:
Justin Leahy
justin@cricket-ltd.com
CRICKET Brand Communications Ltd
00 44 207 845 0300
DIEU, The Danish Leadership Institute
www.dieu.com
DIEU, The Danish Leadership Institute, is one of Europe’s largest leadership development
organizations. We were founded over 30 years ago and have offices in Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen and London. With a multinational faculty from more than 30 countries, DIEU delivers over 700 programs a year for managers of 40 different nationalities.
DIEU has an excellent reputation for tailored, leading edge executive leadership and management development initiatives, both in the private and public sectors, making an impact on individuals and the organization, and feeding down to the business bottom line.
We operate a well-tested, unique business model, which works through partnership with our clients and suppliers. Client collaboration, flexibility and choice with a consistently high standard of delivery are DIEU’s key differentiators. As an organization DIEU practise what we preach, and have recently won both the ‘European Quality Award’ and the ‘ Best Place to Work in Denmark Award.’
Contact:
Jeremy Hill, Director of our London office
DIEU, The Danish Leadership Institute
Adam House, 7-10 Adam Street, The Strand
London, WC2N 6AA
Tel: +44 (0) 207 520 9272
Fax: +44 (0) 207 520 9274
Mobile: +44 (0) 7921 888169
Email: London@dieu.com
Data On The Spot
www.dataonthespot.com
Data On The Spot [DOTS] is an industry leader in audience response technology, a powerful tool that gives presenters the ability to receive immediate feedback from the audience, creating a truly interactive environment. At DOTS we do more than simply provide the response pads; our customer commitment includes pre-conference, on site participation and post conference evaluations.
Contact: John Cliffe
Email: jcliffe@dataonthespot.com
Tel: +1 877 690 5001
L. M. Dulye
www.lmdulye.com
L. M. Dulye is an award-winning change management and workplace communications consultancy and innovators of the groundbreaking Spectator-Free Workplace™ methodology. We are proud to maintain comprehensive capabilities to help large, change-challenged organizations reach their business objectives.
We can assist you in achieving a Spectator-Free Workplace™ through practical strategies that offset the stress of internal resources already stretched “to the max.” We can help you to achieve new levels of workforce productivity and workplace communications working within existing staffing limitations. Our focus on efficient, customized solutions can relieve the do-more-with-less reality faced by many businesses and organizations in today’s competitive climate.
Contact:
E-mail: rgibboni@lmdulye.com
Web: www.lmdulye.com
dg&a
www.yourthoughtpartner.com
dg&a is a boutique communication consultancy that helps leaders solve their toughest business challenges through strategic internal and leadership communication. In short, we make “what’s possible” a reality. Our inside-out philosophy is about ensuring leadership is aligned, and internal audiences are on board and engaged before telling your story externally. We’re strategic business partners first and communications counselors second, and through this approach we help our clients identify the best choices for their challenges so they can influence action, and drive better business results. Recently, dg&a has done groundbreaking, award-winning consulting in internal communication and leadership communication to build leaders’ skills as leadercommunicators™ and business results.
Contact: David Grossman
Email: dgrossman@yourthoughtpartner.com
Tel: +1 312 829 3252
Edelman
www.edelman.com
Edelman Change and Employee Engagement is the organizational communications consulting practice of Edelman, the world’s largest independent public relations firm with 2,500 employees in 46 offices worldwide. The mission of Edelman Change and Employee Engagement is to advise and support organizations on strengthening their ability to implement corporate strategy and initiatives. Our approaches help organizations establish stronger management and employee relationships that condition organizational behavior to lead change, build brands, improve performance and achieve business goals. Edelman was named PRWeek’s Large Agency of the Year for 2006. Advertising Age named Edelman as one of ten marketing firms to watch in 2007 in its “Best Agencies” issue. Edelman was also named 2006 Large Agency of the Year and 2005 International Agency of the Year by The Holmes Group. A&R Edelman was formed following the acquisition of A&R Partners in May 2006.
Contact: Gary Grates
Email: gary.grates@edelman.com
Tel: +1 212 704 8184
Contact: Jerilan Greene
Email:jerilan.greene@edelman.com
Tel:+1 312 240 2849
The Edge Picture Company
www.edgepicture.com
Communication which Opens Eyes and Changes Minds
The Edge Picture Company is best known for inspirational internal communications. We've built our business on the power of video to deliver communication in a more compelling, involving way. We believe it's vital to treat the audience with respect rather than taking them for granted (they work here so they have to listen). We try hard to get under the skin of our clients and produce work that really has an impact on the awareness, motivation and, ultimately, the behaviour of employees. We win awards across the world and across all categories, especially in Internal Communications and Regular Communications and we're delighted to have just found out that we have won New York Festivals Production Company of the Year 2009 for an unprecedented third time in a row.
For more information visit www.edgepicture.com or email pete.stevenson@edgepicture.com
em(ic)
www.emic-communications.com/
Now, more than ever before, employees need to feel pride, confidence and trust in their company and their brand. Budget cuts and organisational changes affect many companies, yet putting the emotion back into your workforce needn't be difficult or expensive.
At EM(IC)* we have the experience to know what works and the bravery to go beyond statistical engagement. We take time to understand your culture and help you through the minefield of stakeholder buy-in: we're with you every step of the way.
We understand engagement, crisis and change communication in difficult environments. We also understand the power of using conversations that get to the heart of how people feel and what they are prepared to do about it. We use proven tools and techniques to re-build shattered morale and re-create a positive culture.
If you want an international agency that has been in your shoes and knows what it takes to support and deliver then call us.
Contact:
Jonathon Scott, Director,
Tel: 0203 286 1799
Mob: 07703 190999
Email: jon@eminternalcomms.com
Employee Communication & Surveys Pty Ltd
www.employee-communication.com.au
Employee Communication & Surveys Pty Ltd is a boutique consultancy based in Sydney, Australia. It specializes in employee communication strategies, systems, research and employee surveys of all kinds. Principal Rodney Gray has been involved in organizational consulting for almost 20 years following a 15-year career as a corporate human resources executive. Services include:
- Employee communication audits and surveys by questionnaires, focus groups and interviews.
- Employee communication systems, strategies and processes.
- Employee communication training workshops and talks.
- Employee culture, climate and opinion surveys.
- Qualitative organizational diagnosis (by focus groups and interviews).
- Internal service quality research (qualitative and quantitative).
Contact: Rodney Gray
Tel: +1 612 9235 3900
Email: rodneygray1@compuserve.com
Engage Group
www.engagegroup.co.uk
Engage Group are creative engagement specialists. We are an 85-strong team of consultants, learning and development experts, research and development specialists, creative professionals and communication practitioners, serving corporate and public sector clients across a range of disciplines. We service clients nationally and locally through our offices in London, Manchester and Edinburgh, and we deliver international assignments across Europe, Africa, Asia and the US.
We are unique among engagement specialists in offering an end-to-end engagement service, embracing consulting, content, campaigns, communications, research and analytics.
Contact: Martin Smith
Tel: 020 7536 8900
Fax: 020 7536 8901
Email: martin.smith@engagegroup.co.uk
Entopia
www.entopia.com
Entopia creates innovative information-management solutions that drive compliance, collaboration and competitive advantage. Entopia’s solutions specifically leverage process-based information resources by capturing the activities and nteractions surrounding this content – and using it to deliver Content Visualization, Social Network Mapping, Expertise Location and Decision Orchestration. Entopia’s patented K-Bus technology delivers value in Manufacturing, Financial Services, Healthcare, Bio-science and Government.
Headquarters
3200 Bridge Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065
USA
T: +1.650.632.0101
F: +1.650.802.6709
United Kingdom
75 Cannon Street
London, EC4N5BN
United Kingdom
P: +44.(0)207.556.7151
F: +44.(0)207.556.7001
Email: info@entopia.com
Factiva, a Dow Jones & Reuters Company, provides world-class global content, including Dow Jones and Reuters Newswires and The Wall Street Journal - unduplicated in a single service elsewhere. Factiva's products and services help companies integrate news and business information into their daily workflow to increase organizational intelligence and leverage external and internal content within the knowledge management function.
Factiva delivers flexible, extensible, customizable solutions to enable easy integration and use in the enterprise. Editorial and technical consulting, taxonomy application, integration expertise, and e-learning programs reflect Factiva's innovative approach to delivering solutions beyond content.
Factiva is one of KM World’s "Top 100 Companies in Knowledge Management" and part of eContent Magazine's "Top 100 content companies to watch".
Contact:
Mark Bootherstone
Marketing Director
T: +44 (0) 20 7542 6608
F: +44 (0) 20 7542 6686
E: moreinfo.emea@factiva.com
W: www.factiva.com
The Fifth Business
www.fifthbusiness.com
Passion. Innovation. Team work and good listening. Delivered fast, with a heavy dose of imagination, good humour and reliability. This is how we work at The Fifth Business, where our people create inspiring solutions that engage your people to deliver success.
So what exactly is it that we do?
Whether you need to communicate a new corporate initiative, successfully manage an IT rollout, or develop an engagement campaign that enrols your people in change we can help. We will work with you to develop the right messages, at the right times, using the right channels, to create the right impact to capture value for your business.
Fleishman-Hillard
www.fleishmaneurope.com
Internal and Change Communications
Fleishman-Hillard’s dedicated internal communications practice helps businesses focus on performing — not just informing.
We help organisations plan and implement programmes with the right mix of information, dialogue and training so that employees are engaged, aligned and motivated to achieve business objectives.
Because effective internal communication is vital to bottom-line performance, we partner with our clients to create a daily dialogue -- not a monologue -- with employees.
Contact: Carrie Scott
internalcomm@fleishmaneurope.com
+32 (0)2 230 05 45
www.gagenmacdonald.com
Turning strategy into results.
If you’re looking for strategic thinkers to help you develop the capability of your function, drive your business strategy, integrate operational planning efforts and help your company achieve its business goals, Gagen MacDonald is a firm you’ll want to consider.
Gagen MacDonald is not a traditional PR firm. Our consultants work with executive leadership to define a path for business success, and then use communication to build alignment across all constituencies and drive results-oriented action.
With experience managing change in multiple Fortune 500 venues, Gagen MacDonald is a proven leader in strategy implementation. Whether you’re looking to asses and design the optimal functional structure, integrate global companies or execute dynamic leadership and organizational change, Gagen MacDonald has the people and insight to help you take each step – from strategy design to results.
Contact:
USA: Morgan Marzec, Consultant, Strategic Internal Communications
+1 312 673 7339
Matt Gonring, Consultant, Strategic Internal Communications
+1 312 673 7313
HarknessKennett
www.harknesskennett.com
We specialize in internal communication. To us that means:
- motivating people through inspiring leadership;
- guiding people through organizational change;
- engaging people in delivering the brand.
We believe in working in partnership with clients to deliver practical solutions supported by solid strategic thinking. All of our consultants have held senior positions "client side" so we know what it's like to hire consultants. The vast majority of our work comes from recommendations from existing clients – 82 percent of our clients have requested repeat work in the last two years.
Our clients include Abbey, Allen & Overy, Allianz Cornhill, Arup, BDO Stoy Hayward, Marks & Spencer, M&S Money, NHS Blood & Transplant, Shell, South West Trains and Vodafone Group.
Our vision is simple – we want to be the first call you make.
Contact: James Harkness
Tel: +44 (0)1483 222730
Email: james.harkness@harknesskennett.com
Web: www.harknesskennett.com
Rio House
High Street
Ripley
Surrey
GU23 6AE
United Kingdom
Hay Group
www.haygroup.co.uk
Hay Group, a global management consultancy, works with leaders to transform strategy into reality. We develop talent, help people be more effective, and motivate them to perform at their best.
We have more than 7,000 clients around the world. With 88 offices in 47 countries, we can partner with clients anywhere in the world.
Hay Group Insight, Hay Group's employee and customer survey research division, was established in 1975 to provide research-based diagnostic and consulting services for clients around the world.
Today, Hay Group Insight is a global leader in survey research, offering expertise in:
- Employee opinion surveys
- Internal and external customer satisfaction surveys
- Organisational culture assessments
- Retention studies
- Diversity assessments and communication audits
Through customized survey programs focused on organisational objectives, we help clients:
- Attract and retain talent
- Improve operating efficiency
- Manage change more effectively
- Enhance customer loyalty
For more information contact:
Sam Dawson
Head of Insight, Pacific Region, Hay Group
+61 (3) 9667 2692
sam_dawson@haygroup.com
www.haygroup.co.uk
Hedron
www.hedron.com
Internal communication and stakeholder engagement: strategy, processes, skills development, workshops, evaluation. Solutions that engage employees in the delivery of rapid change and business objectives.
" Sharp strategic thinking, quality execution, effective interpersonally…" "Creativity, drive resourcefulness, results, great fun…," say clients.
All sectors – AON, AstraZeneca, Cadbury Schweppes, Coats, Control Risks Group, Inland Revenue, Lloyds TSB, Norwich Union, Premier Farnell, Rolls-Royce, Shell, Wincanton.
Our clients are happy to tell you what it’s like working with us.
Contact: Helena Memory
Tel: + 44 (0) 20 7493 0735
Fax: + 44 (0) 20 7493 0743
Email: helena-m@hedron.com
Hill & Knowlton
www.hillandknowlton.com
Change is inevitable, suffering is optional...
We know change and internal communication but, importantly, we've been in your shoes. Together the team has over 20 years of 'in-house' experience and expertise. We understand the challenges and the complications you face. We've worked in financial services, technology, professional services, pharmaceuticals and retail. We understand the cultures.
We THINK and DO. We've been at the forefront of thought leadership for the last 10 years but we are also equally passionate about delivery. Whether it is a leadership programme, delivering communication training to managers, supporting integration during mergers and acquisitions or, more topically, restructures and redundancy programmes.
Contact:
EMEA: Jonathon.Scott@hillandknowlton.com
+44 (0) 20 7413 3176
USA: Barbara.Edler@hillandknowlton.com
+1 415 281-7160
Canada: Krista.Thompson@hillandknowlton.com
+1 613 786-9961
IABC – The International Association of Business Communicators
www.iabc.com
The International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) is the leading resource for effective communication practice. We provide products, services, activities and networking opportunities to help people and organizations achieve excellence in public relations, employee communication, marketing communication, public affairs and other forms of communication. People around the world - in every industry and in the public and nonprofit sectors - have taken advantage of our resources to advance their careers and meet organizational objectives.
Contact: service_centre@iabc.com
Tel: 415 544 4700
Engaging employees is one of the most fundamental challenges facing today's organisations. Why? Because in a competitive world engaged people deliver superior performance and help achieve better business results.
To help understand levels of engagement in organisations, we've developed a methodology called the State of Engagement™ - and we'd love to tell you more about it. Go to www.ibiscommunication.co.uk and click on State of Engagement™ to see our UK benchmarks.
And as well as surveys we also
- Conduct qualitative research
- Undertake communication audits
- Prepare communication strategies and plans
- Shape company messages
- Implement communication campaigns
- Deliver Manager training to make face-to-face channels work
- Facilitate management workshops and conferences
- Measure communication impact
With heaps of experience, an impressive list of happy clients and a real passion for what we do, we'd love to be working with you!
Contact: Paul Roberts
Tel: +44 (0) 1494 616 043
E-Mail: paul@ibiscommunication.co.uk
Web Site:www.ibiscommunication.co.uk
ICCO - The International Communications Consultancy Organisation
www.iccopr.com
What we do
ICCO provides a forum for senior management of the world's best PR consultancies to meet and address issues of mutual interest and concern.
Members work together to raise standards of quality, address ethical issues, harmonise professional PR consultancy practice and share knowledge. Through a comprehensive online database of affiliated firms, ICCO also acts as a matchmaker between consultancies in different countries. Members have an opportunity to meet in person at twice-yearly meetings of the Board, at the bi-annual ICCO Global Summit and at any number of ICCO regional summits and sponsored events.
Standards
Member countries all conform to the highest standards in the world through the organisation's own professional code, the Stockholm Charter, and since 2005 have adopted the International Public Relations Association’s Charter on Media Transparency.
To date some fifteen countries have also adopted the Consultancy Management Standard (CMS). First introduced by the UK’s Public Relations Consultancy Association (PRCA), CMS is a recognised management accreditation available to ICCO-affiliated firms that provides clients with a unique quality guarantee.
Contact:
Virginia Hague
Email: virginia.hague@iccopr.com
icandi communications
www.icandi.co.za
icandi communications is a strategically driven, full service communication, marketing and branding consultancy.
Over the past ten years, we have nurtured a reputation for being the communication specialists of choice. Our success lies in tried and tested methodologies where we develop and execute results driven solutions that are strategically sound, goal orientated, creatively enriched and professionally executed.
We approach communications in a holistic and integrated manner while ensuring the innovative and effective use of traditional and unconventional communication channels. We achieve this by getting to know our clients’ businesses and truly understanding their various stakeholders and target audiences. Offering total integration that is efficient and effective to drive behavior using creative compelling messages and multi-channel, multi-discipline solutions, in support of your business strategy.
Results driven communication from the inside out.
Contact:
Kim Nelson
Email: kim@icandi.co.za
Tel.: +27 11 234 8384
IML are the global leading suppliers of audience response systems. Their award-winning, interactive Communicator keypad and software are recognised globally as the most advanced and sophisticated audience participation and voting technology available.
With IML's Communicator keypad audiences are able to TEXT, VOTE & TALK. This entails voting, sending text messages during any meeting or event. Keypads even include a built-in microphone for hassle-free Q&A sessions. IML's system gathers accurate audience feedback data in seconds. IML are about to launch a new device the IML Connector, set to revolutionise the meetings industry.
Contact: Rob Curtis, Account Manager
Tel: +44 (0) 7500 871 003
Email: Rob.curtis@imlworldwide.com
Immedia Broadcasting plc
www.immediabroadcasting.com
Immedia Broadcasting, pioneers of live radio stations to retail audiences and independent workforces, was established in 1999 and listed on the London Stock Exchange in 2003. We create live, tailored radio stations for global employers. These stations engage staff and management and are designed to promote trust, educate, entertain and inform. Radio stations have proved to be a powerful and instantly flexible media to talk to staff "as one" in real time and now.
To find out more about how you can create your own live radio station contact:
Frank Bowe
Tel: +44 (0)208 255 4234
Email: frank.bowe@immediabroadcasting.com
Impact Employee Communications
www.impact.com.au
Impact is Australia's and Asia-Pacific's leading employee communication consultancy. Established in 1996, it's the most awarded, the most specialised and with over 400 client results under the belt, the most experienced. Impact offers end-to-end solutions in strategic communication, change management communication, leadership engagement, sustainability and environmental programs, and industrial relations and safety communication.
Contact: Michele Owen, Office Manager
Tel: +61 2 8281 3222
Email:michele.owen@impact.com.au
(pan-European Business Network for HR Officers / Executives)
Email : info@inhr-circle.com
Web: www.inhr-circle.com
Tel: +352 26745126
Mob: +352 021503850
Intra.tv
www.intra.tv
The potential for communication within the organisation has never been more flexible or far reaching. intra.tv is a versatile tool that allows you to drive the flexible, creative medium of video straight to users' desktops and other devices.
More than this, it enables you to monitor the effectiveness of your communications strategy using live feedback on who has received the message and what impact it's having. intra.tv is a truly interactive platform that enables a locally managed structure to deliver video and supporting elements to anywhere in your organisation and allows users to control when and where they watch.
or more information visit www.intra.tv
Which is more important? Great thinking combined with average execution, or great execution combined with average thinking? With Involve you don't have to make that compromise.
We are one of the UK's leading people development and employee engagement agencies, specialising in four areas: Leadership Development, Employee Engagement, Conferences and Events and Customer Excellence Programmes.
Our multi-disciplined teams of strategic change and communications consultants, creative thinkers, designers and event producers, work side-by-side to define direction, plan for change and bring it to life via imaginative, powerfully delivered live events.
We have delivered award winning work for leading organisations such as AXA, EDF Energy, Focus DIY, GE, GlaxoSmithKline, Molson Coors and Government.
We are the experts in involvement, so get to know us better by visiting us at www.involveuk.com
Ipadio
www.ipadio.com
iPadio gives every telephone user a voice to the Internet. Since iPadio's first live use - a mid-Atlantic yacht race in November 2008 - iPadio (www.iPadio.com) has pioneered the live audio to web market: now including automatic voice-to-text so iPadio calls are immediately searchable. From Virgin Media to the Duke of Edinburgh’s Award, from Mayor Boris to The Children's Trust, individuals and organisations are turning to iPadio for live phone to Internet communications www.iPadio.com/live.
"iPadio - we've mic'd up the world"
Contact: Giles Byran
T: +44(0) 844 7069665
E: giles@ipadio.com
W: www.ipadio.com
IRM UK are specialists in strategic IT management training. Our presenters have superior technical knowledge, teaching skills and a wide range of practical business experience. They are some of the most influential technologists, methodologists and original thinkers in IT today. Our seminars and conferences are condensed and rigorous, combining technical explanations with management advice and discussions of future directions.
IRM UK will keep you at the cutting edge of information technology. We run seminars on enterprise architecture, business process management, value-driven IT strategy, XML, metadata repository, information quality improvement, and business intelligence.
Contact: IRM UK Strategic IT Training Ltd
T: +44 (0)20 8866 8366
F: +44 (0)20 8866 7966
E: customerservice@irmuk.co.uk
W: www.irmuk.co.uk
Kontiki
www.kontiki.com
Kontiki's peer-assisted technology is used to publish, protect, deliver, and track digital media content by global enterprises and broadcasters worldwide. Kontiki's network-friendly protocol, fine-grained controls, edge throttling and client application flexibility enable enterprises to deliver high-quality video to their employees and partners worldwide utilizing existing network infrastructure and capacity.
For more information visit us online at www.kontiki.com
Or contact us via email at sales@kontiki.com or via phone at +1 408 215 6400
Live Group PLC
www.livegroup.co.uk
The Live Group stages over 500 conferences, launches, roadshows, awards ceremonies and consultations a year for public and private sector clients. It is an integrated event specialist providing solutions from strategic consultancy to event management to online tools for simultaneous, meaningful and measurable interaction.
At its core is LewisLive, the events management agency established for over 25 years. This is supported by a range of innovative event divisions including: LiveInteractive, qualitative and quantitative audience engagement tools; GreenGageLive, e-linked events enabling sustainable debate; VenuesLive, free of charge fit for purpose venues search facility; and VisuaLive, creating eye-catching imagery.
For more information, visit us online at www.livegroup.co.uk
LIVEpr
www.livepr.net
. LIVEpr is a communications consultancy with
national and international clients, offering a wealth of talent across a
highly professional integrated service range.
. With associates in more than 40 countries we have represented a variety of UK and international companies and organisations since formation in 1996 and are proud of our growing reputation for delivering effective, innovative solutions to meet our clients' needs.
. Our staff come from backgrounds in journalism, public relations, marketing and advertising. We are not encumbered by hierarchy or lengthy chains of command, and respond quickly and effectively.
. LIVEpr's services include campaign development, media liaison, strategic planning, media training, business-to-business liaison, report, speech and feature writing, full-scale public relations campaigns, advertising from creation to media buying, writing and marketing in many forms.
. LIVEpr knows the world of PR - from blogs to podcasts it is crucial to appreciate and use all aspects of new technology and the communication opportunities that come with it.
Contact: David Wallen
LIVEpr Ltd
124 Victoria St
London SW1E
5LA
Tel: +44 (0)20 7630 1100
E-mail: info@livepr.net
Web: www.livepr.net
Maritz
www.maritz.com
As a sales and marketing services company, Maritz understands the core of what drives a company’s success – people. We help companies unlock the power of their business strategies by unleashing the potential of their people through understanding, enabling, and motivating employees, channel partners, and customers. Ultimately, this drives better business results.
We help companies by:
- Enhancing the customer experience
- Increasing employee engagement
- Improving sales performance
- Improving the effectiveness of your meetings portfolio
- Driving true brand loyalty
- Improving health and productivity at your company
Some specific solutions we provide are:
- Market and customer research
- Sales incentives
- Recognition and rewards
- Meetings, events and incentive travel
- Learning and coaching
- Customer loyalty
- Experiential marketing
- Sponsorship marketing
Contact: Paula Godar
Tel: 1-877-4MARITZ
E-Mail: info@maritz.com
Web Site: www.maritz.com
Meat Team
www.meatteam.tv
Internal Communications 2.0
Most internal communications programs are top-down, which is fine for an organization that only operates from the top. But how do you capture the innovation, collaboration and brand loyalty that arise from the day-to-day operations and interactions within your company in the trenches where the work takes place?
Introducing Employee-Generated TV. It’s a series of internally distributed video episodes about your company, made for your company by your people. It’s the freshest way to infuse your corporate culture into your workforce, manage change within your organization and connect your employees. You set the strategic direction. Meat Team does the rest.
Get to the meat of your teams. Meat Team Internal TV.
Contact: Shamus Halkowich
Email: shamus@meatteam.tv
Tel: +1 323-737-3313
Marketwire
www.marketwire.com
Marketwire is a full service press release distribution partner to public relations practitioners and corporate communicators. Innovative products and services help communication professionals maximise their effectiveness and achieve the best ROI on behalf of their clients.
Solutions include newswire distribution to global, national and regional audiences, Mediahub, an online media contacts database, and Social Media 2.0 which allows communication and interaction with online communities. Marketwire is also fully FSA and SEC accredited and provides regulatory disclosure services.
Contact: Roy Jacques
Email: sales.uk@marketwire.com
Tel: +44 (0) 207 562 6550
OI Software
www.oisoftware.com
OI Software is home to nGage, the software service that integrates with Microsoft SharePoint to transform your intranet into a platform for universal Employee Engagement
Imagine your intranet was as popular and viral as the hottest social networking site.
Imagine it being where everyone went because, every time they did something constructive, it visibly enhanced their reputation within the organization.
Imagine it was where you could engage the intelligence and enthusiasm of your people - and focus them on specific organizational challenges.
Imagine it automatically provided fresh and exciting content for your Internal Communications programs.
And then imagine it generated a leadership dashboard that provided enterprise-wide views of organizational performance and engagement.
That’s what we imagined when we created nGage. And that’s why it provides such great support for the development and execution of engagement strategies.
For more information please visit www.oisoftware.com, call +44 (0)1844 211666 or email paul.henry@oisoftware.com
Peopleclick
www.peopleclick.com
Peopleclick is the leading global Web-based Total Workforce Acquisition provider helping companies to improve and reduce the cost of recruitment worldwide.
By successfully deploying Peopleclick’s RMS – Recruitment Management Solution and VMS – Vendor Management Solution – as a cost-effective ASP we are delivering a holistic solution to help companies attract, acquire and deploy a productive and diverse workforce. Users then have the ability to analyze and consolidate reporting throughout their organization, helping to track, control and reduce costs and also measure and manage risks caused by inappropriate hiring practices.
Contact: Larry Cucchi
Tel: +44 (0)20 7554 8534
Email: larry.cucchi@peopleclick.com
Perceptor
www.perceptor.com.au
Perceptor is a leading executive search and selection practice with a major focus on internal and corporate communications recruitment. Launched in 1999, Perceptor has developed key relationships with communications professionals within global and Australian organisations. Perceptor provides expert advice to these clients on key trends in communications recruitment, career consulting and quality search and selection solutions. Focussed on the mid to senior level market, we can provide high-quality permanent and interim candidates with expertise across internal and corporate communications.
Tel: +61 2 9227 7777
Web: www.perceptor.com.au
Pleon
www.pleon.com
Pleon is an international communications consultancy with European roots which creates and implements strategies for private and public sector organisations around the world. Going beyond traditional marketing and communications, Pleon’s deep insight into its clients’ strategic drivers enables it to devise compelling solutions which deliver measurable and tangible results.
Pleon’s Change & Transformation practice features senior consultants in every country able to blend their diverse and experienced views on change with locally relevant context. This expertise enables national and multi-national companies to anticipate and overcome barriers and engage diverse groups of stakeholders in order to manage change more effectively.
Pleon has an established presence in all key European markets. It is majority owned by BBDO Europe, one of the world’s leading advertising groups. With more than 1,000 employees, Pleon is present with 32 offices in 15 European key markets.
Pollstream
www.pollstream.com
PollStream is a leading provider of interactive engagement and community building solutions for Fortune 1000 organizations. Our innovative and proprietary two-way dialogue solutions effectively engage, educate and inform customers, prospects and employees online.
Our Poll and Comment Engine solutions tap into participants' fundamental desire to declare and share their opinions. PollStream quickly transforms this desire into a relevant and rewarding exchange that builds meaningful relationships online.
Designed to facilitate the effectiveness of real-word conversations, PollStream is often the most engaging element of a website, intranet, online newsletter or email campaign.
Contact:
Email: Law at PollStream.com
Tel: 416.588.7324 x112
www.pollstream.com
PRCA
www.prca.org.uk/
The Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) exists to raise standards in PR and to help members be better organisations.
The Association was founded in 1969 and PRCA promotes all aspects of public relations consultancy. It also accepts in-house communications teams as members.
The association provides members with networking events, training, and industry data. It is also responsible for the Consultancy Management Standard (CMS), an independently audited standard that has been adopted by more the PR industry in 11 countries internationally.
Members must adhere to the PRCA’s Codes of Conduct and Professional Charter.
Contact:
Richard Ellis
PRCA communications manager
T: 020 7233 6026
Reframe It
www.reframeit.com
Reframe It: The only tool in the world which allows secure, internal communication and collaboration alongside the public web
ReframeIt Business is an internal communication solution that allows your employees to comment directly on the text of any website. Our technology is the only tool that allows secure internal communication alongside the public web. ReframeIt is a unique platform that removes barriers to the free flow of information so that the people who need it will get it when they need it.
ReframeIt simplifies online internal discussion and allows your staff to directly express their thoughts on competitor’s sites, industry news or any relevant web content. By allowing your employees to express themselves quickly, effectively and in context your organization gains an edge over any competitor. Go to our website to see how your company can engage employees with our innovative communications solution.
More Information:
www.reframeit.com
ROI Communication
www.roico.com
ROI Communication is a full-service internal communication consulting firm focused on helping large organizations adapt and succeed in times of change. ROI Communication works extensively with complex, global Fortune 500 companies to enhance the impact of internal communication within their businesses. Our breadth and depth of experience enables us to develop and implement solutions that work —not just in theory, but in practice.
We provide a wide range of services — everything from strategic planning to hands-on implementation and interim staffing. Always flexible and professional, we partner with our clients to help them identify, articulate and achieve their communication goals to propel their businesses forward.
Contact:
www.roico.com
Sinickas Communications
www.sinicom.com
- Focus groups
- Surveys
- Strategic Planning
- Content analysis
- Benchmarking studies
- Evaluations of Publications and Web Sites
- Training Communicators in Measurement Techniques
We've built our business on quickly and accurately finding match-ups and misalignments between a company's business goals and its current communication approach to getting there.
We do it with focused diagnostics and practical solutions aimed at achieving business results.
For many free resources and to see what we've done for some clients, visit us at www.sinicom.com.
Contact: Angela Sinickas - angela@sinicom.com
Small World Labs
www.smallworldlabs.com
Small World Labs is a proven enterprise social networking provider, recognized as having a unique combination of technology and community building expertise that helps customers better understand, engage and serve their key constituents.
For further information contact Small World Labs at www.smallworldlabs.com or call 512.474.6400
Snap
www.snapcomms.com
Are you and your staff fed up with the same tired internal communications channels? Are employee communications emails ignored? Is intranet usage less than you think it should be? Do you lack a way to distribute urgent business updates quickly? Are you struggling to implement social media channels?
Revitalize your internal communications with SnapComms’s innovative employee communications channels:
- Digital Signage on the Screensaver - Engaging visual communications that get noticed
- Desktop Alerts and News feeds - Targeted push communications channels
- Staff Quiz and Poll Channels - Targeted delivery onto the desktop, high response rates
- Employee E-Mags - Aggregation tools to reduce email overload
- Employee Blogs and Staff Discussion Forums - Secure, effective, easy to use, requiring little IT support resource
- Interactive Staff Helpdesks and Q&A Channels - Customisable moderator alerts, searchable, tag-able, effective
More Information:
Tel: +64 9 4880099
E-mail: sarah.perry@snapcomms.com
Website: www.snapcomms.com
SOCAP
www.socapie.eu
SOCAP stands for the Society of Consumer Affairs Professionals. SOCAP is a not for profit organisation representing the professionals working in the Customer Service Industry. It is a worldwide organisation originally founded in the United States of America in 1973. SOCAP UK followed in 1986 and there are now SOCAP organisations throughout the world including Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Japan, Korea, Brazil and Canada. World-wide there are over 4,000 members.
More Information:
Tel: +44 (0) 8707 551286
Website: www.socapie.eu
Society for Human Resource Management
Email: shrm@shrm.org
Web: www.shrm.org
Tel: 800 283 SHRM (U.S.)
703 548 3440 (Rest of world)
Speakeasy incorporating Orchard Communications is one of the UK's fastest growing production companies, producing award winning film & video, live events and interactive media. We understand that our clients need a partner who can work with them closely and collaboratively across a range of different communication channels and budget levels.
Our service proposition is a unique blend of friendliness, professionalism and absolute commitment, making us a trusted long-term supplier to a multitude of major blue chips and Government departments, including Deutsche Bank, Cooperative Financial Services, Lloyds Banking Group, COI, DWP, Metropolitan Police, Food Standards Agency and the Department of Health.
We service our clients from our offices in Central London, Surrey and Central Scotland with an ever-growing in-house team of 35 people supported by cutting edge in-house post production facilities for our film and video clients and the very latest av and staging solutions for our events.
Contact:
Jonathan Young, Sales & Marketing Director
Email: jonathan@speak.co.uk
Tel: +44 1738 828524
Mob: +44 7921 252269
Straight Media
www.straight.com.au
Straight Media is a Sydney-based communications agency that develops creative employee communication tools. We are 100% creative: from brief to handover, our task is to turn your strategy into an effective, memorable tool for you to deliver to your organisation. Why creative? Because good creative work is the most effective way to make your message work. Why Straight Media? Because we're a small company with big ideas and a straightforward approach to delivering the best interactive, web, print, and live events possible.
Contact:
Rafe Spies
E-mail: rafe@straight.com.au
Tel: +61 (0) 2 9037 2220
Website: www.straight.com.au
Stromberg Consulting
www.strombergconsulting.com
At Stromberg Consulting we measure success by the degree to which we engage your workforce to think, act and behave in ways that achieve your business objectives.
By understanding and managing the levers that drive organizational behavior we assist you in ensuring that staff at every level make choices and take actions that deliver on the strategic intent of the business.
Our people are an eclectic collection of organizational psychologists, HR specialists, instructional designers, coaches and management consultants. Specialists in our field, we work in the areas of communication, engagement, talent and change in order to deliver results. With offices in the US and UK and resources throughout the world we have a global perspective and reach.
Our people have consistently delivered outstanding results for a number of the most well-known and respected organizations in the world. Big enough to deliver, yet small enough to care. Our grounded approach is about making change happen.
Contact in the USA: Rick Allen
Tel: +1 646 935 3942
E-Mail: rallen@strombergconsulting.com
Contact in the UK: Vicky Brown
Tel: +44 (0)207 611 3687
E-Mail: vbrown@strombergconsulting.com
Symon Communications
www.symon.com
Symon products visually communicate your tailored messages for specific audiences and events for viewing on plasma and LCD displays, televisions, and the computer desktop. Symon effectively distributes any corporate communication to your employees with a consistent voice and message creating a workforce of brand ambassadors. An easy to use creation, editing and scheduling tool enables you to communicate quickly and effectively benefiting employees with streaming video, LiveTV and crisis communication. Installed in more than 6,000 enterprises worldwide Symon products are viewed by millions of customers daily.
Contact in the USA: Jeff Comstock
Tel: +1 877 796 6634
E-Mail: jcomstock@symon.com
Contact in the UK: Todd Fleming
Tel: +44 (0) 20 8663 1810
E-Mail: tfleming@symon.uk.co
Synopsis
www.synopsisonline.com
Founded by change and communication authority Bill Quirke, Synopsis is one of Europe’s leading internal communication consultancies.
Now, more than ever, it is vital to get communication right. Now is the time for communication to make a real difference, prove its value and help organizations stand out.
Synopsis can help. We are at the forefront of our market with an unrivalled list of blue chip clients for good reason.
We can help you develop a strategy to communicate change, create a compelling story, share a vision, shape and equip your function, coach leaders and managers, measure your impact, and engage your people.
Contact: Jane Lebeau
Email: jane.lebeau@synopsisonline.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7490 2900
Talk 2 Us
www.talk2us.co.za
Talk2Us is a strategic communications management consultancy. With our focus on brand engagement, we specialise in engaging employees to your brand, maximising your value by developing and executing stakeholder engagement strategies. Our approach to communication is multi-pronged, leveraging off marketing and human capital management practices to create a holistic and synergistic solution.
Over the past decade, Talk2Us has worked with some of South Africa's most respected organisations, as well as across the continent. The organisations have benefited from our unique approach to strategically aligning staff to business priorities, thereby helping them achieve their reputational priorities, while focussing on the role of leadership communication.
Contact: Linda Hamman
Email: info@talk2us.co.za
Telephone: +27 11 706 8149
Talking Your Language
www.talkingyourlanguage.com
Are you looking for an agency who are just really good at getting things done and making a difference, without blowing your budget? We specialise in internal communications delivery, with four core services:
Flexible, Expert Resource
Our team of specialists work alongside your existing resource to help you manage urgent projects and peaks of activity on a full or part time basis. You control when you need us and for how long. No contract, no minimum term, no notice period
Programme Delivery
Our experienced internal communications specialists can manage any aspect of your change or business as usual communications for you.
Event Design and Delivery
Our dedicated events team design and project manage internal communication events of all shapes and sizes, with an emphasis on low cost, high quality delivery.
Internal Communications Review
A thorough review of your current strategy, capability and delivery, and if you need it, support for implementation of our recommendations.
Contact: Jos Harrison
jos.harrison@talkingyourlanguage.com
Tel: +44 (0) 117 971 4423
The Communications Lab
www.thecommunicationslab.co.uk
The Communications Lab is an employee engagement practice, specialising in employee-led change. We help organisations use employee engagement to turn business issues into business outcomes. Our proven expertise combined with a practical, pragmatic approach means we fulfil an unmet need in today’s marketplace.
We’ve identified the five elements of employee engagement, needed to make engagement happen. We can deliver solutions within all or some of these 5 areas on a team, business unit or organisation-wide scale.
We work in a transparent, open way, focusing on achieving sustainable change. We’d love meet up and find out how we can help you.
Contact:
Alison Quest
alison.quest@thecommunicationslab.co.uk
Tel:
07834944100
Emma Bridger
emma.bridger@thecommunicationslab.co.uk
Tel: 07921158755
The Fifth Business
www.fifthbusiness.com
The Fifth Business is an integrated communications, learning and design company. We specialize in developing engaging and creative communications and change initiatives.
We serve our international clients through:
- Communications strategy development and implementation
- Creative media solutions for learning and communications
- Corporate change coaching
Our passion and vision have led to an excellent reputation as an organization leading change through communications.
Check out our website at www.fifthbusiness.com
UK Contact: Gavin Aldrich
gavin.aldrich@fifthbusiness.com
Tel: +44 (0) 207 534 9099
US Contact: Lilliam Folgueira
lilliam.folgueira@fifthbusiness.com
Tel: +1 (713) 622 5423
The Shared Services and Outsourcing Network was established in the late nineties to better focus IQPC's shared services expertise and serve the changing needs of corporate practitioners. SSON has the leading edge in international shared services expertise. Our research staff work from international offices (US, UK, Germany, Singapore, Australia, Canada, South Africa) to research current trends and developments in shared services; we bring this information to our members via our monthly publication, regular e-news bulletins, organized site visits, benchmarking roundtables, and conferences. The SSON publishes a "Most Admired Shared Services Organizations" list every year, and organizes the prestigious annual Shared Services Excellence Awards.
Website: www.sharedservicesnetwork.com
The Storytellers
www.the-storytellers.com
The Storytellers have created a unique, award-winning approach, helping business leaders connect their people to the strategic journey to increase engagement, productivity, efficiency and to bring about change deep at the heart of the organisation.
We have harnessed the power of storytelling to bring strategy, vision and values to life, creating an emotional and rational connection. Combining a series of creative tools with an innovative methodology, we align the whole organisation from the boardroom to every other level behind a simple, consistent and compelling Story, drawing on real stories from employees and customers to validate the narrative, inspire others and celebrate progress as it travels through the organisation.
Our methodology focuses on co-creation, dialogue and involvement and is designed to enable leaders and managers to engage their teams in the Story in a personal and meaningful way and to help people discover the personal role and contribution each can play. We have worked with dozens of major organisations all over the world, with remarkable results.
Contact
Alison Esse
alison.esse@the-storytellers.com
Tel: +44 (0) 20 7631 3375
Top Banana
Top Banana specialise in global leadership and management events. Our events create emotional engagement with your strategy. And emotional engagement means people deliver with energy, understanding and commitment. We work with national and international brands - such as Gucci, Diageo and Aggregate Industries - at times of change, challenge and growth. To find out how we can help your organisation, take a look at our website www.top-b.com or
call 0845 612 6121.
www.towersperrin.com and www.isrinsight.com
Towers Perrin-ISR is the world’s premier global research and consulting firm specializing in the creation of customized employee and management opinion surveys and other tools helping organizations improve human capital performance. For more than 30 years, Towers Perrin-ISR has provided many of the world’s largest and most successful firms with the workforce intelligence to retain key talent, improve employee engagement, increase productivity, enhance customer satisfaction, and increase shareholder value.
For more information, visit www.towersperrin.com and www.isrinsight.com
contact details:
Towers Perrin-ISR
Albany House, Petty France
London SW1H 9EA
Tel +44 020 7203 6800
Fax +44 020 7203 6801
E-mail: London@isrinsight.com
Towers Perrin
71 High Holborn
London WC1V 6TP
Tel: +44 (0)20 7170 2000
Triffid
triffid-communications.co.uk/
Triffid is a brand communications and strategy team unlike most others. Most of the competitors in the markets we operate in are led and run by people with design skills, events planning skills, or pure business strategy skills; those backgrounds deeply colour the way they approach things and aim to achieve a result. They think first of all about the visuals, about the event or about the operational aspects of the change programme.
Whereas our first thought is about the audience and the best ways to deliver facts and stories that will grab them, stick in their minds and change the way they do things. Whether we are involved in the sharp end of major change programmes, helping to develop strategy at board level or working with presenters to train an audience on a new season of retail products, we think this way. We always think about the audience first – and what it will take to reach them. That’s how we add value.
Uffindell
www.uffindellgroup.com
Uffindell, the Agency of Change
We are a catalyst for change and positive transformation, inspiring organisations to transform their image, products, services and culture to create exceptional experiences and compete in the 21st Century.
Our unique Cycle of Change is a complete sphere of activity designed to help organisations realise opportunities, determine a true sense of purpose and adapt to the changing world.
Vamosa has written Vamosa Content Migrator, which has been pragmatically engineered to provide maximum functionality with minimum fuss. The product has a unique ability to identify and deconstruct content to the level of detail your business dictates. This data is then stored within the Vamosa Content Migrator Repository - allowing for subsequent enhancement, deployment, tracking, audit and library management. Our toolset allows you to automate the migration of existing content into the content management system of your choice. Secondly this technology also allows you to enhance this content en-route allowing for the addition of added layers of benefit and insight into the content.
Contact:
Nic Archer,
Marketing Director,
Vamosa - Smarter Content Migration
T: +44 (0)141 574 2574
E: nic.archer@vamosa.com
W: www.vamosa.com
VMA Selection
www.vmaselection.co.uk
VMA Group is one of the UK’s leading executive search and selection consultancies specializing in internal and corporate communications recruitment.
We have in-depth specialist knowledge of the internal communications market and can provide high-quality permanent and interim candidates with expertise across internal communications, change management and wider corporate communications. We understand the needs of our clients intrinsically and strive to develop long-term relationships with clients and candidates alike.
Please call to discuss how we can help you find the ideal candidate or if you wish to make a career move.
Contact: David Broome
Tel: 020 7436 4243
Email: dbroome@vmagroup.co.uk
Watson Wyatt
www.watsonwyatt.com
The better you communicate, the better your return on investment. Watson Wyatt can show you how to make effective communication a key driver of superior performance.
Organizations that communicate effectively with their employees dramatically outpace those that don’t, according to Watson Wyatt’s groundbreaking Communication ROI Study™. Our research shows that companies that communicate effectively have a 19.4 percent higher market premium than companies that do not.
Also, firms that communicate effectively are 4.5 times more likely to report high levels of employee engagement versus firms that communicate less effectively. And companies that are highly effective communicators are 20 percent more likely to report lower turnover rates than their peers.
Using insights from this research, our team of communication experts combines strong creative skills and technical excellence with a deep understanding of your organization and its culture. We work closely with you to:
- Turn your employees into smarter consumers so they spend their health and benefit dollars more wisely
- Develop formal communication processes, leverage technology, integrate total rewards and use employee feedback to generate higher shareholder returns
- Take advantage of organizational and behavioral change to better achieve your business goals
- Drive managers’ behavior and create a line of sight so that your employees can see how their individual actions affect your organization’s overall success
Contact: Kathryn Yates
Email: kathryn.yates@watsonwyatt.com
Tel: +1 312-525-2103
Wilding McArdle Wilson
www.wmwuk.net
Your brand is not a logo. It's not a strategy. It's not an award-winning ad or groundbreaking new product. Your brand is your people. WMW is a business to people communications agency made up of thinkers, writers, artists, organisers and dreamers who share this simple but powerful belief.
By throwing out the old rulebook of 'carrot and stick', we empower employees with a clear understanding of their organisation's purpose, their part to play and why they should give their all.
We do it through all kinds of creative comms: press ads; radio ads; brochures; leaflets; posters; outdoor; exhibition stands; desk drops; direct mail; websites; microsites; banners; HTML emails; Web 2.0 applications; interactive presentations; Flash games; videos; cascade packs; logos and icons; events; speechwriting; office branding; tone of voice training; employee research; brand consultancy…well, you get the gist.
WMW helps all kinds of interesting and influential organisations power their business by empowering their people. The likes of Atkins, Barclays, British Gas, Centrica, Crossrail, Lloyd's Register, M&S, O2, PepsiCo and Premier Foods. Perhaps we can help you too?
To find out more, visit www.wmwuk.net or contact Cristina Harvey on 020 7579 1250. She's lovely, she is.
World Television - international creative online
www.world-television.com
We produce award-winning video communications that engage the heart as well as the head, inspiring and motivating employees, and helping to change behaviour in a way that has measurable impact on the bottom line.
We believe that three things set us apart:
- Strategic approach. We work with clients to integrate video into their broader communications mix.
- In-house capability. We have the people, the experience and the facilities to handle every stage of the production process, from script to screen.
- Online expertise. We are specialists in distributing video on company intranets and websites.
And unlike most video production companies, World Television is itself an international organisation, headquartered in London with five offices across Europe – Geneva, Zurich, Stockholm, Madrid and Frankfurt. This network applies local expertise and international delivery capability for blue chip clients around the world.
Contact: Rob Jackson
T: +44 (0)20 7388 8555
F: +44 (0)20 7387 8444
E: rob.jackson@world-television.com
Yellow Communications is a leading employee and stakeholder communications agency working in the areas of induction & retention, vision & strategy, values, news and change, for organisations as diverse as GlaxoSmithKline, AXA, Grant Thornton, The British Red Cross and The Charity Commission, amongst others.
Our Promise is simple: To give you our time, energy and experience to help you create world-class solutions that make your organisation stronger and more successful from the inside out.
For further information and to see examples of our work, please visit www.yellowcom.com
Contact:
Jeremy Petty, Director
Tel: 01254 246 160
Mob: 07765 255 520
Email: jeremy.petty@yellowcom.com
