2012 was a challenging year for most businesses. Not just from a financial perspective, but from an employee engagement perspective. It makes sense that the two are linked - it is more difficult to create and sustain solid engagement when times are tough, and it is the role of internal communication to maintain that connection.
By Daniel Munslow 16 Jan 2013 10:59
Twenty Twelve, year of the dragon, a leap year and the year the world as we know it is meant to end. I believe it will, not in a dooms-day fill-my-bunker-with-canned-food kind of way but in a thinking, progressive, collaborative and connective way. It's a phoenix year, where great ideas and people will rise from the economic ashes and drive informed action.
By Joanna Oosthuizen 26 Jan 2012 12:37
How do you entice or sell to a target market that is hesitant, if not sceptical, about commercial brands, although predisposed to being very loyal and capable of independently fulfilling its own needs?
By Banele Rewo 18 Jan 2012 13:31
It would be singularly arrogant and just plain stupid of me to boast about the fact that nine of the 11 trends I predicted for 2011 were spot on. Quite simply because they were as predictable as the notion that Sundays are pretty much certain to be followed by Mondays [aha, Rebecca Black taught you something... - managing ed].
By Chris Moerdyk: @chrismoerdyk 9 Jan 2012 16:02
If you're reading this, it means the world hasn't ended yet. Oh goody gumdrops! I prepared my annual industry predictions for 2012 in advance due to our print deadlines on AdVantage, so I'd be really pissed off if there was no one left to read them and I'd angsted over them for nothing. So here goes...
By Louise Marsland: @Louise_Marsland 9 Jan 2012 15:30
Now that Southern Sun has embraced social media-site Facebook beyond using it as a fan page, other hotel groups are set to follow.
By Brian Berkman: contributing editor, travel 27 Jul 2011 12:23
It's not just professionals making content anymore, but rather professionals working with their audiences to create content.
By Omar Essack 21 Jan 2010 11:49
