Communication World articles from June 2003

Communication World archives from June 2003

From the editor. (IABC Update).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... In April 1991, I was going on my third month as an assistant at IABC. Les Potter, ABC, was chairman at the time. As I read his monthly newsletter, I was shocked to find that he had devoted a paragraph to thank me. I had taken it upon myself to...

IABC selects 2003 award recipients. (IABC Update).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... ABC's 2002-2003 Chair, Annette Martell, ABC, MC, has named Jillian de Beer, director of de Beer Marketing & Communications in New Zealand, the recipient of the 2003 Chairman's Award. Anne Forrest, non-executive chairman-Asia for...

Agilent CEO named 2003 Excel award winner. (IABC Update).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... Edward W. (Ned) Barnholt, chairman, president and CEO of Agilent Technologies, is the recipient of the 2003 Excellence in Communication Leadership (EXCEL) award. Since successfully guiding Agilent through its spin-off from Hewlett-Packard...

Events. (IABC Update).(Brief Article)
June 1, 2003... JUNE 8-11 Conference: IABC International Conference Toronto, ON, Canada www.iabc.com/conf2003 17 Teleseminar: How to Make a Presentation That Gets Results www.iabc.com/store 25 Webinar: Influencing Employee Attitudes...

Letters.
June 1, 2003... Mark Weiner's recent article--based on an informal survey of 100 professional communicators--reported that our profession believes in and talks more about the need to measure its effectiveness in "ROI" terms than it actually measures it. The...

Global perspectives: tell us about a recent best practice that got results for your organization.
June 1, 2003... CANADA Having completed two mergers in two years, we determined that our best practice is researching primary messages prior to communicating them, rather than coming up with messages and testing them later. In both mergers, we anticipated...

Connecting intangible assets to the bottom line. (Foundation Findings).
June 1, 2003... If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a sound? That's a classic question for philosophical pondering. How about this one: If an asset is intangible, does it make an impact on the corporate bottom line? Of course it does. But how can this...

'Pyramids Are Tombs' denounces traditional corporate structure. (Bookmark).
June 1, 2003... Originally written to align associates at The Phelps Group with company policy and mission, "Pyramids Are Tombs" advocates moving from a top-down corporate structure to self-directed, client-based teams for greater efficiency, speed, economy...

Gold Quill 2003 Awards: of 1,052 entries from 21 countries, 39 received awards of Excellence and 63 recieved awards of Merit. Congratulations to the winners!
June 1, 2003... DIVISION 1 Government Relations MERIT Operation: Dignite recherchee du CHSLD Saint-Jerome Gilles Corriveau Enigma communications inc. Montreal, QC, Canada DIVISION 2 Community Relations EXCELLENCE...

Penetrating barriers: communicating clearly in the international organization.
June 1, 2003... Nathan Schweitzer smiled and gestured for the visitor to come into his office. "You won't believe what happened this morning," he said, and slapped the document sitting in front of him on the desk. "This report is from Yuri. And I didn't even...

Do ethical communicators finish first? Walking the straight and narrow information path.
June 1, 2003... Simply talking a good game when it comes to corporate communication isn't enough. It never has been. Over the past 20 years, communicators have found there are no easy communication answers for avoiding or confronting problems. Yet savvy...

Sierra's theory of communicativity: calculating the value of organizational communication through cost effort and perception.
June 1, 2003... I couldn't help but wonder if my tie was on straight. For that matter, I was hoping my new suit made a good impression. Somehow, I had gained an audience with an up-and-coming CEO and his human resources manager. I was there with a group of...

Meet IABC's 2003-2004 board members share in sights into communication challenges and predictions for the profession.
June 1, 2003... To help ABC members get to know the association's 2003-2004 Executive Board and ABC Research Foundation Board of Trustees better, CW asked these leaders to answer a series of questions about the communicator's role in today's business...

Arab women speak out to create an environment for self-empowerment. (Case in Point).
June 1, 2003... Though many Arab women are active participants in day-to-day practices and struggles that create opportunities and improve the conditions under which they live, media often portray them as passively subordinate. The stark contrast between these...

Symbols speak: using abstraction to make effective photos of buildings. (Photo Critique).
June 1, 2003... Organizations and institutions are often defined by the Structures in which they are housed. Business, health and government buildings are created not only as work places. They are often designed as symbols, expressing the history, wealth,...

Ya Gotta proofread...ya gotta listen; don't launch your mortar at the foe. (Wood on Words).
June 1, 2003... Ya gotta proofread...ya gotta listen! Valued stepdaughter Pamela, far more a financial pro than an editorial type, was nevertheless quick to report the following "from CNN's obituary of Joseph Coors": "Born and raised in Golden on November...

Personality.(Interview)
June 1, 2003... DESCRIBE AN ETHICAL DILEMMA THAT YOU FACED. HOW DID YOU RESOLVE IT? A colleague's wife offered to seduce me. I told her to try again when she was sober. I don't think she did, though maybe I just was not sensitive enough to notice. ...