CiB members have exclusive access to a large section of “How to” features in this section.

The complete list includes:

How to give a perfect presentation
How do you keep your audience on its toes when delivering a presentation? Spontaneity is essential for presenters who want to engage their audience. In this feature, Clive Lewis, MD of Illumine Training, reveals how to think on your feet.

How to communicate change effectively
The Loop, a Bristol-based communications agency, recently held a communications workshop with National Savings & Investments, looking at how change initiatives are implemented – what succeeds and what fails. In this feature, Lucy Croft and Natasha Cochrane of The Loop look at why you need to manage your communications carefully.

How to produce an award-winning intranet news service
The news service on Arena, Aviva plc’s global intranet, has won six major European awards in the last two years. Here, Clare Parry, corporate news manager for the financial giant, gives her top ten tips for running a successful service.

How to engage your employees with a customer focus initiative
As organisations continue to expand their product or service portfolios, the differentiating factors between competitors’ offerings are diminished. Lucy Croft looks at how businesses can use an alternative way to gain competitive advantage.

How to build rapid relationships
Relationships are everything in business. As a leader, networker, team player or salesman your success will be dependent in part upon your ability to engage effectively with colleagues and clients. In this article Mark West of R&A Consultancy & Training, highlights five ways to build fast relationships with clients and colleagues.

How to conduct interviews via e-mail
There was a time when all material for corporate publications was gathered via personal interviews. Not any more. Steve Nichols of InfoTech Communications (www.infotechcomms.co.uk) looks at the best way to use e-mail for remote “interviews”.

How to create a successful multi-language magazine
item Group, beat off fierce competition to win the top award for producing Europe’s Best Multi-language Magazine. Hi! (Hydro Inside) won the FEIEA (Federation of European Industrial Editors Associations) award in Brussels for the second year running. item’s Alison Crossley shows how you too could create an award-winning multi-language magazine.

How to do better corporate blogging
Web logs, popularly known as blogs, have become one of the hottest communication tools on the web, offering the opportunity for anyone to create their own free web site and encouraging opinions and interaction.

How to run employee satisfaction surveys
The benefit of running an annual employee survey has for a long time been widely accepted, but many organisations have been put off by the amount of effort that is required. Here, Martin Day looks at the best way to run an effective online survey.

How to get and give recognition
CiB member Carol Harris says: A colleague who used to work in television told me that she was frequently given recognition at work; she was always recognised when she was late (although seldom when she stayed late at night to complete a job).

How to produce a better communications plan
What should a communication plan look like and where do you start? To help get you going you can download a sample communication plan in MS Word format right here on the CiB web site.

How to measure your web readability
How readable is your work? No, it isn’t a trick question. Readability is fast becoming a vital part of written communications and one that you may be tested on when pitching for work. Steve Nichols takes a look.

How to get senior sign off
Newcomers to corporate communications say the thing they find hardest to deal with is getting approval on copy and proofs from senior management. Journalist Jill Wedge gives a few useful tips on how to deal with awkward customers.

How to get your intranet message across
While the intranet is a fantastic tool, you really have to fight to get your message through the information overload that seems to pervade organisations nowadays. Steve Nichols of InfoTech Communications takes a closer look at how you can make it easier

How to make your communications more compelling with NLP
Carol Harrisof Management Magic shows how simple NLP techniques can make your communications stand out from the crowd.

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