August

Lights, camera, action!

If you want your communication to be impactful, go for video. Video messages , webcasts and virtual team meetings are an integral part of corporate communication. Videos help you to communicate in an authentic way, which is even more important in these days where we cannot meet physically.In these times of Covid, it has become …

June

The press conference is dead. Long live the press conference?

Press conferences. In times of super-fast news consumption and scoops, they sometimes feel a little outdated. Can you still make it to require busy journalists to come and listen to your announcement at the same place, at the same time?Many organizations and companies have already come to realize that there are better and more efficient …

May

Is COVID-19 forcing you to restructure?

5 tips to safeguard your company’s reputation and its futureBrussels Airlines, TUI, Ryanair, … the list of companies that will restructure as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic threatens to become very long.Of course, we do not wish this to happen to any company, especially if layoffs are imminent. Any restructuring, however inevitable, often feels …

8 tips to organize and facilitate a virtual workshop

Since the beginning of containment, almost all meetings and workshops have been held remotely. At the beginning, this may have required some time to adapt, but now the practice seems to be well established among organizations. So much so that many workshops will probably continue to be held virtually.But what are the basic rules for …

April

Time to measure

Ever since the lockdown has been announced, internal communication managers are looking for the ‘right’ communication. What is the best way to quickly disseminate operational instructions? How to explain to your workers that they will be placed in economic unemployment and that their income will decline? Or on the contrary, that they are working in …

March

akkanto’s virtual advice hub

akkanto’s virtual advice hub – Unusual times call for expert adviceIn line with our company name (accanto means ‘nearby’ in Italian), we want to stay close to our clients and network, even in these social distancing times.Therefore, we opened a virtual helpdesk, through which you can request our advice on your communication challenges during the …

February

Coronavirus: Should my company communicate with its employees?

Coronavirus: Should my company communicate with its employees?There is no longer a day where the media does not report on the progress of Coronavirus in China first, and now in Europe. At the same time, the health authorities, armed with their knowledge of the details of the situation, are working to reassure and maintain calm. …

January

akkanto’s #countdown to 2020

To make the countdown to the new year even more exciting, we gave the floor to one of our experts each day. They looked back at the past year and anticipated possible communication trends for 2020. Public affairsOur public affairs experts, Emily Hoyos and Bjorn Andries, were the first to gaze in a crystal ball. The …

September

Global Journalism: Fifth power or tyranny?

Change or collapse? If there is one sector where the question is posed with acuity, it is the press.   It is in “The Spirit of the Laws” that Montesquieu establishes the famous trilogy of the legislative, executive and judicial branches of government – the three magical powers said to be the ingredients of the antidote …

April

Linking Executive Compensation to Reputation

It’s been said that there’s nothing like motivation to increase both collective and individual performance. And through the lens of reputation management, that means tying the risk and reward of enhanced success to personal performance-based compensation of the executive C-Suite.One of the companies leading the way in this endeavor is Proximus. Proximus is the first …