Communications channels
Communications channels are the different methods for communicating information. Below are the different channels we have worked with – but that doesn’t mean to say there aren’t more.
- Induction courses
- Face to face
- Appraisals
- Team meetings/briefings
- Staff meetings
- Cascade
- Workshops & Seminars
- Conferences
- Networking
- Consultation meetings
- Training, coaching & mentoring
- Away days
- Staff awards/rewards
- Staff handbooks
- Meet the boss
- Rumour – usually spread through corridor chat
- Suggestion box
- Newsletter (soft or hard copy) – could be internal, external, group specific
- Website (Web 1.0 or Web 2.0)
- Webcasts
- Intranet
- Intranet diary
- IT software such as IBM Lotus QuickPlace/Lotus Quickr
- Chat rooms and social networking sites such as Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn etc
- Bulletin boards
- Blogs
- Telephone calls
- Text messages
- Conference calls
- Video
- CD/DVD/Audio tapes
- Screen savers
- Desktop background
- Minutes of meetings
- Reports
- Letters
- Information on the back of payslips
- Booklets
- Staff handbook
- Manuals
- Posters
- Notice board
- Advertising – across all media
- Press release
- Press conference
- Photocall
- Media stunts
- Interviews (Press, Radio, TV, Internet, YouTube)
- Opinion editorial
- Features (articles)
- Online news or media centre
- Exhibitions
- Event/stunt
- Roadshows
- Merchandising
- Staff surveys
- Questionnaires
- Focus groups
- Suggestion schemes
There is a big difference between knowing the theory and making it happen. For help in implementing your communications practices email us now.
