Getting better at internal communication, with Roy Schwartz
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Published by Coaching for Leaders on July 1, 2024
Roy Schwartz is co-founder and CEO at Axios HQ, the world’s first AI-powered internal communications management platform. He’s also the co-founder of Axios, the award-winning news organization known for its Smart Brevity writing style. He's the co-author, along with Jim VandeHei and Mike Allen of Smart Brevity: The Power of Saying More With Less.
Most organizations spend way more time and strategy on external communications than internal ones. In this conversation, Roy and I discuss how your internal strategy can reduce email, save time, and create space for innovation and insight.
Key points
- An effective, internal publication via email reduces the amount of total messaging people receive.
- Position one, big item in every publication. There should be a hierarchy of what’s important, since not everyone will read everything.
- Keep each topic to 200 words and under 1,000 words for the entire publication.
- For each topic, start with a strong, first sentence — and then provide context for why it matters.
- Find a word other than “newsletter” to name a regular, internal publication.
- Bring personality and smiles into internal publications. People will engage and look forward to reading.
- Done well, internal publications help inform, recognize, provide accountability, and allow leaders to focus on the human aspects of communication.
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