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Present data the audience can act on quickly. A long data-based report that communicators spend a lot of time on can end up being useless if it’s not easy for the recipient to understand and apply to their work. During Ragan’s Communications Boot Camp Virtual Conference last year, Andrew Bates, senior director of enterprise data The post Show and tell: Sharing stories with compelling data appeared first on Ragan Communications.

Plus, Blue Origin shares its plan to raise external funds. Greetings, comms pros! Let’s take a look at a few news stories from the last week and see what we can learn from them. 1. XBOX chief says business ‘spread too thin’ in layoff memo to employees XBOX CEO Asha Sharma told employees that Microsoft’s The post XBOX tells employees business ‘not healthy’; Zuckerberg admits Meta’s AI push not going as expected appeared first on Ragan Communications.

How internal comms can keep employees informed before a company divides. A company can announce a split in one press release, but the employees affected need a story that lasts much longer than that. That’s the comms challenge Comcast faces as it separates its media and technology businesses into two public companies. “You’re essentially having The post Comcast’s upcoming split puts spotlight on employee comms amid major change appeared first on Ragan Communications.

New York Life’s chief communications officer returned from Spain prepared for unpredictability and resolved to keep moving. Paul Gennaro is chief communications officer, New York Life, and advisor, Ragan’s Center for AI Strategy.  One year ago, on July 8, I ran with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain. Since then, I’ve noted the similarities between the The post What running with the bulls taught me about AI appeared first on Ragan Communications.

Before comms teams scale AI, they need to know whether their people, policies and culture are ready. AI adoption can look a bit uneven inside comms teams. One team may have strong training but no clear governance while another may encourage employees to use new tools without explaining why AI fits into their work. Samantha The post AI adoption needs more than tools and training appeared first on Ragan Communications.