Paul A Argenti – författare

This book provides strategies for effectively communicating with all constituencies, external and internal - and boosting corporate reputation and your bottom line. Effective corporate communication requires a carefully formulated and implemented program, one that will both craft your corporation's image and protect that image when problems arise."The Power of Corporate Communication" is today's most straight-talking guide for mastering the art - and leveraging the power - of corporate communication. Dozens of field-tested techniques provide solutions for internal and external corporate communication challenges. Insights from today's leading corporate communication experts combine with real-life examples from global corporations including Microsoft, Johnson and Johnson, and GE to examine: key components of the corporate communication function; methods to manage multiple constituencies and deliver consistent, relevant messages; crisis communication tactics, and the dangers of creating "spin" as opposed to facing problems head-on; a successful communication program is central to everything your organization accomplishes, or hopes to accomplish.Let "The Power of Corporate Communication" provide you with the tools you need to establish and maintain that program - and build a corporate communication program that provides you with a strategic advantage.'If left unaddressed, issues of corporate communication can come back to haunt a company; when addressed, they can extend its success. Our hope is that you will use "The Power of Corporate Communication" as a field guide in building your company's reputation' - From Chapter One.Pick up a copy of today's "Wall Street Journal", and odds are that you'll find a front-page story of a troubled company grappling with a highly public crisis. Now ask yourself: could that situation have been alleviated - or even avoided completely - if executives in the corporation had practiced more effective communication? In nine cases out of ten, the answer will be yes. "The Power of Corporate Communication" outlines a program for creating a powerful, consistent corporate image that will provide measurable long-term benefits and value to your organization.Written by two of the most influential pioneers in the study of corporate communication, this timely book reveals: techniques for being responsive - and effective - in communicating with all forms of media; the importance of strong employee communication programs in carrying out corporate strategy and mission; methods for partnering with governments and communities; strategies for communicating with analysts, investors, customers and other stakeholders; and, steps for building corporate reputation.In today's media-saturated "Age of Transparency," network news programs, cable channels, advocacy groups, and chat rooms are constantly on the lookout for corporate slips and blunders. Scores of high-profile incidents reveal the harsh consequences to companies that fail to recognize the importance of effective corporate communication. "The Power of Corporate Communication" shows you how to give your company's communication programs the weight they deserve. It will help you regain control of your public image, and craft a consistent corporate voice and image - one that will pay bottom-line dividends when the next corporate crisis hits.

The explosion of blogs, social networkingsites, wikis, video sharing sites, and otherpowerful digital communications platformsmay be the biggest game-changer to impactbusiness since mechanized manufacturing. In today’s Web 2.0 world, company stakeholders--including employees, customers,and investors--are empowered in waysunimaginable just a few years ago, andtraditional corporate hierarchies areyesterday’s news.

Rather than attempt to turn back the clockand reassert strict, top-down control overstakeholder relationships, the smartestcompanies worldwide are responding withbold new digital communications strategiesbased on transparency, authenticity, andinclusion, instead of secrecy, artificiality,and exclusion.

International corporate communicationsguru Paul A. Argenti provides a lively, up-to-the-minute review of the Web 2.0 landscapeand analyzes the increasingly central rolecorporate communications plays in virtuallyevery organizational function. Argenti andcoauthor Courtney Barnes advise corporateleaders on how to deploy proven strategiesfor using new and emerging digitalplatforms to

Manage brand identity andcompany reputationBuild a culture of engagementand transparencyTurn stakeholders into“company evangelists”Manage internal communications acrosstime zones and language barriersRecruit and retain the best talentDevelop compelling messages based oncustomer and investor needs and desires

Argenti and Barnes provide case studiesillustrating digital communications bestpractices at HP, Southwest Airlines, Sony,Dell, IBM, Starbucks, HBO, FedEx, GE, andother major players.

This groundbreaking book will teach youhow to gain real, manageable control overyour organization’s communications intoday’s virtual world.

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Corporate Communication stresses the importance of creating a coordinated corporate communication system and describes how organizations can benefit from important strategies and tools to stay ahead of the competition. Cases and examples of company situations relate to the chapter and highlight the strategies companies have used to stay ahead. These cases provide readers with the opportunity to participate in real decisions that managers had to make on a variety of real problems.