Communications Alumni Network
A blog for the global network of Northeastern organizational communicators
Work that matters: An approach to change in the public sector
It has been said that the slowest systems to change are often organizations in the public sector. However, it was interesting to hear how Accenture drives change in the public sector and the perspectives from Kristin McElderry, Accenture Management Consulting...
Charting a career path with a French accent
Have you ever considered living and working in another country? Our alumna Gina Dunn, CPS’15, did just that, moving to Paris in 2016 and applying her communication expertise as an independent consultant. In this interview, I ask Gina about her decision to work in...
CommTech – what’s all the fuss about?
As communicators – and communication educators – staying on top of the trends that are driving our field is imperative. One those trends: The explosion of digital technologies. As organizations increasingly use data in all aspects of the enterprise, in how they make...
Diversity and inclusion — going beyond the slogans
As PR Week noted in 2018, like many other industries and professions, “the communications sector has a diversity problem, with too few people of color – and far too few diverse individuals in high-ranking positions.” PR Week also created a video that underscores what...
Are you suffering from Zoom fatigue?
Meetings have been a fixture of organizational life for as long as…well, as long as there have been organizations. But the Covid-19 pandemic has brought into sharp relief why meetings can be so frustrating, unproductive, and stress-producing. So, what can we do about...
Stories create experiences and make careers
For Dr. K. Dawn Rutledge, who graduated from our program in 2012, storytelling has been a constant thread throughout her life and career as a communicator. Dawn vividly remembers entering a poetry-writing contest in eighth grade. “I actually won first place in that...