Communications Alumni Network
A blog for the global network of Northeastern organizational communicators
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...
Find your alumni network!
Northeastern University is a network spread across the United States and around the world. From special interest groups to local geographic communities, and everything in between, there is a part of the network for everyone. One example is our community in...