Coming up…
• About the charity
• Our communication
challenges and needs
• Our Microsoft Lync journey
• Top communication tips
Our internal communication challenge
• Small budget
• Dispersed workforce across
the UK
• Silo working
• Few internal
communications channels
Our communication needs
• A cost-effective solution
• To make everyone feel like
one charity
• Create awareness of
different projects
• Platform for two-way
dialogue
• To celebrate successes
Our Microsoft Lync journey
• Helped us communicate a
field team restructure
• Engaged our people with the
new strategy
• Staff across the UK can
hear live presentations
• Team-led Lync-ups launched
to introduce key projects and
celebrate successes
Top tips
• Get the technology right
• Do dress rehearsals
• Remember people can present
differently to PC than in person
• Set Lync etiquette
• Mix up the content
• Keep Lync-ups to 30 minutes
• Try to avoid mixing a Lync
audience with a live one
We’re the Parkinson’s charity that drives
better care, treatments and quality of life.
Together we can bring forward the day
when no one fears Parkinson’s.
Visit the CharityComms website
to view slides from past events,
see what events we have
coming up and to check out
what else we do:
www.charitycomms.org.uk
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