FIR Podcast Network

By any standard, 2020 was a challenging year for everyone around the globe. Communicators were among those who had to cope with the personal impact of the year’s events while simultaneously coordinating communication to their organizations’ or clients’ diverse audiences — both regular, ongoing communication and crisis-related communication.

At noon 6 p.m. ET on Thursday, January 21, a truly global panel of five IABC Fellows will convene to review the year in communication. (Panelists are from Australia, The Philippines, and Canada.) The panel will take your questions in real-time via the YouTube Live chat function or via Twitter (using the hashtag #COF65).
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Can communicators help create the right environment for their companies? Can they help sustain an existing environment?

At noon ET on Thursday, December 17, four IABC Fellows will answer these questions and explore the various ways communicators can influence the corporate environment. The panel will take your questions in real-time via the YouTube Live chat function or via Twitter (using the hashtag #COF64).
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For a while, the wave of new technologies offered communicators obvious opportunities to incorporate these new tools into their communication strategies. The introduction of Twitter and Instagram, the rise of mobile use, chatbots, and other technologies that were grounded in communication were introduced at a dizzying pace.

Many of today’s new crop of technologies have less obvious communication applicability. That doesn’t mean communicators should ignore them. From Artificial Intelligence to Blockchain, from live streaming to machine co-creativity, there are technologies gaining steam that can have a significant impact on the effectiveness of both internal and external communication.

On November 14, four IABC Fellows will gather for a live-streamed discussion about emerging communication technologies; they will take your questions in real-time via the YouTube Live chat function or via Twitter (using the hashtag #COF63).
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