Awards Season, Corporate-Style

March, 2012

For those of us in Los Angeles, the end of awards season is a little bit sad. We’ve screened all the films. We’ve voted for our favorites. We’ve watched as our various guilds and societies nominated and selected their winners (which we may or may not have agreed with). And then, in a flourish, the Best Picture is announced, the season is over, and we begin the cycle again.

For clients of RNB, awards season is, refreshingly, a year-round occurrence. Throughout the year, it makes me happy to learn about a wide array of outstanding employee accomplishments, then prepare speeches, slides, emails, and articles, all while keeping everything top secret!

Corporate internal awards may not always have the glitz and glamour associated with Hollywood’s awards. But when employees hear their names and achievements announced at a company Town Hall or a dinner event, I know they are filled with just as much pride as any actor or director receiving a gilded statuette.

So I’m honored to play my role in corporate awards too!

Not Just for Fun — Using Games to Educate Employees

Sept., 2011

As most people remember from childhood, learning new things often comes easier when it’s delivered in the form of a game. How does this approach work for corporate employees?

RNB recently adapted a famous TV game show to help educate employees of a global pharmaceutical company about the importance of Information Security.

Six categories. Five questions increasing in difficulty and points. Answers delivered in the form of a question. You know the game, of course.

“Social Media for 100,” please!

Using this internationally well-known format, the RNB team created 30 clues, 120 multiple choice answers, and 30 teaching points about all aspects of Information Security. The content was delivered as a standalone interactive website. It was designed to work equally well online as an intranet tool…and offline for use at events.

This game premiered at a lunchtime event where dozens of employees had fun testing their knowledge…and learning. Their feedback: Questions were tricky! Delighted our game offered multiple choice answers! But…the 30-second deadline, advising them they were ”Too Slow” to answer a question, was definitely a challenge!

Our client was excited by these results, and has asked RNB to make the game available on the company’s global intranet for all employees to play and learn.

Perhaps a company-wide Tournament of Champions is next?!

If you’d like to produce a game show to educate your employees about topics important to your business, Contact RNB.

Telling Stories from Around the Globe

Feb. 21 2011

It’s customary for companies to report about strategic initiatives after they’ve been completed. Showcase the results. Share the lessons learned with employees.

For 2011, RNB is proud to be working with a global client to report its strategic initiatives while they are still in progress. We’re engaging in “corporate storytelling.”

For our client, the RNB team is talking with employees around the world to discover how they are approaching their 2011 assignments, long before the results are in. We’re reporting their stories on the company’s global internal portal — as articles, supported by audio soundbites and simple PowerPoint slides.

By reading about one another’s activities in progress, employees can learn from each other, share new approaches and better understand how their individual contributions directly impact the company.

Would you like to unearth and report interesting stories in your company? Contact RNB to learn how we can bring your strategic initiatives to life.

“You have ALS.” Devastating words to hear.

Oct. 4, 2010

In a video written and produced by RNB Communications for The ALS Association, patients with ALS (Lou Gehrig’s Disease) courageously ask the tough questions and receive honest answers about their disease and prognosis.

Three patients. Three stories. One disease. ALS.

This touching video called “You Are Not Alone” was created for newly diagnosed ALS patients and their families. In it, three patients living with ALS ask the tough questions and share their personal experiences. By doing so, they hope to help others just like them.

RNB is proud to support The ALS Association and those it serves. We look forward to continuing our ongoing relationship with this non-profit — and offering other non-profits our communications assistance.

“Lou Gehrig’s Disease” and “love story.”

June 29, 2010

Two phrases you might not expect to be connected. For The ALS Association’s Vision Magazine, RNB interviewed and wrote a story about a senior couple brought closer together by Lou Gehrig’s Disease.

RNB is proud to include non-profit organizations among its clients. We welcome projects, large and small, to support their communications efforts.

For The ALS Association, RNB often produces video programming. Recently, RNB wrote a touching magazine story about a senior couple in love who decided to donate funds to The ALS Association.

Read for yourself how Lou Gehrig’s Disease and this love story play out in the “A Love Story” article on page 7 of the Spring 2010 edition of Vision Magazine.

Welcome to the new RNB Communications Website

May 26, 2010

It was time. Time to say goodbye to the old RNB website and usher in a new one.

So, welcome to RNB Communications’ brand new website!

This new site shines the spotlight on what matters most to visitors like you — the work we are doing and the clients with whom we are partnering.

Our services include communications strategy and planning, employee communications, I.T. communications, branding and identity, event production, video and multimedia and support for non-profits.

Throughout the site, see extensive samples of our portfolio. Take a seat in the screening room, and watch our award-winning video productions.

Then contact us to let us know how we can help improve your communications.

Thanks for visiting RNB Communications. We look forward to working with you!