"Internal Communications? What's that then?"

Advantages: It's rewarding, it gives you an excuse to be nosy about stuff in the name of good communications
Disadvantages: Can be a dumping ground for work people can't pigeonhole, have to be very careful re confidentiality

..."Internal Communications? What's that then?" is a phrase I hear all too often when I explain what I do for a living. I'm a communications consultant, events organiser, project manager, statistics expert and sometime writer. Amongst other things. How should that be summed up?! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So, What Is Internal Communications Then? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internal Communications (let's call it IC for ease of typing!) is, basically, something a company does when it shares information with or collects information from its employees. This can include all sorts of things, from staff magazines, intranets (websites that are only accessible from within a company network), conferences and other live events, videos, business TV, surveys, question and answer sessions with senior management, and many...

xalala 04.03.2004 · Read review
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Review of Internal Communications

Thanks for the memories

Advantages: A good read with excellent characters.
Disadvantages: Cannot think of any.

...to give a lecture to. He is also trying to impress her. After the blood transfusion, Joyce begins to experience deja vu everytime she sees Justin. It is as if she knows him, and she starts to experience some of his memories. The story is quite far fetched, that somebody can receive a pint of somebody's blood and know all about their memories, but the author has done it in such a way that you don't feel that it is far fetched, or fantasy in any way. What I loved about the story were some of the characters. Joyce's dad is a complete character, and I wouldn't mind seeing this story in film just to see this character alone. He gives the impression that he is old and daft, but he is more together than you think. Also, Justin's sister-in-law, Doris, is an American who wears leopardskin everything (even leopardskin nailpolish) - I...

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Review of Thanks for the Memories - Cecelia Ahern

Thanks for the memory

Advantages: The value of these completed books is priceless
Disadvantages: None

...How much do you know about your grandparents' lives, what was your Mum and Dad's childhood like ? If the answer is 'not a lot' or 'don't know' this can all be easily rectified with this incredible little journal. This is a 156 pages spiral bound book - Grandparents' Memories. The pages ask questions, have charming illustrations and have blank pages waiting for you to make your mark on history. These books were created and designed by Julie Pinnell, mum of 2. Julie had the idea after losing all her grandparents by her teens. Her first book was handwritten by her parents for her family; the idea was so popular that Julie created Priceless Treasures Ltd to market the books. These books are so easy to fill in and are a pleasure to read afterwards; they make a fantastic present either for the grandparents to complete...

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Review of Grandparents' Memories (Journal) - Julie Pinnell

Memories

Advantages: Classics, original, music from the Stones Hayday
Disadvantages: Too old for some

...tell you how it's gonna be, We're gonna have Lamb Chops for tea. It's strange what stays with you over the years isn't it? The next dozen or so tracks moved on a little in time but still remained in the 1960's. Many of these tracks such as Satisfaction, The Last Time and Paint it Black I had bought out of my pocket money as 45 singles. You know the old, small vinyl records. In fact I still have most of these but they are well worn, a little jumpy and mostly mono so the quality is a little raw. It was good to here these tracks in pristine fashion although the more earthy sound seems more authentic. The final tracks move on to the late sixties and into the 1970's. Unless my aged memory is playing tricks on me I think that is as far as we move in time with this CD. This suits me as I feel that The Rolling Stones were at their peak...

grafter123 17.11.2007 (18.11.2007) · Read review
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Review of Rolled Gold+ (USB Memory Stick) - Rolling Stones (The)

Fond Memories of last year!

Advantages: An amazing night with many fond memories with my family.
Disadvantages: None!

... Fond memories of Bonfire Night Every year since I was a young girl, my family has celebrated bonfire night, getting a small box of garden fireworks and sparklers, with my dad setting them off in the back yard while we all sat in our hats scarfs and gloves watching at the other end of the yard! Usually with a glass of wine in our hand!!! (of course this was much later on in my life!). But I think my most memorable bonfire night was actually last year, when me and my husband went to my parents in Lancaster. They live in a beautiful little village on the outskirts of the hustle and bustle of the city, called Glasson Dock. And all around are other little villages just like it, they live on a Holiday Home site called Marina, where fireworks are the work of the devil and are banned (even sparklers!) so the usual tradition...

stephbond89 02.11.2009 · Read review
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Be Amazed at A Maze of Memories

Advantages: Great staff and stock
Disadvantages: Desire to spend too much money!

...As some of you will know I am a keen Scrapbooker and spend much of my free time on this craft ( when I am not on Dooyoo or Ciao!). There are lots of online craft suppliers but there are relatively few craft shops that you are able to actually visit. I am very lucky to have an absolute gem almost on my doorstep so I thought I would tell everyone about it and there maybe some crafters amongst you that would be able to pay it a visit--you would not regret it (although your bank balance might!) Location A Maze of Memories is set just outside Long Crendon on the Oxfordshire/Buckinghamshire border.It is easily accesible from Bicester and Aylesbury. It is in a unit on Woodway farm. This means that the parking is easy and free and you can watch sheep in the fields out of the window whilst waiting for creative inspiration...

Meggysmum 30.10.2009 · Read review
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Review of A Maze Of Memories, Buckinghamshire

Magical Memories

Advantages: Allows you to keep track of babys development
Disadvantages: Need to allow ink to dry properly before moving to next page

...I've never made any apologies for the fact that I'm a very sentimental person, as my children have grown up over these last 4 years I've amassed a large collection of those things I simply couldn't part with- the first tiny pair of socks they wore, the baby grow they wore the night they were born, the bands that were around their feet in the hospital???.the list goes on. When I was younger I always enjoyed looking through the "baby's first year" books that my mum had filled in for me and my siblings, it was lovely being able to look back in time and see how we all grew and progressed. When I had children of my own I wanted them to be able to do the same thing and made sure that with each pregnancy I purchased a memory book that we could fill in as they grew and that would allow me and my husband remember the early days as well as let...

piggypine 21.08.2008 · Read review
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Review of Baby's Record Keeper and Memory Box - Kerren Barbas

School memories

Advantages: n/a
Disadvantages: n/a

...It is my 200th review on here and I wanted to do something a little bit different. As I haven't written a Ciao Café review for some time I thought that it would be a nice change. This topic caught my eye seeing as I am now almost qualified as a teacher and wanted to reflect back on my own school experience! So, the following are a selection of my ten best school memories. The last one isn't so much a best memory rather than an embarrassingly funny one. The frog skeleton My year one teacher was a lovely lady named Mrs Keavney. She was very into wildlife and therefore many of our lessons would end up outside in the schools wildlife area or investigating nature in some way. She was keen on us to bring things in to show the rest of the class, so I was delighted when one day we discovered a perfect frog skeleton in my greenhouse...

ilusvm 10.11.2008 · Read review
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Review of 10 Best School Memories

Shadow of Memories

Advantages: Great premise, well developed characters, multiple plot paths.
Disadvantages: Easy solutions, unwarranted repitition.

...Eike Kusch has just died. Murdered while strolling through the German town of Lebensbaum, he shall never know the motive behind the murder. Or at least he shouldn't, but he awakens in a bizarre, inter-dimensional realm where a disembodied voice offers him the chance to go back in time and prevent his death. Despite initial misgivings about the intentions of his mysterious saviour, who admits a vested interest in Eike's survival, he accepts and wakes up in a coffee shop with a time travel device, half an hour before he is destined to die. The race is on. And what follows as he puts off the first attempt on his life, manipulating the past to secure his future, makes up the first of ten chapters in Konami's 2001 PS2 adventure game, Shadow of Memories (Shadow of Destiny in the US). This chapter sets a general template for the game: after...

pigeon_of_doom 24.08.2009 · Read review
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Review of Shadow of Memories (PS2)

A haunting memorial

Advantages: Memorable, historical, free
Disadvantages: None

...Continuing the reviews of my recent trip to Washington, this review is about the Korean War Memorial. I think that if you go to Washington and only see one memorial (there are a lot!) then this should be the one that you see?..and here's why. SOME HISTORY The Korean War lasted from 1950-1953. It is not a war that gets talked about a lot, mainly because everyone concentrates on the Second World War which had only been over for five years and the Vietnam War. The War broke out when the Communist regime of North Korea invaded South Korea. The USA was afraid of the spread of Communism and so decided to fight to defend South Korea. Over 54,000 American troops were killed in the three year war (and a lot more UN troops as well). The Memorial itself was originally planned in 1986 but as with everything the realisation took...

tartlette83 10.06.2008 · Read review
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