Crossing Oceans to Build Collaboration

Greetings from Germany!

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While normally based at Spectrum in Washington, DC, I’m happy to find myself sitting in the bright, sunny offices of our GLOBALHealthPR partner fischerAppelt. Understanding and leveraging the similarities and differences between communication cultures around the world is critical to global communications success.

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Internal Communication in Healthcare: Speak and Let Speak

Today´s blog comes to us from our GLOBALHealthPR partner in Germany, fischerAppelt

The reasons and motives for internal communication are as diverse as their possible outcomes. This is especially true in global healthcare organizations, where messages considered clear and straightforward in one region might not be understood the same way in another. For this reason, implementing effective internal communications strategies across multiple locations is crucial. [Read more...]

Facebook Blues Around the World: Lonely With (or Without) You?

In the last couple of weeks, mainstream media and bloggers alike have picked up on the results of a recent study that links Facebook use to feelings of sadness, worry and loneliness. Are Americans alone with these feelings? Can the findings be generalized for the nearly 1 billion Facebook users outside the United States? Fortunately, we have a few answers.

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