June 25, 2012
Where does the time go? Employees waste 20 minutes a day on bad emails. That’s 4,250 wasted minutes – or 70 wasted hours – per year! Time is money, and every day employees unintentionally waste time on irrelevant, excessive or unclear emails – but at what cost? According to our 2012 Work-Related Email Perception Study, employees spend nearly 20 minutes a
June 22, 2012
In the Mix…LCWA Announces 2012 Work-Related Email Perception Study
“Email overload” is taxing companies around the globe and driving major organizations to ban afterhours – and even work time – emails completely. As internal communication and research experts, we wanted to know: is email indispensible, irritating or detrimental to today’s business communications? In a comprehensive, quantitative study, the LCWA Research Team surveyed employees at various organizational levels – from
June 7, 2012
LCWA Receives PRSA Skyline “Awards of Excellence”
This week, the LCWA team attended PRSA Chicago’s annual Skyline Awards, honoring the best campaigns in Chicago public relations. In this very competitive field, we are honored to be recognized with two “Awards of Excellence” for two 2011 campaigns: The First Alert team won for the “Breathe Easy, California” legislative campaign in the public service category. Snow Joe cleared the way for
May 11, 2012
Proud to Toot Our “Horns”
Silver and gold…silver and gold…everyone wishes for silver and gold. Well, this week, our wish came true at the Publicity Club of Chicago’s 2012 Golden Trumpet Awards ceremony where LCWA was honored with three awards – one gold and two silver – for outstanding public relations programs. The First Alert teamnabbed a Golden Trumpet Award in the Issues Management category for