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Category Archives: Stakeholder communication
Exchanges: Remarkable news and quotes
Undressing for success. Accountants say less reporting provides more insight. Canadian regulators, meanwhile, want more reporting.
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Exchanges: Remarkable news and quotes
The new corporate reputation. Numbers versus a good story. Making annual reports more readable.
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Annual reports: Bridging gaps or burning bridges?
Like it or not, every company has communication gaps. Gaps exist between promises and performance, and between perception and reality, among others. Now, a new gap is developing between disclosure and understanding.
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If money talks, let it speak clearly
NASA’s latest rocket took a six-minute test flight last month. The Ares I-X is the longest rocket ever built at 327 feet. It’s part of NASA’s plan to send astronauts on a 238,857-mile journey to the moon by 2020. What’s that got to do with business and financial communication? Well, some wag, usually a politician, [...]
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4 narrative elements for effective annual reports
A good annual report has all the elements of a good story. It offers powerful images, plenty of detail and a story line that interests, captivates and engages the reader. Producing an effective annual report doesn’t require you to write like Hemingway or Grisham, although that wouldn’t hurt. The effectiveness of your report depends more [...]
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How to manage the annual report tug-of-war