The Drip

Jessi Risch works in the Global Talent Acquisition Strategy and Delivery team within Wells Fargo’s Human Resources division. In this episode, we talk about the benefits of small group sessions with company leadership; leveraging stories for stakeholder engagement, and how adding a social chat feature to their intranet unlocked collaboration across the division.

Lily D'Amato is the Senior Content and Communications Manager at Paris Baguette America. In this episode we talk about how Paris Baguette uses internal newsletters; training webinars, and their robust intranet to message and train their franchise and retail locations.

Dan Webber is President of Edelman's Washington DC office and in this episode we talk about having an audience first mentality; agency frameworks that are born from employee initiatives, and using emotion to help build company values.

Kim Sample is the President of the PR Council and we talk about how PR agencies are navigating the pandemic; the work being done in the industry around diversity, equity and inclusion, and an "earned first" mentality for new capabilities.

Ross Perich is the Head of Communications at Fivetran and he gives an absolute master class in how to best pitch the media and how to best leverage customer stores. Today's landscape is very different than just five years ago and Ross really helps to connect the dots.

Susan Schmitt Winchester is the Chief Human Resources Officer at Applied Materials. In this episode, we talk about strategies to navigate workplace conflict; Adult Survivors of a Damaged Past, and how to best communicate your company's culture.

Lindsey Johnson is the Director of Internal Communications at FICO. In this episode, we talk about how she brings a journalistic approach to internal communications and how FICO works to champion and broadcast employee expertise.

Todd Ringler is Edelman's Managing Director and US Head of Earned Media. We talk about the important transition from being a media relations professional to being a media person; how it's about earning attention and not coverage, and how owned content can be leveraged to pitch stories.

Stacey Burbach is the Head of Communications and Brand at Qumulo. In this episode, she discusses how to drive and measure communications outcomes and how to build alignment and trust internally.

David Ward is the Director of Public Affairs at the Association of Equipment Manufacturers and in this episode we talk about leveraging social media as a channel for thought leadership and the complexities that trade organizations are facing now that there are tighter restrictions on political and political adjacent content on social media.