44 Communications

15/08/2024

Storytelling sparks innovation📊🚀
See how we brought National Grid's complex CLoCC project to life by creating characters Bob and Rachel.

Conference storytelling brings innovation to life “The team was excellent throughout the development of the LCNI digital materials. They were focused, clear on the outputs and offered an excellent level of creativity." Innovation Delivery Manager, Gas Transmission, National Grid At the Low Carbon ...

14/08/2024

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13/08/2024

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08/08/2024

THIS MONTH IN IC: A question of trust, creating magic moments, and the power of TikTok…

Read on ⬇️

Our regular look at some of the top news, views and opinions from around the wonderful world of IC… Trust is the word of the moment among IC professionals. Lots of interested parties were quick to give their thoughts on the Institute of Internal Communications’ latest publication, IC Index 2024:...

07/08/2024

The challenge?
Create a year-round awareness campaign of ITV's Speaking Up policy.

The results?
397% increase in views of the campaign intranet site.

Find out how we did it…

Giving colleagues the permission to act ITV is one of the top ten TV content producers in the world and is committed to high standards of ethical corporate behaviour. Their Speaking Up policy sets out a responsibility to encourage and facilitate colleagues to speak up about concerns relating to

06/08/2024

See how we worked with Zoe’s Place to gather insight about their existing brand and refresh it in line with the charity’s purpose, vision and values.

Zoe’s Place How Zoe’s Place introduced a brand refresh that reflected the charity’s vision and values and won the hearts and minds of colleagues. Zoe’s Place is one of the only baby hospices in the UK, offering support to babies and infants as well as their

01/08/2024

Find out how we developed a series of bite-sized videos to support and manage the expectations of officers policing the 2022 Queen’s Jubilee celebrations and the Notting Hill Carnival...

Supporting policing through video storytelling We were asked to provide a solution to support and manage the expectations of officers who would be policing the 2022 Queen’s Jubilee celebrations and the Notting Hill Carnival. Due to the pandemic, there had been no events like this since 2019. This ...

31/07/2024

Editor Hannah Montgomery gives us her tips and tricks on taking teamwork from the netball court to the office...

Hannah Montgomery, editor at 44, reintroduces herself and gives us her tips and tricks on taking teamwork from the netball court to the office. Hi Hannah ... tell us a bit about yourself, how long you've been with 44, and what you do with the agency. I started out at 44 in October 2018 and in that

25/07/2024

Find out how we transformed The Adventures of Harley Farley and Brucie Lucy: Tibetan Terrier Tales into a hardback children’s book through our pro bono communication support.

Pro bono communication is a dogs’ tale A former client of ours, Sylvie Newham, had always harboured an ambition to write a children’s book to raise money for charity. When looking after her grandchild Poppy, the pair started to make up stories about Sylvie’s beloved dogs Harley and Brucie.

24/07/2024

AI is a hot topic, and it's not going anywhere any time soon. Our digital expert, Alan Coates, explores how you can turn away from the fear of the unknown – and learn to embrace the opportunity of AI for internal communications.

In the midst of the rapidly-evolving conversation around ChatGPT, it’s hard to escape the ever-growing presence of artificial intelligence (AI) in the digital workplace. 44’s Head of Digital, Alan Coates, explores how it’s time to turn away from the fear of the unknown – and learn to embrace...

23/07/2024

Find out how we worked with National Grid to develop its thought leadership website 'Connecting' to help position itself as an expert in its field ...

Award-winning National Grid thought leadership “Capturing our people’s thoughts on sometimes challenging and complex topics and structuring them within expertly written pieces of content is a highly valuable skill. The team at 44 Communications does this really well.” Project Delivery Manager,...

18/07/2024

Well done Nick 👍 for this amazing achievement and for actively demonstrating our 44 values of Creativity, Awareness and Excellence!

16/07/2024

Find out how we helped to create a buzz around National Grid's Gas Innovation Showcase in the run up to their corporate event.

National Grid showcase innovation at corporate event “44 were able to take the lead on the organisation, really understand the content, and take the worry away from me, which was a big plus." Innovation Delivery Manager, National Grid Gas Transmission What does the future hold for

11/07/2024

We’ve produced a series of guides with top tips to enable your creative thinking. From writing an article to video storytelling, here you can access free downloads to support your comms activity:

Over the summer, we produced a series of guides with top tips to provide support for the IC professional. From traditional communication methods like article writing and photography to ever-changing advancements like podcasts and video, we have the advice to provoke your creative thinking. Podcasts....

10/07/2024

Find out how we worked with Biffa to create RED, a user-friendly digital magazine, to connect and unite a hard-to-reach audience 👉 https://buff.ly/2Yrv0im

04/07/2024

Find out how we helped Cadent Gas reinforce its brand identity and streamline the onboarding process for new starters with a fresh, engaging portal with downloadable resources and much more👇

New onboarding portal for a new brand “The production and delivery of the Cadent Induction site required the coordination of almost 20 stakeholders, the comms team and our digital department – 44 was a vital part of this. The site is now one of the go-to sources of information

03/07/2024

Digital Project Manager, Jonny Hooke, has been part of 44 for over 10 years, and this blog captures what he's learned being in the world of IC for a decade. Read on for his insight 👍

Jonathan Hooke has been with 44 Communications for 10 fantastic years. To mark this milestone, we caught up with our eagle-eyed proofreader, sports savant and web-wizard to hear more about his comms journey… Tell us about how you joined 44. “Suffice to say that it wasn’t the most conventional ...

02/07/2024

See how we worked with Tarmac to revitalise their internal publication, One Magazine, celebrating work across the business in an interesting and informative snapshot... 👏

Revamp for Tarmac’s One employee communication “Even after 20 years of working on employee magazines, I was blown away by the concepts and again when we opened the first proofs. I knew 44 would shake it up for us but this is transformed. Our people love the new format