COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA January 23, 2015 GOAL: This committee will focus on improving communication to help foster a culture that embraces collegiality and transparency within the college. Members will help assess the types of information to be communicated to employees, the effectiveness of current delivery methods and recommend guidelines for more effective communications. Review of 2014 Staff Communications Survey - key findings/suggestions to be shared with ELT: Add DEPARTMENT, make it an optional entry To get more feedback, send more and ask managers to encourage staff participation Who’s not participating the neutral or dissatisfied? – September might be a better time than October 2014 a year of tremendous change fatigue’ – ‘change Encourage people across departments to share news and announcements via Emily’s Wire The Wire to have standing entries for COE, Jenzabar, periodic updates for Vision 2020 Policies of interest being established for handbooks and will be communicated as posted – Post schedules/cost on intranet in one place available in April 15 – Updates on staff leaving HR department feels this should be a manager responsibility – Suggest internally changed positions be added to Emily’s Wire Committee members miss Spotlights Sharing more student success stories Rich will share a form, an easy way for instructors to solicit testimonials from students People want opportunities to provide feedback Encourage open discussion staff meetings, participation in chats Instructional team working hard to change down’ culture ‘top Survey not scientifically sound Ask questions that solicit more specific recommendations Denise Bender to help develop and analyze next year Foundation update EGF raised nearly doubled money raised in 2014 Emily Griffith 100 Year Celebration Activity Summary
COMMUNICATIONS COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA January 23, 2015 GOAL: This committee will focus on improving communication to help foster a culture that embraces collegiality and transparency within the college. Members will help assess the types of information to be communicated to employees, the effectiveness of current delivery methods and recommend guidelines for more effective communications. Review of 2014 Staff Communications Survey - key findings/suggestions to be shared with ELT: Add DEPARTMENT, make it an optional entry To get more feedback, send more and ask managers to encourage staff participation Who’s not participating – the neutral or dissatisfied? September might be a better time than October 2014 a year of tremendous change – ‘change fatigue’ Encourage people across departments to share news and announcements via Emily’s Wire The Wire to have standing entries for COE, Jenzabar, periodic updates for Vision 2020 Policies of interest – being established for handbooks and will be communicated as posted Post schedules/cost on intranet in one place – available in April 15 Updates on staff leaving – HR department feels this should be a manager responsibility Suggest internally changed positions be added to Emily’s Wire Committee members miss Spotlights Sharing more student success stories Rich will share a form, an easy way for instructors to solicit testimonials from students People want opportunities to provide feedback Encourage open discussion staff meetings, participation in chats Instructional team working hard to change ‘top down’ culture Survey not scientifically sound Ask questions that solicit more specific recommendations Denise Bender to help develop and analyze next year Foundation update EGF raised nearly doubled money raised in 2014 Emily Griffith 100 Year Celebration Activity Summary