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Accessibility Checklist

Accessibility Checklist + New Broadcast Features to Help You Send With Confidence

A practical accessibility pre-flight checklist for internal communicators. Learn how to improve structure, links, alt text, contrast, and headings before you hit send, just in time for the April ADA deadline.

Team reviewing accessibility for internal comms standards

Accessibility for Internal Comms: What WCAG Pressure Means This Year

Accessibility for internal comms is now a practical compliance and workflow issue. Learn what WCAG pressure means this year, what to fix first, and why inbox tools break at scale.

Distribution Lists vs Segmentation

Distribution Lists vs Segmentation: Why “All Employees” Is Killing Relevance

Distribution lists vs segmentation is the difference between noisy internal emails and relevant communication. Learn why “All Employees” reduces trust, what Gmail and Outlook miss, and how to fix targeting with better internal comms workflows.

Employee creating survey email in Outlook

How to Create and Send a Better Employee Survey in Outlook

This article explains how to create surveys in Outlook. While surveys involve feedback, the execution is email-based. The problem centers on using email tools effectively. It aligns with email-centric solutions.

Internal Communication Strategy

The 5 Questions Every Internal Communicator Should Be Able to Answer

How to measure internal communications comes down to five questions every communicator should answer about their last send, from who received it to what to fix next.

AI Communications Stack

Where AI Belongs (and Doesn't Belong) in Your Communications Stack

When to use AI in internal communications comes down to one test: can you prove the message landed? A practitioner's guide to what to automate, keep human, and verify.

AI in Microsoft Teams: Where Native Ends for Internal Comms

Native Microsoft Teams AI drafts and posts messages, but can't measure internal comms in Microsoft Teams. Here's where native ends and per-employee read tracking begins.

7 Best Free Employee Newsletter Tools for 2026

7 Best Free Employee Newsletter Tools for 2026

The best free employee newsletter tool isn't a trial in disguise. 7 forever-free internal newsletter tools for 2026, ranked honestly, with the gotchas named.

Internal Communications Measurement

SharePoint Personalization: A 2026 Playbook for Internal Communications

SharePoint personalization for internal comms: a 2026 playbook to target employee content by audience, reach every channel, and measure what actually landed.

The AI Execution Gap in IC

The AI Execution Gap in Internal Communications (And Why "Generation" Isn't the Answer)

The AI execution layer is what separates real AI for internal communications from generation-only tools. Here are the four layers, and what to ask your vendor.

cerkl insights update

Insights Is Here: A Rebuilt Analytics Experience for Broadcast

Cerkl Insights is live in Broadcast on June 20, 2026. A rebuilt analytics experience with clearer visuals, faster navigation, benchmark comparisons, and shareable dashboards.

Shadow AI in Internal Communications

Shadow AI in Internal Communications: A Content Problem, Not a Governance Problem

Shadow AI in internal communications is a distribution problem, not a governance one. Here is why employees use unapproved AI tools, and how to fix the channel.

Employee Engagement & Experience

The 5 Questions Every Internal Communicator Should Be Able to Answer

Join Cerkl’s free July 9 webinar to learn five practical questions every internal communicator should be able to answer about reach, engagement, impact, and analytics.

How to Claim Your Strategic Seat in Internal Communications

How to Claim Your Strategic Seat in Internal Communications

The strategic role of internal communications is changing in 2026. Here is how IC leaders claim the seat at the table, and the conversations that defend it.

internal communications in manufacturing

Internal Communications in Manufacturing — A 2026 Frontline Playbook

Internal communications in manufacturing run on shifts, safety messaging, and multi-site reality. The 2026 playbook for reaching a 17%-engaged frontline workforce across 15 plants.

SharePoint internal communications

SharePoint for Internal Communications — A 2026 Playbook

SharePoint internal communications work as a destination, but not as a full delivery layer. Here is what SharePoint personalization needs to actually reach employees in 2026.

Frontline & Mobile Workforce Communication

Internal communications manager reviewing mobile email preview

How to Create Mobile-Friendly Email Designs for Employees

This article discusses optimizing internal emails for mobile viewing. It focuses specifically on email formatting and responsiveness. The challenge centers on email usability. It aligns with email execution optimization.

Internal communications manager improving ai content distribution in Gmail or Outlook email campaign dashboard

Scaling Deskless Comms with AI-Driven Content Distribution

This article focuses on ai content distribution as an internal email execution problem. It highlights practical tactics to improve deliverability, engagement, and consistency. Use it to standardize your approach, reduce manual work, and get better results from employee email. Ideal for teams relying on Gmail or Outlook as the primary channel.

Internal communications team coordinating personalized internal communication healthcare across multiple channels on an employee communications platform

Personalized Communication Solutions for Healthcare’s Deskless Workforce

This article covers personalized internal communication healthcare in the context of broader employee communication systems. It emphasizes coordinating messaging across channels, audiences, and governance needs. Use it to reduce fragmentation, improve reach to different worker types, and measure impact across touchpoints. Best fit when email is not the only channel that matters.

University staff communicating with frontline campus employees via mobile devices

Closing the Campus Communication Gap and Engaging Deskless Workers

This article focuses on communication challenges for deskless workers in higher education. It addresses mobile access and non-email channels. Because the audience does not rely primarily on email, the solution requires multi-channel delivery. It aligns with omni-channel orchestration.