“As companies become more

global and technology driven,

experts in this subset of

public communications will

only become more valuable.”

-Red e App

“There are many great

communication leaders that

provide top-notch insights on

the fast-changing field. Many

are very active on Twitter,

sharing content and engaging

in critical dialogue.”

-Red e Apphttps://redeapp.com/10-internal-communications-thought-leaders-you-should-follow/

Shel Holtz@shelholtz

Gini Dietrich@ginidietrich

Mark Ragan@MarkRaganCEO

Rachel Miller@AllthingsIC

Gary Grates@GaryGrates

Oscar Suris III@OscarSurisWF

Ron Culp@CulpWrit

Jenni Wheller@jenniwheller

Dana Leeson@danaleeson

Elizabeth Lupfer@socialworkplace

Shel Holtz (@shelholtz): Holtz is a long-time leader in the field of internal communications and the founder of Holtz Communication +

Technology, which has been working with organizations to effectively utilize the online space for communications since 1996. In addition to

his tweets, you might want to read The Shel Holtz Daily and listen to the podcast For Immediate Release, co-hosted by Holtz and Neville

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Gini Dietrich (@ginidietrich): Dietrich is an avid speaker, writer and a Twitter-aficionado on a variety of communications topics. She is the CEO

of Arment Dietrich, which, among other practices, specializes in providing strategic communications counsel to build internal communications

teams. She is also the author of the blog (and book) Spin Sucks, which focuses on professional development for public relations and marketing

professionals.

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Mark Ragan (@MarkRaganCEO): Mark Ragan is a machine. His account has delivered a whopping 106,000 tweets and counting on a whole host of

communications issues. Ragan is the CEO for Ragan Communications, which publishes PR Daily, Health Care News, HR Communications and

Ragan Training, providing valuable insight into the field of internal communications.

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Rachel Miller (@AllthingsIC): Miller is the founder of All Things IC, a blog on just about everything related to

internal communications. She is also one of the three co-founders on this list of The IC Crowd, which connects

and provides a forum for industry professionals to share valuable information. Miller is based out of London and

her tweets provide a valuable non-U.S. perspective to the internal communication conversation.

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Gary Grates (@GaryGrates): Grates is an active thought leader in the field of employee engagement and organizational change, two very

important aspects of internal communications. He is a principal at marketing and communications firm W20 Group, and a former communications

executive with Edelman and General Motors.

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Gary Grates (@GaryGrates): Grates is an active thought leader in the field of employee engagement and organizational change, two very

important aspects of internal communications. He is a principal at marketing and communications firm W20 Group, and a former

communications executive with Edelman and General Motors.

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Ron Culp (@CulpWrit): Culp has done it all. He went from newspaper reporter, to political press secretary, to corporate communications,

to agency executive and finally to solo practitioner and adviser to the DePaul University communications program. For those looking to

break into the public relations field, Culp’s blog Culpwrit offers tips and lessons straight from the veteran himself. His tweets center on a

wide-range of communications topics, but provide a focus on internal communications that many other PR pros gloss over.

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Jenni Wheller (@jenniwheller): Wheller is the group head of communications at UK-based restaurant company SSP Group, the Chartered

Institute of Public Relations chair and a co-founder of The IC Crowd. In addition to following her on Twitter, people should read her blog,

Confessions of an Internal Communicator, which provides a first-person account on the trends, issues and conversations taking place in the

field.

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Dana Leeson (@danaleeson): Leeson focuses much of her energy in the field of corporate intranets and how to best utilize them in the

workplace. She is currently a digital workplace architect at information technology firm BSI and is the third co-founder of The IC Crowd. She also

blogs for Intranetizen, a resource centering on corporate intranets and digital workplaces.

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Elizabeth Lupfer (@socialworkplace): Lupfer, director of communications at BAE Systems, tweets valuable content regarding internal

communications, specifically relating to employee engagement and human resources. Her blog, The Social Workplace, focuses on the

intersection of building high-performance organizations and engaged workforces. Many of her posts contain easy-to-read infographics,

providing valuable, data-based information to a field that has sometimes struggled to quantify areas of success and struggle.

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