Artificial intelligence can help you brainstorm ideas, develop a strategy and shorten existing content. Prompts are the directions or questions you give AI. The more specific the prompt, the better the results. Use these four tactics to prompt AI and boost your productivity.
What do utility leaders want you to communicate? A panel of Georgia electric co-op CEOs discussed the need to use communications to strengthen co-op culture, recruit more people into co-op careers and tell the story of our community impact (over and over and over) to meet future challenges.
We believe in the value of diverse storytellers. We also love books. To mark National Hispanic Heritage Month, we asked our staff to share books they enjoyed featuring the history and modern-day experiences of Hispanic storytellers. Read on for stories to add to your bookshelf in September!
Lean into your personality, and don't focus on the numbers. That's the advice of veteran podcaster Carrie Huckeby. She shares how the Tennessee Broadband Association uses its podcast to tell its story, with tips on ways audio storytelling can help utilities reach new audiences.
Do you highlight your co-op principles on your website and in your office? To help you celebrate National Cooperative Month, our free print and social media campaign, “Explore the Merits of Cooperation,” helps you tell your story.
One of the best ways to get staff excited about working for a cooperative is through food and cooperative-sourced gifts. To celebrate National Co-op Month in October, we’re got a list of co-op food brands to help you stock your staff break room with treats from local and national food created through cooperation. Be sure to tell staff how electric and telecommunications co-ops are part of this amazing story, too!
In the second part of our conversation with Brianna Wall, we dive into audience segments and how the team at Oklahoma Electric Cooperative identifies and adds internal data to their communication strategy.
What You’ll Learn You’ve got data, but are you using it strategically to strengthen your stories? Hear how Brianna Wall leverages analytics and existing data to be strategic with her communications plan and storytelling. Learn more about Oklahoma Electric Cooperative at https://okcoop.org. Guest Speaker Brianna Wall Show Notes Transcripts have been lightly edited for clarity […]
Stories about rural explorers, a classroom surrounded by ice and women collecting mis-matched buttons earned writing awards from the National Electric Cooperatives Statewide Editors Association. Read the winning stories!
Grab your camera and start snapping! Pioneer's Content in the Wild contest celebrates the creativity of Utility Pioneers. Send us a picture posing with your storytelling content for a chance to win $50!
From lineman tales to water heater relationship advice, the Central Connection Podcast uses humor and relatable hosts to make waves. Co-host Tiffany Trueblood shares how staff engagement plays a key role in the co-op’s latest communication channel.
What You’ll Learn Are you generating Pink Power? Since 2011, lineworkers at Baldwin EMC in Alabama have worn pink hard hats each October to educate the community about different types of cancer. They even have a PINK BUCKET TRUCK (name TBD). Learn how you can wear pink to share your story. Guest Speaker Michelle Geans […]
