Introducing yet another Black Belt blogger

In her relentless hunt for fresh guest bloggers (“Braaaiiins!”), Sue must have considered me a tasty prey, as she just wouldn’t stop stalking inviting me in the last few months. Ah well, my fault for getting her addicted to my own blog when I attended the Black Belt seminar back in January, I guess.

I tried to convince her that I’d really love to help her out, but had no idea what to write about internal comms. Even though I’ve been in the IC business for over 8 years now, I don’t consider myself to be some kind of a communications guru. I don’t have any grand conceptual theories I work by. I generally tend go with my gut feeling in IC matters. So what could I ever tell you about internal comms which you didn’t already know?

But then Sue suggested another approach, and convinced me. So here I am, politely introducing myself. My name is Jeroen, which strangely appears to be an unpronounceable name for most English-speaking people. Just say ‘Yuh-roon’ and you’re close enough. Never mind my last name though, you’ll break a jaw. I work at the Group Communications department of the Belgian-based financial group KBC. But if you’ve kept an eye on this blog, you may already know I also like to dabble in the art of cartooning, and that will be my topic for this month: using cartoons in internal communications. So get your pencils out, I’ll be back next week!

Jeroen

Comments

[Sue]

Stalking? I prefer to call it 'gentle persistance'. Hey, it worked, didn't it?!

Looking forward to reading your thoughts on all things cartoons ... although I'd challenge you on the point that you have nothing valuable to say on IC. I've yet to meet anyone that didn't have something to say that made me think, whether they've been in comms for 2 months or 20 years.

And I always wonder whether there really are people who believe they are all-knowing gurus with the answer to life, the universe and everything. If there are, I don't know them. One of my clients has a value that says everyone in the company is still learning - they are all trainees. The CEO introduces himself as a 'trainee CEO'. I think it's quite a nice idea.

[Jeroen]

42!!

Hey, you're right, I do know something!

[Ali Labbett]

I was talking with colleague just the other day about how to use animations to support internal comms (I work in a call centre where people don't seem to respond well to words!) We were thinking along the lines of Disney Pixar, but this sounds just as good!

Can't wait to read more!