Empowering Internal Communicators: Unlocking Strategic Impact at CACE Conference 2026

Priya Bates is pleased to be a keynote speaker at CACE Conference 2026 in Halifax, hosted by the Canadian Association of Communicators in Education. The keynote, Creating Impact: Your i5 Report Card, will explore how Internal Communication Professionals can move proactively from tactical implementation to strategic impact. After almost 30 years of building internal communication […]
Culture, values, inclusion & strategic communication
Politics might be counting out DEI, but I’m all in In this episode I ask Priya to explain to me the meaning of Equity in DE&I I now appreciate how Equity makes both human sense and practical business sense It’s easy to fall into the trap of employing (and promoting) people who look like us. For me I’m a #PrivilegedWhiteGuy. I’m certainly not representative […]
From Tactical to Strategic: Elevating Your Role as a Communication Professional

In internal communication, many professionals find themselves caught in the cycle of executing tasks—managing channels, writing content, delivering campaigns—without always being invited into the strategic conversations that shape organizational direction. The shift from tactical to strategic isn’t about abandoning the important day-to-day work. It’s about repositioning yourself so that your contributions directly influence business outcomes, […]