We live in a time unprecedented for information and knowledge in management and organizational cultures. Systems theory and other theories of organizational innovation state that there must be open channels of communication in the organization. Yet, today we use organizational communication based on the memo to communicate for the most part.

With the technology available today it is easy to increase communication in your organization even with a tight budget. I am going to talk about 10 things one can do with technology to facilitate communication, either externally or internally. The applications are free and just take the investment of time/labor to get them going.

1) Start a blog.
2) Start a Twitter feed.
3) Share your best practices on a Wiki.
4) Start an organizational discussion board.
5) Start a Facebook organizational page.
6) Start a YouTube or Vimeo channel.
7) Scrap that old print newsletter.
8) Incorporate social software into your organization.
9) Create a Flickr account to share organizational photos.
10) Begin or maintain an organizational culture that is free and open--one which encourages experimentation, documentation, assessment and rewards innovation.

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