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Crisis Communication with AI: Speed Is Key, Trust Is Decisive

AI can save valuable minutes during a crisis. Christian Albrecht of Nuremberg Airport explains why trust is still built through clarity, reliable facts, and human decisions.

Crisis Communication with AI: Speed Is Key, Trust Is Decisive

AI can save valuable minutes during a crisis. Christian Albrecht of Nuremberg Airport explains why trust is still built through clarity, reliable facts, and human decisions.

Mastering CommTech: Unlocking the Potential of Digital Transformation in Corporate Communications (Future of Business and Finance)

August 9, 2025

This edited collection by over 30 industry experts and scholars explores how communication departments can digitize processes to continue contributing to their companies’ success. It deals with key questions such as the necessity of digitalizing corporate communication, optimal data for success, KPI reporting solutions, and the role of data storytelling and artificial intelligence. Additionally, it covers future-relevant roles and skills, essential tools and trends, and crucial aspects of upcoming technologies that promise to change the world of corporate communications. A must-read for practitioners at all levels, this book serves as a reference for keen MBA graduates and journalists who are keen to explore corporate communications as a future career option.

Success Factor CommTech: The Digital Transformation of Corporate Communications

June 13, 2023

With the publication of our book “Success Factor CommTech: The Digital Transformation of Corporate Communications,” we have reached an important milestone in the work of the CommTech WG. With this book, the editors and authors hope to provide practical advice to help all those involved in the digitization of communication and who want to adapt to the disruptive effect of CommTech in their work along their path. We have only been able to experience how quickly digitization is progressing in the last few months “live and in color” with the introduction of ChatGPT – and this is by no means the end. In the CommTech WG, we have therefore made it our task to accompany these developments for communications practice and are continuously producing materials, further training opportunities and exchange platforms to promote successful change. We hope that this book will help to encourage all communicators on this path and provide them with the tools they need to successfully manage change.

Reading tips

Beyond the Machine: What Determines Trust in AI

Trust in AI is closely linked to trust in institutions. A study of 3,235 respondents also shows why AI literacy and optimism play a role.

The Synthetic CEO Is Ready to Speak: Opportunities and Risks of AI Avatars in Executive Communication

Synthetic CEOs aren’t rejected outright, but in times of crisis and layoffs, it’s the real leader who matters. The Scriptorium Initiative’s white paper outlines the rules that are needed.

Beyond the Machine: What Determines Trust in AI

Trust in AI is closely linked to trust in institutions. A study of 3,235 respondents also shows why AI literacy and optimism play a role.

The Synthetic CEO Is Ready to Speak: Opportunities and Risks of AI Avatars in Executive Communication

Synthetic CEOs aren’t rejected outright, but in times of crisis and layoffs, it’s the real leader who matters. The Scriptorium Initiative’s white paper outlines the rules that are needed.

Dates

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Webinar: KI-Wissensmanagement in der Unternehmenskommunikation: Mit Context Engineering zum Second Brain für Kommunikationsaufgaben

12. November 2026, 10:00 bis 11:00 Uhr

Viele Kommunikationsabteilungen setzen inzwischen auf KI, um Texte schneller zu erstellen. Doch das große Versprechen, inhaltlich passende Texte ohne Nachbearbeitung, wird nur selten eingelöst. Woran liegt das? Meist fehlt der KI das richtige Wissen. Dabei kann jede Kommunikationsabteilung die Grundlagen selbst legen, indem sie ihren Wissensschatz AI-ready macht. Themen, Botschaften und Fakten werden so zum Quell-Content der eigenen KI-Anwendungen: zentral, aktuell und KI-tauglich aufbereitet. Der Schlüssel dazu ist Context Engineering, also der KI gezielt genau das Wissen bereitzustellen, das sie für ihre Aufgaben braucht. Doch in welchem Format muss dieses Wissen vorliegen, und wie sieht ein realistischer Stufenweg aus, von Microsoft 365 und SharePoint bis hin zu Agenten, MCP und Knowledge Graph? Und wie gelingt der Einstieg auch kleinen Teams im Mittelstand? Auf diese Fragen geben wir Antworten in einem kostenfreien Webinar der AG CommTech am 12. November von 10:00 bis 11:00 Uhr. Mit dabei ist:

  • Michael Maader, Berater und Interim Manager für Kommunikation im Wandel.
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Webinar: Wie Kommunikation Wirkung erzeugt – und nicht nur Effekte

19. November 2026, 10:00 bis 11:00 Uhr

Die Kommunikationsabteilung von EnBW hat eine Wirkungsmessung aufgebaut, mit der sie die Wirkung ihrer Arbeit messen und belegen kann – und die Treiber dahinter. Damit ist es dem EnBW-Team möglich, ihre Arbeit auf der Basis von klaren Daten zu steuern und zu optimieren. Obendrein können sie ihre Erfolge deutlich besser nachweisen. Anhand dieses Best Practices zeigen wir in dem kostenfreien Webinar der AG CommTech, wie Kommunikationsabteilungen eine professionelle Wirkungsmessung aufbauen können. Die gute Nachricht ist: Es klingt schwerer als es tatsächlich ist! Das Webinar findet am 19. November von 10:00 bis 11:00 Uhr statt. Mit dabei sind:

  • Uwe Fritz, Leiter, Reputation, Daten & Owned Plattformen bei der EnBW,
  • Thomas Mickeleit, vormals Kommunikationschef bei Microsoft Deutschland und Pionier in der digitalen Kommunikation,
  • Jörg Forthmann, Geschäftsführer der PER Group.
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From Visibility to Business Impact: How Communication Demonstrates Its Value

Isabel Victoria (Covestro) explains why reputation is not a “soft” factor, why progress is more important than a single metric, and how measuring impact changes decision-making.

From Visibility to Business Impact: How Communication Demonstrates Its Value

Isabel Victoria (Covestro) explains why reputation is not a “soft” factor, why progress is more important than a single metric, and how measuring impact changes decision-making.

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