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8 Innovative ways to make use of the competence in action Organisational communication needs time and effort, while its benefits are not easily detected. However, it is demonstrated that it can be an excellent investment for your organisation's health because it regulates the balance between operations, roles, and procedures. • Link organisational communication with the strategic plan (vision, mission, values, and goals) – by promoting, e.g., support & collegiality, ethical practice, efficiency, problem-solving, agility etc. • Create channels of communication to disseminate messages (both top-down and bottom-up) – through virtual groups of people (e.g., email groups). • Generate and provide regular feedback through the organisation's human resource management software system. • Select a customised and straightforward communication. • Attend or organise relevant trainings about the company's communication policies, effective writing and speaking skills, appropriate channels, and protocols. • Ask colleagues for feedback regularly through online questionnaires and respond to their concerns. Related digital tools • Microsoft 365: It consists of many useful tools, such as the latest version of Office apps with advanced security options, Teams, Outlook, OneDrive, which can increase the collaboration and coordination of your team. • Dropbox: This cloud-based storage service can boost the collaboration of a team. It allows all members to access, edit, or share the files of their shared library. • Microsoft Teams: This tool is provided by Microsoft 365 and offers videoconferencing, chatting, sharing files, sending assignments, providing feedback and other functions with the ability to ingrate more apps. • Vanco education: Vanco is an adult education administration software that allows online registrations to classes, assessments, digital attendance sheets, schedules arrangement and reminders. • Google groups and calendar: Certain groups of people can be easily moved into a common email address, so they can receive and send messages to all members at once. They can also use the calendar to arrange meetings and conferences. • Doodle: This is a free tool to coordinate people's availability for a meeting or to vote on an issue (either anonymously or not).