Cristina Hure
Articles
Your HRIS, Connected: Introducing Enhanced HRIS Integrations
May 5, 2026
One of the most common things we heard from internal communications teams was a version of the same question: Do you integrate with our HRIS? For a long time, the honest answer was: it depends. ContactMonkey supported 6 HRIS providers. For internal communicators using one of those platforms, the connection was seamless. For everyone else,
No More Asset Hunting: Introducing the Canva Integration
Apr 14, 2026
Internal communications teams don’t have time to chase down assets. Finding the right Canva design, exporting it, re-uploading it to ContactMonkey, and discovering the image URL has already expired is a workflow that costs real time on every send. The Canva integration changes that. Connect a shared Canva account once in Settings and your entire
What 2,500x Faster Sending Actually Looks Like: 150,000 Recipients in Approximately Two Minutes
Apr 9, 2026
Around two minutes and six seconds. That is how long it takes ContactMonkey to send an email to 150,000 recipients. If you have ever managed internal communications at a large organization, you already understand why that number matters. A company-wide send is rarely a routine task. It is a town hall announcement, a crisis update,
What Microsoft’s EWS Deprecation Means for Your Internal Communications Platform Evaluation
Apr 1, 2026
If your organization runs on Microsoft 365 or Exchange Online, an infrastructure change is on the horizon that should factor into how you evaluate internal communications tools. Microsoft is retiring Exchange Web Services (EWS), the behind-the-scenes technology that many email platforms use to connect to your company’s Microsoft environment. How your vendor has responded to
Your AI in Internal Comms Questions, Addressed
Apr 1, 2026
We hosted an “Ask Us Anything: AI in Internal Communications” webinar, and we had more questions than we could answer live. That’s a good problem to have. It means IC professionals are thinking seriously about what AI can and should do in their daily work, and they want real answers, not abstractions. So here’s everything
From Prompt to Draft: Introducing CoAuthor (BETA)
Mar 31, 2026
Internal communications teams are doing more with less. Drafting and designing emails (even routine ones) takes time that most IC teams don’t have. CoAuthor changes that. Describe your message in plain language and ContactMonkey generates a complete, structured email directly inside the editor. No external tools, no reformatting, no starting from scratch. A strong first
What Are the Best Internal Communication Tools and Software for 2026?
Mar 13, 2026
To understand which internal communication tools work best for your organization, you’ve got to look at the bigger picture. In this article, we’ll cover the top tools you need to know about as you build your organization’s suite of internal communication tools and platforms.
Is Your Email Ready? What You Need to Know About the ADA Accessibility Deadline
Mar 5, 2026
According to the CDC, more than 1 in 4 adults (over 70 million Americans) live with a disability. Many of them are employees, faculty, nurses, and students working inside the very public institutions meant to serve them. But the internal emails those institutions send are failing them, and a federal deadline is about to make
AI and the Future of Communication: What’s Actually Changing and What Isn’t
Feb 3, 2026
Artificial intelligence has sparked excitement, skepticism, and, at times, genuine concern within the communications profession. Between bold predictions about job displacement and rapid advances in AI capabilities, it can be difficult to separate hype from reality. To move beyond surface-level headlines, we sat down with an AI specialist in communications to explore the questions many
