Second City Communications and NYSE Governance Services have announced the release of a new volume of animated videos for RealBiz Shorts – the highly engaging and funny video library that hundreds of global companies use to engage employees in ethics, governance, risk, and compliance issues.
The new volume, RealBiz Shorts Animations Volume 8, addresses a wide range of topical issues which include information security & cyber security; harassment & discrimination; corruption & bribery; social media policy; and careful communication & insider trading.
“RealBiz Animations are very popular with our expanding global client base who need a better way to raise awareness and engage across many cultures and languages,” said Ronnie Feldman, product director for RealBiz Shorts. “Animations use a more visual storytelling device to land the learning lessons. And of course we still make them interesting and fun because we know you can’t bore people into learning anything.”
More than 450 global companies across a wide range of industries subscribe to RealBiz Shorts, which is now in its 5th year. In all, an estimated 4 million employees have used RealBiz Shorts as a gateway to learning. Subscribers include a quarter of Fortune 500 and a quarter of those listed as the World’s Most Ethical Companies. All RealBiz Shorts Ethics and Compliance videos are subtitled in 16 languages.
The RealBiz Shorts suite of video libraries now feature over 160 video shorts focusing on common business challenges in ethics & compliance, talent management, and sales enablement. Because different people learn in different ways, RealBiz Shorts address a wide variety of topics with unique visual styles, and creative devices – including animations, music, fake commercials, monologues, and real life narrative scenes.
The RealBiz suite of videos are popular communication tools to help companies draw attention to and reinforce their most important policies in a positive way, to help mitigate risk, and help change the culture around how these subjects are received. Drawing on Second City’s improv legacy, RealBiz Shorts content is co-created based on audience suggestions from prominent ethics and compliance thought leaders for maximum relevancy to current business issues and challenges.
“Compliance officers need to understand that they need to communicate with employees like real people, not like lawyers. Nobody wants to receive a long boring lecture on a legal subject,” said Ted Banks, partner, Scharf Banks Marmor LLC and president of Compliance & Competition Consultants, LLC. “The Second City videos have nailed it. They not only substantively educate employees, but create the right attitude toward compliance by being easy to understand, enjoyable to watch, and short-and-to-the-point,” Banks added.
About RealBiz Shorts
RealBiz Shorts is the innovative social learning video service developed by Second City Communications and NYSE Governance Services. Subscribers to RealBiz Shorts can access a selection of more than 100 videos including translations in 16 languages, addressing a wide range of important issues — including harassment, conflicts, information security, FCPA and corruption, fraud, reporting and retaliation, political contributions, safety, privacy, and using social media appropriately. RealBiz Shorts are easy to use and integrate within any existing training or communication platform to help drive more awareness, activity engagement around these important topics. Learn more at: http://realbizshorts.com @RealBiz_Shorts #MyRealBiz to submit topics, stories and scenarios you would like to see made into a short, funny video.
About Second City Communications
Second City Communications (SCC) is the business solutions division of the world-renowned improvisational theatre company, The Second City. Drawing on The Second City’s 50-year legacy of connecting with audiences through powerful, incisive content, SCC works with hundreds of Fortune 1000 clients each year in blended learning/training programs, internal communications initiatives, and brand marketing assignments. http://www.secondcitycommunications.com.
About NYSE Governance Services
NYSE Governance Services is an integrated suite of resources for public and privately held companies worldwide seeking to create a leadership advantage through corporate governance, risk, ethics, and compliance practices. NYSE Governance Services leverages the expertise of Corpedia®, a leader in risk assessment and e-learning for ethics and compliance, and Corporate Board Member®, a trusted source on governance matters for company directors and C-level executives-both NYSE Group companies. NYSE Governance Services offers a range of training programs, advisory services, benchmarking analysis and scorecards, exclusive access to peer-to-peer events, and thought leadership on key governance topics for company directors and C-level executives. http://www.nyse.com/governance.
