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Bill Boyd

Director of strategic communications consulting, Group Health Cooperative
Director, IORG

Bill began his communications career working for two all-news radio stations in Washington, D.C., during the Watergate era. In the mid-1970s, he moved to Seattle, where he spent nearly a decade as a reporter for KIRO Newsradio, KVI Radio, and KSTW-TV. He also served as press secretary to two political campaigns.

Moving into corporate communications, Bill published the company newspaper at Weyerhaeuser and managed employee communications at AT&T Wireless, Recreational Equipment Inc. (REI), and Terabeam (a high-tech startup). Bill spent five years as a partner in Outsource Marketing in Bellevue, Wash., leading the firm’s internal communications practice and working with clients such as Cray, Safeco, T-Mobile, Starbucks, Microsoft, and Expedia. Most recently, he was principal of The Bill Boyd Group.

Bill’s interest in information overload stems from his experience as a communicator who has found it increasingly difficult to connect with employees and other audiences as they contend with overflowing email boxes, electronic distractions, and myriad other demands on their time and attention. He’s concerned with how all this affects productivity, quality of life, job satisfaction, and the ability of individuals and organizations to make sound decisions.

Bill has a degree in communications from Ohio University. He is accredited by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) and produces 6-8 programs a year aimed at senior-level communicators for IABC/Seattle. He’s also a member of the Council of Communication Management.

Bill and his wife have a son who works as a network administrator for Weyerhaeuser, a daughter who works in the music industry in Los Angeles, and three grandchildren.