Alan Siegel On Branding and Clear Communications by Louis J. Slovinsky

The vast majority of corporations, not-for-profits and government agencies present muddled communications to their employees, customers and other constituents. Corporations simply haven't developed a distinctive, powerful language to define what they do and what they stand for,­ a distinctive corporate voice...To communicate effectively and build a distinctive identity, an organization must develop its own voice, a voice that is instantly recognizable, a voice that conjures up strong images and associations, a voice that fuses content, language and design to communicate the organization's distinctive personality, vision and point of view. With a unified corporate voice, every facet of an organization's communications can build on its identity, leveraging communications opportunities across all media with consistent, focused messages...finding this voice, designing and managing it, is one of the most critical and complex issues facing corporate management.

­– Alan Siegel