‘With every challenge there is an opportunity.’ I remember that being one of the key messages from a Corporate Management Team risk workshop I was at a few years ago.
by Andreas Christophorou
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‘With every challenge there is an opportunity.’ I remember that being one of the key messages from a Corporate Management Team risk workshop I was at a few years ago.
by Andreas Christophorou
Read moreService level agreements (SLAs). They’re not a new idea by any means but might it be a good time to debate whether you should introduce them right now to help manage demand and expectations? Would they give you a better chance to deliver your best and most important work?
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Read moreSocial listening - not a new concept but something that’s definitely beginning to come to the frontline of social media and comms strategies of those working in the public sector. In case you haven’t used social listening before, it allows you to gain insights into conversations that you’re not directly part of (as in, when you haven’t been tagged) and discover your unknown unknowns… Pretty cool, right?
by Hardeep Johal
Read moreFour and a half years ago, I wrote a blog post. And amazingly, I still get people asking me about it to this day.
by Ben Capper
Read moreThe UnAward-winning team at Companies House share this new case study and their lessons on evaluation.
by Anna Ellis and Jocelyn Keedwell
Read moreIt’s back - the best free learning event in the comms calendar - the UnAwards Winners Masterclass.
by Darren Caveney
Read moreThe prevailing mood in public sector communications might be a bit grey but a day of collaboration with your local public sector peers can add much-needed colour.
by John-Paul Danon
Read moreIn 2023 we saw data have a significant and ever-present impact on communications. It was used on a massive scale to power the launch of ChatGPT, which took AI into the mainstream, presenting opportunities and headaches (reputational risk, bias issues, and ability to produce authentic-sounding misinformation on an industrial scale) for pressed communications pros.
by Alex Waddington
Read moreTwo days on, I still have a lovely warm glow from the 8th annual UnAwards.
by Darren Caveney
Read moreAfter a three-month build-up the #UnAwards23 is almost here. Here’s your guide to the big day…
by Darren Caveney
Read moreIf there’s one thing more hotly discussed than the UnAwards shortlists themselves, it’s surely Darren’s big reveal of the film shown on the day the gongs are handed out.
by Alex Waddington
Read moreI’m not joking. She said, “How long does it usually take to write a blog for the UnAwards website?”. I bobbed my head for a bit, thinking, before replying “About two hours, give or take.” It was then her turn to have a good think, but I already knew what was coming. “Could you write it for me please? I’ve got some other work I need to catch up on.”
by Harry Loney
Read moreA film project involving more than 80 council fostering teams that’s on the shortlist for this year’s UnAwards shows how collaboration on a grand scale is both doable and fruitful.
by John Cooper
Read moreThe inaugural meeting of the local government communication leaders network earlier this month gave us so much food for thought.
by Matt Nicholls
Read moreRecently, I’ve found myself reflecting on my mental health, and for once, it’s been really pleasurable. I finally feel like I am a whole person, and my brain isn’t constantly on high alert in a scary world, or telling me that I’m not as good as everyone else. I don’t even compare anymore – I’m happy to stand in my own space and I’m proud of what I’ve achieved, both personally and professionally.
by Jill Spurr
Read moreWinning an UnAward is a very special thing.
But how can you win one?
Find out exactly how by getting the inside track from past winners and current judges in this special new webinar.
by Darren Caveney
Read more2023 has been a unique year for social media. From Twitter’s rebrand to X and the overnight rise…and then plateau of Threads; as a digital communications team, we’ve found that some platforms have just not been what they used to be. Learning from this, we turned our attention and efforts to the most talked about social media channel right now, and it’s seems to be paying off.
by Lauren Surtees
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