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weight management – how can comms combat misinformation?

June 2, 2025 Darren Caveney

Obesity is a pressing issue in the UK, and weight management medications are seen as a crucial step to reducing its impact on individuals and wider society. However, sensationalised media coverage often distorts the public’s understanding of health solutions, including weight management jabs, leading to an decreased uptake of potentially beneficial health interventions.

This blog post explores how we as communications professionals can ensure we’re providing accurate, reliable communications amid the spread of misinformation.

by Michael Mbabunu

tonight matthew, I’m going to be...

May 6, 2025 Darren Caveney

Do you remember Stars in their Eyes – the TV programme where you step towards the curtains as Darren, a plumber from Aberdare, and emerge the other side as Elvis?

by Emma Northcote

5 lessons from a year’s worth of fire service communication work

May 5, 2025 Darren Caveney

This will get you any job you ever want.

The words of the preeminent Zander Mills, a legend of the fire and rescue service communications world, and a very good friend, as he handed me our first ever South Yorkshire Fire Campaign Highlights document.

by Jack Grasby

time

May 1, 2025 Darren Caveney

Time. I never had enough of it. Policing and crime is mainly reactive and always has an element of crisis about it. The very nature of it means from one day to the next you never knew what would happen. Taking time out to attend awards events or even apply just didn’t feel achievable and that makes me sad now.

by Dee Cowburn

misunderstood at work? you might be narrating unreliably

April 21, 2025 Darren Caveney

Last week, I was preparing to lead a session of our work book club. We’d been reading Milkman by Anna Burns, a novel that’s famously challenging, darkly hilarious (in my opinion) and narrated by someone whose grip on memory, chronology and conversational accuracy is somewhat questionable.

by Eva Duffy

it’s time to move on from “more with less”

April 9, 2025 Darren Caveney

If you’ve been in public sector comms for the past 15 years you’ll have heard someone talk about how it’s important to “do more with less”.

by Ben Capper

the battle for trust: a public sector cup final

April 9, 2025 Darren Caveney

It’s March 16th and the clock at Wembley stands at 94 minutes. Newcastle United haven’t won a domestic trophy for more than 70 years and have just conceded a late goal in the latest in a long and forlorn series of doomed attempts.

by Ross Wigham

the unawards winners masterclass 2025 - your guide to the big day

April 9, 2025 Darren Caveney

It’s back - the best free learning event in the comms calendar - the UnAwards Winners Masterclass.

by Darren Caveney

embracing the contradictions of creativity

March 10, 2025 Darren Caveney

Creativity is a beautiful mess. Frustrating as hell one moment, sparking genius the next. As comms pros, we’re always chasing that spark to craft stories, make connections, and spark real change.

But here’s the kicker, the creative process? Never a straight line.

by Lara Iyer and Alan Oram

viva la evolution: embracing comms science

February 13, 2025 Darren Caveney

Quick straw poll - how many of you reading this have a science degree or qualification? An incredibly crude and wholly unscientific survey of LinkedIn would suggest few.

by James Morton

is ai ok?

February 6, 2025 Darren Caveney

It seems like every week we get a new announcement about the benefits or pitfalls of AI.

by Ian Curwen

musk vs oldham

February 2, 2025 Darren Caveney

When the world’s richest man wields his social media platform as a weapon, what chance does the truth have?

by Robin Marshall

is this the trend?

January 27, 2025 Darren Caveney

Trending topics on social media used to be a big deal. They would grant bonus reach for our posts, and let us know what was popular, important, and leading the conversation each day. These were the days of hashtags being shown in the top right of TV programmes to help fans “join the conversation”.

by Ben Tysoe-Bailey

mentoring memoirs: the 10 ‘C’s plan for a successful mentee experience

January 16, 2025 Darren Caveney

Thinking of getting yourself a mentor in 2025? Here are 10 opportunities and benefits for you to consider.

by Darren Caveney

awareness days – have they had their day?

January 6, 2025 Darren Caveney

There’s nothing I look forward to more at the start of a new year than a fresh diary in which to write. Whether you have an actual diary or a digital one, January is the time to look ahead and think about what’s coming up in the months that follow.

by Joanne Cochrane

wonderful winners. mighty mugs. and jaws. the UnAwards 2024 had it all.

December 9, 2024 Darren Caveney

A few days on and I still have a lovely warm glow from the 9th annual UnAwards.

by Darren Caveney

the UnAwards 2024 - your guide to the big day

November 26, 2024 Darren Caveney

After a three-month build-up the UnAwards 2024 is almost here. Here’s your guide to the big day…

by Darren Caveney

new webinar: 7 steps to assessing Bluesky’s role in 2025

November 25, 2024 Darren Caveney

Well, Bluesky seems to be doing rather well. Admittedly, that could just be within the bubble we’re in. But it’s growing quickly and – importantly – it’s generating engagement in a way Threads never did. Could it form part of your professional use? Here’s a new webinar which may help you to decide.

by Alex Waddington and Darren Caveney