All good communicators push for open and honest communications, campaigns and responses. It can be a battle at timesbut push we do. But it’s also important to stick to your guns when you believe in your work…
by Helen Fincher
Read morewhat the unawards masterclass taught me about employee communications
Internal comms: A never ending challenge for communications teams to get right. There are lessons a plenty out there and some free learning opportunities…
by Emma Rodgers
Read morewhat would joe chamberlain do?
History teaches us many things, not least for those of us in communications. This reflective new post takes us back in time to the 1870s and the transformation of civic society. Some of it still rings true today.
by Will Mapplebeck
Read morethe power of just doing stuff can work
Finding the time to innovate and try new things: That magic 10% - it can be the difference between the ordinary and the great.
By Ben Tysoe
Read morea response from cormac smith to the press gazette
Last week's Press Gazette claimed that 3,400 communications staff – more than double the total for central government - worked in local government. Here's a response by the Chair of LGcomms...
by Cormac Smith
In last week's Press Gazette, William Turvill wrote about local councils employing at least 3,400 communications staff – more than double the total for central government. His report went on to talk about the decline of local newspapers, implying to this reader a link - but never actually provided any evidence of one.
It is not local councils who have decided to cut back investment in local titles – it is the publishers of these titles who have done this.
He went on to talk about questionable practice in a small number of councils and quoted a regional political editor who suggested many journalists would balk at the number of communications officers employed by local government – but who did not say why.
