It’s official, we need a little more no-nonsense honesty in our lives. And we’ve just been served up a rather marvellous example to inspire us.
by Darren Caveney
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Getting plenty from LinkedIn? How much do you know about your account? Maybe it’s time to up your game…
by Alan Ferguson
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The Harlem Globetrotters, if you didn’t know, are an exhibition basketball team formed in the 1920s. They were a huge TV attraction as a kid growing up in the 70s. They are famous for being brilliant at basketball but also brilliant entertainers. And hence me describing the Digital Engagement Leeds speaker line-up as the ‘Harlem Globetrotters of communications’.
by Darren Caveney
Read morehow a sausage dog with wings helped increase voter turnout for a pilot scheme
Sometimes it takes a cute dog to attract attention and lead a call to action.
by Katie McKee
Read morewhat 300 comms people really hate about social media
How are you feeling about social media these days? Cambridge Analytica, Fake news, dwindling organic reach? Here’s what some of your peers think right now…
by Darren Caveney
Read moreprovocation, responsibility and relevance - the problem with lush & #spycops
while the truth is still putting on its shoes
Fancy attending a workshop to discuss how to respond to misinformation in a social, digital world? Read on…
by Eddie Coates-Madden
Read more4 reasons to switch on your “out-of-office” on 19 June
There’s a free event happening on 19 June in Leeds for communicators working in local or central government, the NHS, housing, and blue light services. Register now to learn with 100 of your peers and reconnect with the 'what, why and how' of public sector communications’ missions. Here’s why you can’t afford to miss it...
by Emma Howard
Read morethe disaster that never happened and how we dealt with it
‘Prepare for the worst, hope for the best’ is a well-used maxim. But taking that comms preparation to the next level on social media is what one team did in a recent exercise. Here’s the inside track on what they learned…
by Simon Carr
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