People are amazing and creative if you'd let them. As these two YouTube videos from firefighters show.
by Leanne Ehren
Read morewelcome to the #bestPRblogs contest of best student blogging
Blogging is a skill. It gets you thinking as much as it gets you writing. A new generation of PR students is being encouraged to both think and write through an online competition staged by one of the UK's premier educators.
by Richard Bailey
Read moreadverbs: a rant
Our highly popular post ‘can we have an i-conversation about words that get your goat?’ has a new follow-up by the same author. It doesn’t hold back and is a cracker. Enjoy…
by Louise Powney
Read morethe secret to brilliantly creative comms
What’s the key to outstanding communications? Who better to ask than one of the best creative agencies around…
by Caroline Roodhouse
Read more8 things you still need to know about devolution and are still afraid to ask
Uncertainty surrounded firm devolution plans for some areas before Brexit. But what about now? This timely post gives a useful update on what we can expect next on the big issue for our regions.
By PANEL WRITER Will Mapplebeck
Read morewhat a day at the unawards16 will look like
"Are the UnAwards a proper awards event if it only costs £20 to attend them?"
by Darren Caveney
Read more10 top tips and clips for tuning into video
Daniel Cattanach won Govdelivery's Communicator of the Year award for his work at Bath and North East Somserset Council. Video has played an important part in his work over the past 12-months.
by Daniel Cattanach
Read more#followme: sound advice on a social media for local councillors published by scottish communicators
Good social media advice for elected members has never been more important to help democracy work better. So we are proud to announce that we have helped draw-up a handy download with the Scottish Improvement Service and National Communications Group. You can find it here. Here is the thinking behind it.
By Val Millar and Kristoffer Boesen
Read morefacebook: how to reach out to rural pages and groups
Cumbria is a rural county with some large towns and population spread across the county. Targeting Facebook pages and groups has become a successful way to reach people.
by Tom Gannon
Read more'I'm so proud of my local council' how comms listening to social media led to a significant thing
Listening and connecting with yourself as yourself online is a powerful way to connect, as one comms person shows.
by Sara Hamilton
Read moreso long to the spin doctors
Telling the truth. It’s what most comms people want and encourage. A new piece of research decided to look a little deeper into the subject. Here are the results…
by Jon Reeves
Read morefacebook: what happened when we tried a different approach with groups and pages
Connecting with Facebook groups and pages can feel as though it requires new skills. It doesn’t at all. Here’s a case study.
by Jonathan Pyke and Lisa Macready
Read morepersonalised music in video ads - you heard it here first
A new, award-winning research project highlights the emergence of something you may not have considered before - personalised music in video advertising.
by Michael Lynham
Read more3 great new categories you'll want to enter in the unawards16
We're committed to the UnAwards because we think they are an important initiative. Really important.
by Darren Caveney
Read morenominate someone brilliant in the unawards16
Recognition. It's a funny thing. Most of us don't chase it. But, in truth, we'd like a smidge of it every now and then...
by Darren Caveney
Read morewhy you must, must, must enter the unawards16
You owe it to yourself and your team to enter the UnAwards16, It's free and easy to do and you have plenty of time to do it. So no excuses, right?
By Darren Caveney
Read morea masterclass in using twitter for brilliant customer services
Many organisations across the public sector are trying to utilise social media for customer services in order to make access and engagement simpler for their customers, patients and residents. This real-life example of Twitter for customer service is the gold star standard we should all aim for.
By Darren Caveney
Read morecommunicating in the time of anti-intellectualism
The standard of debate at times online has never been lower on either side of the Atlantic. In a guest post a US communicator gives his own considered views.
by GUEST EDITOR Jim Garrow
Read more8 steps to help you jump and change the sector you work in
One of the shining lights of local government has left the building. But is changing sectors difficult? After all isn't comms is comms?
by Julie Waddicor
Read morewhy ethics and diversity are a big part of the unawards16
f you’ve worked in communications and PR for long enough you’ll have encountered times when you’re challenged around ethics and diversity. An all-new UnAwards category for 2016 wants to shine a light on the good work being done in our industry to tackle these issues.
by Phil Morcom
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