You know that feeling when you experience something truly special and the benefits go on and on and on? And inspire you to be better?
by Darren Caveney
Read moreconvincing your critics - strategic communications and the value of senior buy-in
Strategy, strategy, strategy. We talk about this a lot in the industry so how do we do it, how do we get buy-in and how do we truly embed one? Here’s a new case study to give the inside track on how.
by Lucy Denton
Read moreassume i’m too stupid to understand: what chernobyl taught us about comms
I’ve always said that there are comms lessons all around us. And even in a TV show.
by Alex Kellett
Read moretaking a swipe at comms, again. but can we do more?
Priti Patel was the latest politician to give comms a kicking this week, over a modestly paid social media role with Dorset Police. The usual ‘non job’ stuff we’ve seen for years. Sigh. But is there still more that we can do to prove our worth?
by an anonymous guest blogger
Read more3 things I learned this week – volume 11
On my consultancy and training travels around the UK I get to learn so much from other people. Plus, there are comms lessons all around us if we look closely enough. And so, I thought I would begin sharing these lessons more regularly via the somewhat obvious blog post title of ’Things I learned this week’ 😊
I hope you enjoy volume 11
by Darren Caveney
Read moredid someone say – whisper it - clip art?
From sun dials to websites – good comms has always been about knowing your audience.
by Julie Odams
Read morethe day i (almost) went viral during silly season
We all know, really, that social media was designed for food tweets and pictures of animals, right?
by Will Mapplebeck
Read morebig screen vs mobile screen in the battle that never was
Why are people so eager to believe traditional media can win back ground from digital – and what lessons can it teach us about spending comms budgets wisely?
by John-Paul Danon
Read morechanging the conversation about internal communications
In the world of internal communications, we seem to spend a lot of our time re-hashing the same issues. We’ve been round the houses with issues like professionalisation, gaining senior staff buy-in, and measurement, seemingly stuck in a rut of talking about the same issues in the same way. So, how could we move this forwards?
by Jenni Kampf
Read more3 things I learned this week – volume 10
On my consultancy and training travels around the UK I get to learn so much from other people. Plus, there are comms lessons all around us if we look closely enough. And so, I thought I would begin sharing these lessons more regularly via the somewhat obvious blog post title of ’Things I learned this week’ 😊
I hope you enjoy volume 10
by Darren Caveney
Read morejust answer the damn question. and why we need to do better
I know I’m far from being alone in being incredibly frustrated with the growing epidemic of our politicians refusing to answer fair questions. But is there a bit of blood on our hands here?
by Darren Caveney
Read more5 key tips to creating a campaign your sector will love
Got a new campaign to create and feeling the need to shake things up in order to make a bigger impact? Read on…
by Sara Hazzard
Read morehey, communicators: how is your customer services game?
A content customer can soon be disappointed or, worse still, lost if we fail at customer services and wreck your best comms efforts.
by Andrew Walker
Read more3 things I learned this week – volume 09
On my consultancy and training travels around the UK I get to learn so much from other people. Plus, there are comms lessons all around us if we look closely enough. And so, I thought I would begin sharing these lessons more regularly via the somewhat obvious blog post title of ’Things I learned this week’ 😊
I hope you enjoy volume 09
by Darren Caveney
Read morebe more Shelby: 6 comms lessons from peaky blinders
Surely the best British TV drama of the past five years, Peaky Blinders has provided an unlikely boost to Birmingham’s place-marketing efforts and the show offers plenty of other comms lessons too.
by Alex Mills
Read moreintroducing the #futurecomms self-assessment tool: improving your communications
How are you and your team performing? Well, hopefully. But how do you know? Here’s a brand new resource to help you find out and support you in further improving your communications.
by David Holdstock
Read moreflat-sharing: how flat-earthers got their comms wrong
Recently, my daily commute got me thinking about what awareness raising campaigns have in common with claiming the earth is flat.
Confused? Allow me to explain.
by Ruth Fry
Read more3 things I learned this week – volume 08
On my consultancy and training travels around the UK I get to learn so much from other people. Plus, there are comms lessons all around us if we look closely enough. And so, I thought I would begin sharing these lessons more regularly via the somewhat obvious blog post title of ’Things I learned this week’ 😊
I hope you enjoy volume 08
by Darren Caveney
Read morethe need to communicate about mental health
The awareness of mental ill health issues amongst communicators continues to gather pace but are enough organisations really taking it seriously and making steps to support people?
by Jade Parker
Read more3 things I learned this week – volume 07
On my consultancy and training travels around the UK I get to learn so much from other people. Plus, there are comms lessons all around us if we look closely enough. And so, I thought I would begin sharing these lessons more regularly via the somewhat obvious blog post title of ’Things I learned this week’ 😊
I hope you enjoy volume 07
by Darren Caveney
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