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emergency stop: a chance to reflect during mental health awareness week

May 17, 2020 Darren Caveney
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We already knew that mental health was an issue in the communications and PR industry before COVID-19. Heaven knows where we’re at with it now. So the opportunity for some time-out to reflect during Mental Health Awareness Week is incredibly timely.

by Darren Caveney

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning, training + development Tags emergency stop: a chance to reflect during mental health awareness week, MHAW20, Comms Unplugged, Darren Caveney, mental health and wellbeing support

wanting to be right

May 11, 2020 Darren Caveney
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The launch of the Government’s new ‘Stay Alert’ slogan prompted a huge debate across the communications industry. Some liked it, some didn’t. Whatever your personal view, it’s healthy for our industry to have honest debate and different perspectives shared.

by Shavaun Glen

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In campaigns + media, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning Tags wanting to be right - stay alert slogan and covid-19 campaign, Shavaun Glen, comms2point0

the streets aren’t empty, they’re full of stella: messaging madness is risking the health of our nation

May 10, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Well I’ll never forget VE Day 75. But for all the wrong reasons. It, and the new government messaging which followed, is a communications car crash.

by Darren Caveney

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning, training + development Tags the streets aren't empty queen's message, VE Day 75 street parties, stay alert government messaging, communications on UK lockdown, Darren Caveney, comms2point0

celebrating ve day

May 7, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Celebrating VE Day is a reminder that we can save the generation who secured a future for us

by Alison Clark-Dick

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why communications doesn’t always get the professional respect it deserves – part 1

May 5, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Anyone can do comms, right? Why communications doesn’t always get the professional respect it deserves, and what to do about it.

by Anna Caig

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In campaigns + media, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning, training + development Tags why communications doesn’t always get the professional respect it deserves – part 1, the role of communications and pr in an organisation, Anna Caig, comms2point0

homework: my values

May 3, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Values. We all have them, whether you have thought them through or they just sit in your unconscious. One comms team have been working theirs out.

by Andrew Kirby

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In training + development, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning Tags personal values, team values, communications and PR values, NHS values, Andrew Kirby NHS Digital, comms2point0

dropped – the latest episode of the talking comms pod. you’ll love it

April 28, 2020 Darren Caveney
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If you’ve already run through your entire Netflix watch list fear not – the new Talking Comms Pod is out.

by Darren Caveney

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, training + development Tags dropped – the latest episode of the talking comms pod. you’ll love it, best communications and PR podcasts, Internal communications survey and Gatehouse, Adrian Stirrup, Darren Caveney, comms2point0

7 things i’ve learned about me and my team during lockdown

April 27, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Well lockdown has certainly been a time for us to reflect and make adjustments in our lives. One comms head shares her own largest lessons…

by Louisa Dean

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning, training + development Tags 7 things i’ve learned about me and my team during lockdown, communications and pr lessons during the COVID-19 crisis, local government best practice, Louisa Dean royal borough of windsor and maidenhead, comms2point0

3 things I learned this week – volume 19

April 23, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Well the days all feel the same right now. But they still throw up some pretty important learning…

by Darren Caveney

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In campaigns + media, resources + good stuff, training + development, digital + social Tags 3 things I learned this week – volume 19, Victoria Beckham furloughing staff, lockdown laudations, Darren Caveney, comms2point0

the landscape of lockdown

April 23, 2020 Darren Caveney
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A glimpse into the lockdown life of one communications pro…

by Andy Kirby

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why communications is an essential service

April 19, 2020 Darren Caveney
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As communicators, we’ve always known that communications is an essential service to the effective running of an organisation. But not everyone else has always shared that view. Maybe the times they are a changing…

by Amanda Nash

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning Tags why communications is an essential service, NHS communications, best practice communications and PR in the NHS, A, Amanda Nash head of comms, comms2point0, comms2point0.co.uk

3 things I learned this week – volume 18

April 16, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Well the days all feel the same right now. But they still throw up some pretty important learning…

by Darren Caveney

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning, training + development Tags 3 things I learned this week – volume 18, communications of COVID-19 in the UK, Priti Patel not saying sorry, virtual mentoring, virtual networking for communications consultants, comms2point0

a moment to last a lifetime

April 15, 2020 Darren Caveney
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It’s the type of crisis you hope to never have to deal with as a comms professional and the Manchester Arena attack continues to have a lasting impact on all involved.

by Amanda Coleman

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branding home truths in a lockdown

April 14, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Now, more than ever, it’s vital to have a smart communications and marketing strategy. Here’s one approach to consider.

by Kathy Kyle Bonomini

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning Tags branding home truths in a lockdown, marketing and communications strategies during COVID-19, comms2point0 best practice communications and pr

what is happening to you?

April 13, 2020 Darren Caveney
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The thing that I’ve realised most deeply through this lockdown experience is that we believe that everyone is experiencing it in the same way.

by Shavaun Glen

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In digital + social, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff Tags Lockdown experience, coping with COVID-19 lockdown, communications and pr during coronavirus COVID-19, Shavaun Glen, comms2point0

it’s all gone a bit ron pickering – 3 essential tips for getting through covid-19

April 7, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Has there ever been a tougher time to work in communications? One comms manager likens it to an iconic children’s TV show…

by Shaun Gibbons

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In campaigns + media, resources + good stuff, training + development, strategy + planning Tags it’s all gone a bit ron pickering – 3 essential tips for getting through covid-19, communications and pr advice for coronavirus covid-19, comms2point0 best practice communications and PR

when this is over… the comms community’s 10 hopes for the post covid-19 world.

April 2, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Coronavirus has challenged every assumption we have about how we live, how we care for our kids, how we look out for each other, how we behave as consumers, and how we work.

by Ben Capper

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what does good look like? 10 good practice examples of covid-19 activity in local government

March 29, 2020 Darren Caveney
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What did you do at the weekend? I wrote a comms strategy for COVID-19.

by Darren Caveney

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In campaigns + media, digital + social, research + evaluation, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning Tags what does good look like? 10 good practice examples of covid-19 activity in local government, coronavirus communications strategy, local government response to coronavirus, Darren Caveney, comms2point0

3 things I learned this week – volume 17

March 26, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Well the week was ended on a relatively high, after I managed to procure some loo roll after five consecutive unsuccessful attempts. But then Rishi Sunak went and took away that high in pretty swift order today…

by Darren Caveney

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3 things I learned this week – volume 16

March 19, 2020 Darren Caveney
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Well in the two weeks since I wrote my last musings here the world has tilted on its axis a little.

by Darren Caveney

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In digital + social, campaigns + media, resources + good stuff, strategy + planning, training + development Tags 3 things I learned this week – volume 16, a virtual support group for communications consultants, St Basil's charity, comms2point0, Darren Caveney
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