Values and behaviours in communications. They’ve never been more important in our industry than right now. So how about formally agreeing a set of principles for the ways in which your team will operate?
by Jude Tipper
Read moreeven in lockdown, the professional and personal learning doesn’t stop
Creating engaging content will forever be our goal. But if it’s educational too then that’s something to be really proud of.
by Lauren Allan
Read morethe recovery position
The Taxpayers’ Alliance may beg to differ, but I think Local Authority communications had a 'good war' during the initial response phase to Covid-19. But what about the next stage? What role will comms play in our national and local recovery?
by Will Mapplebeck
Read morerolling out the virtual red carpet – 8 top tips for welcoming new staff
It can be hard enough starting a new job at the best of times but imagine how daunting it is when you’re in the middle of a global pandemic.
by Karen Jeal
Read moreand you think i’m reckless? the hubris of the maverick communicator
“I’m suing Waterstones - they had the Lance Armstrong book in non-fiction”. That’s roughly how the joke went. Of course people did actually sue Lance.
by Adam Shepphard
Read morewhy communications doesn’t always get the professional respect it deserves – part 2
Anyone can do comms, right? What to do about it - how to position comms at the strategic heart of your organisation.
by Anna Caig
Read moreyou’re only ever as good as the product
crisis comms – 11 weeks and counting
NHS comms colleagues have had an incredibly tough few months. And it’s not over yet.
by Jane Appleton
Read moreis guilt good for our mental health?
A deep and thoughtful post about guilt and mental health to coincide with Mental Health Awareness Week 2020.
by Shavaun Glen
Read moreparlez-vous covid?
there is nothing about this that is “common sense”
emergency stop: a chance to reflect during mental health awareness week
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
Read morewanting to be right
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
Read morethe streets aren’t empty, they’re full of stella: messaging madness is risking the health of our nation
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
Read morecelebrating ve day
Celebrating VE Day is a reminder that we can save the generation who secured a future for us
by Alison Clark-Dick
Read morewhy communications doesn’t always get the professional respect it deserves – part 1
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
Read morehomework: my values
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
Read moredropped – the latest episode of the talking comms pod. you’ll love it
If you’ve already run through your entire Netflix watch list fear not – the new Talking Comms Pod is out.
by Darren Caveney
Read more7 things i’ve learned about me and my team during lockdown
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
Read more3 things I learned this week – volume 19
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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