If you're involved in consultation you'll be aware of several recent legal challenges. Inspired by a recent workshop with the Consultation Institute, here's a guide to getting consultation right.
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Top 20 sources for marketing and PR ideas
As we're all fighting to keep up with industry trends, and there's so much information for us to make sense of out there, here's my list of the top 20 most useful sources for communications, marketing and creative ideas and info. Web links are included, but most have Twitter handles too. Marketing: 1. Marketing Week 2. Brand… Continue reading Top 20 sources for marketing and PR ideas
Can children help you be more concise?
If I speak for more than two minutes on one subject to my 8 year old, she's lost interest before I've made my point. Thirty seconds in and my 3 year old's wandered off singing a Frozen song. If I use a word either of them doesn't understand, they don't tell me they don't know… Continue reading Can children help you be more concise?
Communicating military style
According to the US army, the best way to keep Americans informed is through the "actions and words of individual soldiers". It thinks that media experts should be part of tactical army units. Smaller units, flexible chains of command, and communications at the heart of all structure and strategy - that's how UK defence leaders… Continue reading Communicating military style
Quick reminder on pre-election publicity rules
As we find our way through the pre-election publicity rules, we come up against publicity issues every day that we need to respond to. With two weeks to go until elections, demands might be increasing on your communications team, so here's a quick reminder of the facts. The LGiU have made the purdah rules simpler… Continue reading Quick reminder on pre-election publicity rules
