By Sarah Burns, If you’re someone who keeps small children safely at arm’s length, you’ve probably never been to a Build-A-Bear store. Lucky you, I say, because they’re hellish at the best of times. It’s not just the synthetic fur that gets up my nose, it’s the whole decision-making process, which is just far …
We know that internal communicators are struggling to influence at the top, finding digital adoption hard across organisations and working with limited budgets. Some of the conversation we need to have are increasingly challenging and opinion or experience might not be enough to win your case. Last week, at the CIPR Northern Conference in Newcastle, …
Wiltshire Council communication chief Laurie Bell told the story of the unfolding Novichok crisis in Salisbury at the CIPR Northern Conference in Newcastle. In March the UK government reported that Novichok, a Russian nerve agent, had been used in a poisoning attack on Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in Salisbury, Wiltshire. Skripal is a …
One of the stand out sessions at January’s Influence Live event was Meet the Influencers, hosted by Vuelio. The chance for an open an honest chat with top-class influencers was so popular we have decided to bring it back for Influence Live 2. Earlier this year we ran a poll to see which areas of …
The turmoil in British politics increases daily – and with it the possibility of a General Election within the next 12 months. Such an election would mean that any activity currently underway which could be seen as influencing the way people vote would be covered by the Lobbying Act and Electoral Commission’s regulations. Recent research from the Sheila …
“How do you prepare for the unexpected and are you really ready if the very worst happens?” England had just gone out of the World Cup, the Prime Minister was under extreme pressure, two leading cabinet ministers had just resigned, Donald Trump was visiting the UK and it was Friday the 13th. The perfect day …
By Johnny Pitt, Read these next couple of paras. They’re not mine, but please do read them. Twice, if you have to. Try and stay calm. And then go on to read the whole article. But please do read to the end. As if you only get half way through, I’m worried you’ll quit our …
