Posted on The party conferences are not everyone’s idea of fun but approached properly they can offer great opportunities for engagement. This year’s conferences have obviously been slightly interrupted by a Supreme Court decision that could make the Conservative conference more or less null and void but gave the Labour conference the boost it was otherwise lacking. …
Posted on Trying to map out what will happen with Brexit is challenging to say the least. But that does not mean that public affairs cannot help organisations make sense of what is happening and what is likely to happen. Without this advice, the risks simply increase. There is uncertainty across all aspects of government and opposition …
Posted on Are you still stuck sending out press releases on that new executive hire? Or prepping for a new product launch with a stock photo and a couple of lines of text? Communications can often feel that it’s a function which is devoid of creativity. With this post, I wanted to inspire you to think that …
Posted on Four in five MPs believe that public attitudes towards politicians have been changed for the worse by social media. By Sam Webber, external relations manager, Vuelio. Research commissioned by Vuelio has found that MPs believe social media has a negative impact on politics, with four in five (81%) of the 137 MPs surveyed believing public …
Posted on Relationships of trust with politicians, as with other stakeholders, take time to build and develop. Many are worried about doing or saying the wrong thing with a politician and especially about being too political. But take some straightforward steps and the trust will build. I was recently lucky enough to be asked by Signal AI to deliver …
Posted on By Gráinne Walsh, The backstop and all things Brexit remain central to politics on both sides of the Irish Sea. Beyond this, there are also local public policy issues here in Northern Ireland which public affairs professionals which shows that there is life (just about) beyond Brexit. While welfare reform and the introduction of Universal …
Posted on We all know and understand how the media, in all its forms, can drive the activity of an organisation during a crisis. But the real, and longer lasting, damage can be inflicted by politicians. Too often though they are ignored and the media dominates. I was recently lucky enough to be asked by Signal AI …
Posted on By Mandy Pearse, FCIPR, Chart PR It is high time that government looked, listened and learnt from the innovative PR practice in local government instead of telling Councils how to communicate with their citizens. Taking Hackney Council through the courts to stop it producing a fortnightly council newspaper is a clear example of dogma versus evidence. …
Posted on Why isn’t the PR industry able to get a grip on and deal with ethical breaches? Don’t fall asleep. Please don’t. What I’m going to say matters to our industry and profession. Over the past week there have been a number of big reads about ethical issues. First there was Fleishman and accusations of astroturfing …
Posted on This week you may have come across the Twitter rant unleashed by the employee of an MP. Gareth Arnold took the unusual step of handing his notice in by posting thread of tweets from the account of Jared O’Mara MP he had access to. It was oddly polarising. It was greeted as a glorious ‘f*** …