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These are uncertain times. You’d have been hard pressed to imagine we’d end the year in a more precarious climate than we entered it. Bourgeoning political uncertainty – coupled with volatile financial markets – means uncertainty will continue to be a prevalent theme in 2019 and beyond. But how can communications professionals make their mark …
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Friends and opponents can both be critically important to the success of a public affairs campaign. So how best should you think about these audiences? Potential allies for a campaign can often be given a huge amount of attention but the role of opponents is often less well thought through. Yes, supporters can reinforce messages …
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By Niki Wheeler, Director, Launch, Mariah Carey on repeat on the radio, Christmas trees twinkling in receptions across the land and diaries ram packed full of calls, creative sessions and festive catch-ups. As the Christmas Gift Guides close for another year, it’s all about fresh thinking as 2019 plans get finalised. More time out of the …
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By Marina Lois, , Seven million adults in the UK listen to podcasts each week, and that figure has risen by 1.3m in the last year alone. Although Apple has been the main proponent of this success to date, Google has now announced that they want to ‘double global podcast listenership’ within two years. And …
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So, is a victory by 83 good or bad? Is there any hope of new concessions from Brussels? Is Parliament likely to agree on anything soon? The answer to questions two and three looks to be no. The answer to number one is “it depends”. And there, in a nutshell, is one of Theresa May’s …
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As I sat on the train scrolling on my phone for Brexit news, a curious landmark update dropped into my timeline. It was 10 years, the tweet told me since I joined Twitter. It made me think and reflect on the journey I’ve taken and the lessons I’ve learned along the way. Many have been …
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By Simon Iatrou, German philosopher Arthur Schopenhauer once produced what he described as a “dirge” on noise. “The superabundant display of vitality, which takes the form of knocking, hammering and tumbling things about, has proved a daily torment to me all my life long,” he wrote in 1851. Quite what he would have made of 2018 …
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By Rich Leigh, It’s been just shy of six months since we started our four-day work week, without cutting staff pay. We trialled it first for six weeks, then announced it would be permanent in early September. I got a lot of variations of the question, ‘but you’re a business owner… isn’t this a TERRIBLE business decision!?’. Six months in …
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What’s going to be hot over the next 12 months? What will the trends be? Every year I contribute to various articles in the industry press to share my predictions, so I thought I’d share them here first. Spoiler: It’s not robots. I also invited my network to contribute to this article, thank you to …
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On 10 July 2018, I pulled up in a cab outside CIPR’s headquarters in Russell Square, London. There was a crowd outside, including quite a few of my colleagues. I thought for a moment that the fire alarm might have gone off. However, rather than shuffling awkwardly from side to side, as is tradition during …