Posted on By Matthew Knowles, The team at Hotwire in the UK kindly invited me to speak on a panel last week looking at crisis communications as they published their UK findings of the agency’s global report on the subject after surveying industry leaders in many of the countries that they cover. It was a good event, with interesting questions from …
Posted on By Deb Sharratt, Earlier this month CIPR North East held an event for PR practitioners focusing on the discipline of media relations, and pitching to broadcast media in particular. Media relations is what many people, who don’t have a full understanding of the profession and industry, associate with public relations. Public relations can be done very successfully …
Posted on By Shimon Cohen, Chairman, The PR Office, It’s high time that the charity sector got a grip on the well-publicised issues that have prompted a decline in public trust. This month, a report conducted by the Charity Aid Foundation (CAF) came to some bleak conclusions on charitable donations. According to the report’s findings, the percentage …
Posted on By Iain Patton, Director, Ethical Team, Following the aftermath of the terrible atrocities in New Zealand a new political star has emerged whose influence and impact is reaching far beyond the borders of this traditionally quiet commonwealth country. While the 2019 Edelman Trust Barometer reports that trust in global institutions and authority figures has hit an …
Posted on By Niki Wheeler, Director, Launch, I’ve had two decades of working alongside CEOs across sectors, but listening to Eric Schmidt, former Chairman of Google, talking about his work with the legendary coach, Bill Campbell at The London Business Forum this week and the mists cleared. Schmidt and a panel of Silicon Valley luminaries talked about the …
Posted on Cision Jobs (formerly Gorkana Jobs) has a proud reputation of helping Journalists and PR professionals find great jobs across all sectors of the journalism and PR spheres, from consumer to corporate and everything in between. We’ve been doing this for nearly 10 years and we’ve had a full-service, dedicated jobs board since 2011. We re-branded …
Posted on By Catherine Hawkes, associate, Royds Withy King, With one in six employees experiencing a mental health problem at some point in their career, it is important that employers take proactive steps to deal with this issue. The PR industry is a sector which is particularly vulnerable to stress and mental health issues given the nature …
Posted on Welcome to the second half of the 21st century. The date is May 16th 2050. EVERYONE in the UK can easily access every digital and web-based service and product. No matter what disability, impairment or long-term health condition they have. That’s my dream. But let’s get back to present day. It’s Global Accessibility Awareness Day …
Posted on By Holly Daulby, Lush has announced that it will be leaving social media. In the statement, the company said “Social media is making it harder and harder for us to talk to each other directly”. But is quitting really the answer? By shutting down its social channels, Lush is turning its back on many vital …
Posted on In my third article about the Euro elections I’m focusing on the campaigns so far (here are parts one and two). European elections are always tricky campaign-wise. The constituencies are in fact massive regions which makes it harder to mount an intensive campaign. They often come soon after other elections, which means activists are tired. …