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 …
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 …
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 …
Influence Live is back and is coming February 2019! We are delighted to announce our first speaker: Formerly the UK’s youngest-ever ambassador, Jules Chappell OBE has spent her career working in the highest echelons of foreign affairs. During 15 years at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Chappell worked to strenghten the UK’s relationships around the world …
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 …
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 …
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 …
