Find out how to get great communications work in the local public service sector recognised by the CIPR and your peers.

Colin Wood, Head of Communications at West Dorset District Council is looking for a Communications Team Leader.

My thoughts on a failed experiment with Second Life and how we need to use evidence as the basis for the decisions we make in public sector communications, marketing and web development.

This October the CIPR Local Public Services group is holding a two-day conference – focussing on the theme of “Navigating change: Shaping a new model of communications in local public services”

I’m a sucker for gear and gadgets, usually on a technology or outdoors bent. Which is why I was dead chuffed when Fitness Footwear asked me to road test the latest North Face Hedgehog GTX XCR trainers.

Some evidence about public attitudes to spending cuts to help communicators working in the public sector.

My thoughts on where the local government communications sector is at with social media and how things need to be in the coming year or so.

LGA and LGcommunications have just launched the latest version of their Reputation campaign – a toolkit for local government communicators to help them use the latest national evidence to inform their communications strategies.

Having left home at 4.30am this morning it’s been a long day, but I’ve learnt a lot and enjoyed meeting new people and catching up with old acquaintances at today’s LGcommunications conference in Leeds.

More information about this Thursday’s social media for public sector communicators course in Glasgow.

The story of my Virgin London Marathon on Sunday, 25 April 2010 – raising money for Action Medical Research.

Just three weeks to go until I run the 2010 London Marathon. So far I’ve raised more than £2050 for Action Medical Research – help me reach my target of £3000.

The Transformed by You event was a first for Kent County Council and Medway Council in demonstrating the power of co-creation to come up with innovative solutions to public service challenges.

I’m running a social media course for public sector communicators in Glasgow on Thursday, 13 May. Read more about the course and feedback from previous delegates.

Book your place now for the Kent and Medway innovation event “Transformed By You” which takes place on Saturday, 20 March 2010.

We’re on the lookout for a talented marketing executive to join the Communications and Marketing team at Medway.

This April I’ll be running the Virgin London Marathon and raising money for childen’s medical charity Action Medical Research.

Civil servant Steph Gray is steering clear of blogging and using Twitter during the purdah period for the forthcoming general election. I’m thinking about whether I should the same.

I’m running social media training courses for public sector communicators in Manchester and Cardiff soon.

Help us make the Transformed By You innovation event a real success this March.

Expressing clear objectives and providing meaningful evaluation of PR is vital.

A live mix from my student DJ days in Nottingham in the late 90s.

Charity Comms is running a social marketing conference aimed at helping charity communicators learn more about social marketing and how to apply it in their organisations.

The short history of my last decade.

Exploring the role of behavioural theories in delivering effective communications.