Last week the Local Government Association published its list of banned words in an attempt to highlight the use of poor language by local authorities.

Tags: communications, effective+writing, local+government, plain+English, public+relations
Categories: Public relations, Public sector

Le Tour de France - it’s finally here

Saturday, July 7th, 2007 at 11:29 pm

It’s been a pretty hectic week, meaning lots of late night working and no time for proper blogging thanks to the arrival of the Tour de France in the UK.

Tags: cycling, Events, Marketing, medway, Public relations, Public sector, tour+de+france
Categories: Events, Marketing, Public relations, Public sector

Looking back at the CIPR Northern Conference

Friday, June 22nd, 2007 at 2:50 pm

I presented at the CIPR’s Northern Conference in Newcastle yesterday and enjoyed the opportunity to find out about PR in the north-east.

Tags: andy+wake, BALTIC, chartered+institute+of+public+relations, CIPR, claire+byers, dont+panic, Events, laurel+hetherington, liz+lewis-jones, medway+council, mixit, newcastle, nicky+wake, podcast, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Reviews, stephen+davies
Categories: Events, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Reviews

Unlocking the power of information

Friday, June 15th, 2007 at 8:19 am

The government has a lot of data. How can it use it for to help improve public sector communications?

Tags: data, Marketing, mash-ups, Online video, Public relations, Public sector, Social media, uk+government
Categories: Marketing, Online video, Public relations, Public sector, Social media

Dealing with salespeople at work

Tuesday, June 5th, 2007 at 1:13 am

One of the less enjoyable parts of my role heading up marketing and PR at Medway Council is the endless stream of salespeople who want a slice of my time.

Tags: adsales, Marketing, Public relations, Public sector, Sales, sales+people, sales+strategy, sales+tips, salesman, selling
Categories: Marketing, Public relations, Public sector, Sales

Delivering the New PR 2.0 in London

Thursday, May 31st, 2007 at 11:19 pm

Next Tuesday 5 June the Delivering the New PR 2.0 conference rolls into London and I’m going.

Tags: andy+wake, Blogging, delivering+the+new+PR+2.0, dont+panic, Events, Marketing, neville+hobson, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Regulations and laws, Social media, stuart+bruce, tom+murphy, Video podcasting
Categories: Blogging, Events, Marketing, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Regulations and laws, Social media, Video podcasting

CIPR Northern Conference

Monday, May 28th, 2007 at 8:20 pm

Next month I’ll be running a workshop session at Northern Conference in Newcastle looking at podcasting in the public sector.

Tags: chartered+institute+of+public+relations, CIPR, Events, General, podcast, podcast+production, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, public+relations, public+sector, Social media
Categories: Events, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Social media

Busy times

Wednesday, May 2nd, 2007 at 10:44 pm

Life is particularly hectic at the moment and unfortunately that’s taking time away from blogging. The local elections taking place in the UK tomorrow are just one reason for that.

Tags: local+elections, medway, medway+council, Public relations, Public sector
Categories: Public relations, Public sector

Was the Royal Navy really that naive?

Friday, April 13th, 2007 at 8:13 pm

PR Week has a piece about the public relations handling of the selling stories saga that has unfolded since the 15 British hostages were released by Iran.

Tags: hostages, media+handling, media+relations, ministry+of+defence, Public relations, Public sector, royal+navy, uk+government
Categories: Public relations, Public sector

Purdah starts today

Monday, March 26th, 2007 at 9:40 am

Today marks the start of what’s called the purdah period for communications for the UK local authority where I head up marketing and public relations.

Tags: Public sector
Categories: Public sector

Producing audio and video for the web

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007 at 8:23 pm

A project I’ve been working on recently has involved creating video news shorts and podcasts for the first time. Now both have launched it’s interesting as a professional communicator to reflect on the differences between producing video and audio content .

Tags: audio, medway+council, podcast, podcast+production, Podcasting, video, video+production
Categories: Online video, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Social media, Video podcasting

It’s a trust thing

Monday, January 22nd, 2007 at 8:48 pm

Edelman launched its eighth annual Trust Barometer this morning in London. The survey looks at how well trusted individuals and organisations are among 3,100 “opinion formers” across 18 countries.

Tags: david+brain, edelman, government, hugh+macleod, iain+dale, ian+delaney, prblogger, public+sector, stephen+davies, stuart+bruce, trust+barometer
Categories: Blogging, Marketing, Public relations, Public sector, Social media, Statistics, research and analysis

British Army to add social networking to site

Thursday, January 18th, 2007 at 7:21 am

This week’s UK Marketing magazine covers the forthcoming relaunch of the British Army website, which will for the first time include social networking features, such as blogs, message boards, pictures and video.

Tags: Blogging, british+army, central+office+of+information, COI, grand+union, jamie+galloway, Marketing, Online video, Public sector, Social media, social+media, social+networking, Video podcasting
Categories: Blogging, Marketing, Online video, Public sector, Social media, Video podcasting

Interview with Jamie Galloway, COI

Wednesday, January 3rd, 2007 at 11:17 pm

The Central Office of Information (COI) is the UK government’s centre of excellence for marketing and communications. In this email interview Jamie Galloway, COI’s Director of Digital Media, talks about how the UK government uses digital media in its campaigns.

Tags: blogs, central+office+of+information, COI, communications, jamie+galloway, Marketing, Podcasting, public+relations, public+sector, social+media, uk+government
Categories: Interviews, Public sector, Social media

UK’s first real local authority podcast

Thursday, December 7th, 2006 at 11:07 pm

I’m very excited as today’s a big day: we’re launching the first real podcast from a local authority in the UK.

Tags: medway, medway+council, podcast, Podcasting, public+sector, social+media
Categories: Marketing, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Social media

Jumping on the YouTube bandwagon

Wednesday, December 6th, 2006 at 7:07 am

It seems to be “not getting it” week. Today it’s the turn of Ten Alps and their Public TV website - a “YouTube for the public sector”.

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Categories: Online video, Public sector, Social media

Making connections with social media

Wednesday, October 25th, 2006 at 9:23 am

Social media is all about making connections. And yesterday once again I experienced this in real life.

Tags: Blogging, for+immediate+release, libby+ranzetta, neville+hobson, Podcasting, public+sector, shel+holtz, social+media
Categories: Blogging, Podcasting, Public relations, Public sector, Social media, Video podcasting

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Marketing and public relations

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