We’ve got a vacancy for a media and PR assistant at Medway Council.

Why issues management, environmental awareness and common sense are vital when producing promotional materials.

Is “worklessness” really plain English, or am I being unnecessarily pedantic?

A new study looking at social media and local government is consistent with the findings of my CIPR research on the same topic.

How could better public relations have improved the announcement of changes to vehicle excise duty?

Why is public relations in local government so defensive?

We’re recruiting two new roles to help improve our direct marketing at Medway Council.

I’ll be speaking at the Don’t Panic Guide to Social Media on Friday, 23 May in London.

I’m looking for UK local government communicators to help with my CIPR Diploma research project.

I’ve been using social media to search for a media relations or PR professional in Australia on behalf of a client.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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