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
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
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