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Useful research from Ipsos MORI

A couple of useful research summaries from Ipsos MORI for those working in public sector communications.

Council communciations job in Dorset

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

CIPR Local Public Services conference – October 2010

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”

A love for trainers, gear and gadgety stuff

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.

Cuts and the public mood

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

New LGA/LGcommunications Reputation campaign launched

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.

Thoughts from LGcommunications conference

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.