UK coalition government mind map infographic
To mark the first two years of the UK’s Conservative/Liberal Democrat coalition government the bright folks at Insight Public Affairs have put together a great mind map infographic of the policy issues. Insight has mapped out the: “headline policy drivers spanning: the economy; public service reform; localism; welfare reform; and, the international agenda.” The mind...
FT Global 500 companies still digitally challenged
New research reveals that many FT Global 500 companies are still failing to manage their digital strategies effectively. The sixth annual FT Bowen Craggs Index shows that an alarming number of companies still don’t understand that the corporate website is now one of the most effective communications channels that a company owns. The research also...
Most influential UK PR, social, SEO, marketing blogs
Today marketing automation software provider Eloqua released a UK edition of its ‘Blog Tree’ infographic of the most influential blogs in PR, social, SEO, marketing, tech, start-up and design. And this little, old blog of mine is right there near the top of the tree as one of the top three PR blogs and one...
Ewan MacColl The Manchester Rambler
Such an evocative song and even more amazing when you consider Ewan MacColl was just 17 when he wrote it for the mass trespass of Kinder Scout on April 24, 1932 – 80 years ago today.
My four year old daughter loves singing ...
CIPRTV special on new UK public affairs lobbying register consultation
If like me you missed this week’s CIPRTV on the UK Cabinet Office’s proposals to introduce a Statutory Register of Lobbyists then it’s well worth catching up with it here: It’s presented by Russell Goldsmith of Marketiersdc and guests are Iain Anderson, of Cicero Consulting and Tamasin Cave, director of Spinwatch and leader of the...
Social media crisis comms–outflanking the Sunday Times
When I’m doing online PR and social media training and communications consultancy I usually spend a lot of time on crisis communications looking at how it has – and hasn’t – changed because of the rise of social media. This weekend saw a classic case of how a smart PR operator can outflank one of the...
