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Cake, Glorious Cake

Kelly Quigley-Hicks attended Comms Camp 14 recently and like many attendees helped raise lots of lovely money for charity by baking and eating cake. In this post Kelly shares with us a storify of some of the amazing cakes baked, some

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Communicating, Culture, Holidays and #nhsscot14

Listen to the Weekly Summary in Welsh below, or read on for the English! This is the first week I’ve covered Weekly Blog Club in quite some time, and what a week it was! We had 13 great blogs that are well

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CIPR member on child-related leave?

Are you a member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR)? Got some maternity, paternity leave or adoption leave coming up with all the financial constraints that come with it? In this post Kelly Quigley-HIcks fills us in about

Posted in communicating, local government, public relations, public relations, public sector

South West Trains and Engineering work.

Football supporter Peter Olding has been inconvenienced when travelling to home games because of months of Network Rail engineering works, causing him to catch the replacement bus service to see his beloved AFC Bournemouth play. South West Trains posted a tweet recently

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Things I’ll miss: Cats and social media

In 4 weeks time Graham Budd sets off on a new adventure, with a one way ticket to South Korea. This week he considers some of the things he’s leaving behind and will miss. As well as the cats, there

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Posted in blogging, communicating, communities, digital technology, family, local government, public relations, setting goals, social media, special events, travel, travel and exploration, websites, working practices

POST RELEASE: What are you doing writing just press releases in 2013?

Dan Slee has blogged before on the subject of press releases, their role in comms, and the alternatives. In this latest post he shares with us a table by Fred Godlash which sets out the reasons for writing a press

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Posted in communicating, digital technology, journalism, public relations, social media, storytelling, working practices

Demons, downloads and daffodils

Hello, it’s me Kate Bentham again this week, starting with a shuffle of the feet and staring at the floor apology for the delay in getting this summary to you. My standards are slipping. I’ll try harder. Am I forgiven? So,

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Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Business, communicating, communities, cultural heritage, culture, digital technology, family, film/video, football, health, health services, humour, leadership, local government, management, media, mental health, public relations, public sector, rugby, social media, websites, working practices

Questioning Y

A reflective blog from Phil Jewitt, questioning why more women didn’t pitch a session at CommsCamp13, but also considering how if an idea is such a good idea why others haven’t picked it up before. Questioning Y by Phil Jewitt    

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Posted in communicating, democracy, gender, local government, public relations, public sector, storytelling, Third sector, unconferences

I love technology, art and learning!

If you’re interested in contributing to the Weekly Blog Club you can find out more on the About page. Summary of Week 7 posts Epicurus and a simply PhD lesson by Derek Barron. And we have another year by Sasha Taylor. Dear May by Richard Overy.

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OFF SPIN: Why Malcolm Tucker must die

For week 44 Dan Slee blogs about the damage Malcolm Tucker from The Thick Of It can cause to the reputation of government comms professionals and how for the public, it can warp the perception of the role. For this

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