Hello lovely bloggers, and fans of reading blogs, it is me, Kate Bentham, here as your Weekly Blog Club host for week 13. How has your week been? Good Easter break? Glad to see that some of you have been…
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Learning, printing, filming and being lovely
Tagged with: bad cop, code, comms, Dementia champions, Digital, filming permit, good cop, healthy start, Learning, midwifery, nursing, printing, smartphones, technology
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Business, communicating, communities, customer service, film/video, health, health services, journalism, learning, local government, media, patient care, printmaking, psychology, public sector, visual arts, working practices, workplace
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Business, communicating, communities, customer service, film/video, health, health services, journalism, learning, local government, media, patient care, printmaking, psychology, public sector, visual arts, working practices, workplace
Blue stars, seagull-proofing, waste and change
I’m very grateful to Kate Bentham for looking after Weekly Blog Club for Week 5. She clearly did a brilliant job since the number of posts has tripled this week (even though I didn’t get round to doing one myself)! This week’s posts…
Tagged with: a-n, Ayrshire Health, dementia, Dumfries and Galloway Health blog, gulls, Let's Talk About Dementia, National Health Service, NHS Scotland, NHSS, procrastination, standards, Tayside Health, Wales Audit Office, waste
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Birds, communicating, digital technology, finance, fine art, health, health services, humanity, humour, journalism, management, media, mental health, patient care, public relations, public sector, research, social care, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, Birds, communicating, digital technology, finance, fine art, health, health services, humanity, humour, journalism, management, media, mental health, patient care, public relations, public sector, research, social care, working practices
#thiswomancan #youngpeoplecan #artstherapycan
Thank you to everyone who contributed to Week 3 of 2015. Each and every post was interesting and well-written but my personal favourites amongst this week’s posts were the State of the Art in Medical Education by John McCulloch on the TaysideHealth blog, and #thisgirlcan: a…
Tagged with: #thisgirlcan, arts therapists, arts therapy, Ayrshire Health, good practice exchange, Guardian Public Leaders Editorial Board, National Health Service, NHSS, occupational therapists, TaysideHealth
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, culture, exercise, health, health services, journalism, leadership, public sector, sports, therapy, universities, women
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, communicating, culture, exercise, health, health services, journalism, leadership, public sector, sports, therapy, universities, women
Shotgun wedding
After larking about in the countryside dressed in tweed, shooting at clay pigeons, Ross Wigham reflects on a time when some PR campaigns might have taken a scatter gun approach to hitting the target but now, with reduced budgets and…
Tagged with: audience, Campaigns, channels, communications, data, local gov, marketing, Northumberland, planning, PR
Posted in budget cuts, communicating, data, digital technology, ideas/innovation, journalism, local government, media, public relations, public sector, social media, working practices
Posted in budget cuts, communicating, data, digital technology, ideas/innovation, journalism, local government, media, public relations, public sector, social media, working practices
A Bedlington Terrier, how to tell tales, and ethical issues
Thank you to all who contributed to the wonderful variety of posts in Week 49 of Weekly Blog Club. It was lovely to see the return of some people whom we hadn’t seen for a while. Over in Australia, Samuel-James…
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, blogging, charitable trusts, communicating, communities, construction industry, democracy, digital technology, dogs puppies, fine art, health, health services, hierarchy, history, ideas/innovation, journalism, leadership, learning, local government, management, media, painting drawing, politics, sculpture, setting goals, social media, sports, storytelling, television, Third sector, training, visual arts, working practices
POST RELEASE: Life After the Press Release Dies
Dan Slee has been doing his best to tell us all that the press release must (or will) die in future comms and PR. In this blogs he shares how he has the backing of some big hitters – as…
Tagged with: Coca cola, comms, corporate website, dan slee, Die press release Die, government, PR, press release, social conversations, social media, Tom Foremski
Posted in Business, communicating, digital technology, journalism, media, newspapers, public relations, working practices
Posted in Business, communicating, digital technology, journalism, media, newspapers, public relations, working practices
Creative.Digital.Likeable
A really useful blog post this week for anyone looking to break into a career in PR. Ross Wigham has asked some influential comms people what they consider to be key skills and attributes needed to stand out from the crowd and get hired.…
Tagged with: career advice, communications, intershipss, media, PR, recruitment
Posted in communicating, internal communications, journalism, leadership, local government, media, public relations, setting goals, working practices, workplace
Posted in communicating, internal communications, journalism, leadership, local government, media, public relations, setting goals, working practices, workplace
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…
Un-like us
Eddie Coates-Madden recently pitched a session at the LGComms Academy unconference session on how to move into sexy and leadership jobs in central government. Eddie led a lively discussion which questioned whether comms folk, who are skilled at representing others,…
Tagged with: central government, comms, leadership, LGcomms Academy, PR, self belief, self-confidence, value
Posted in communicating, conferences, ideas/innovation, journalism, leadership, local government, management, public relations, public sector, setting goals, unconferences, working practices
Posted in communicating, conferences, ideas/innovation, journalism, leadership, local government, management, public relations, public sector, setting goals, unconferences, working practices
Blogging, walking, leading and bins
Hello, yes it’s me Kate Bentham back for another week as guest curator of Weekly Blog Club. We’re into week 15 of year two and had some wonderful blogs submitted this week, the quality and content of which have been amazing. The…
Tagged with: blogging, CIPR Northern Conference, comms2point0, Darren Caveney, healthcare, leadership, Leveson, Parent bloggers, participation, Shropshire, social media, Songs of Me, Super XV, Thatcher, The Lullaby Trust, Urban Walk
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, animals, blogging, charitable trusts, communicating, communities, conferences, cultural heritage, digital technology, education, family, health, health services, holiday, journalism, leadership, local government, media, natural environment, public sector, public spaces, rugby, social media, special events, working practices
Posted in #WeeklyBlogClub summary, animals, blogging, charitable trusts, communicating, communities, conferences, cultural heritage, digital technology, education, family, health, health services, holiday, journalism, leadership, local government, media, natural environment, public sector, public spaces, rugby, social media, special events, working practices
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