On 1 June, not the 1 April, PRMoment published an article by Hacked Off Flack entitled: Why Hacked Off Flack reckons kids ruin your PR career. It was first brought it to my attention by...
14 years ago, last Wednesday, my maternal grandmother died, Hilda Winifred Stevens (nee Gibbs). She was and still is, the person who has the most influence in my life. I am always rather surprised by...
I have been on the receiving end of gibes from journos about PRs more times than I care to remember. Yes, of course, there is best practice – and sometimes we get it wrong....
I originally wrote this for Fresh Business Thinking When starting off in business, there is so much you are yet to learn. Even now, after more than 25 years at work, whilst I have...
I hate school reunions. That is clearly why I am organising one. I hate it when you take those final two steps into the room full of old girls (in my case) and in...
This month, anyone starting to plan and log their Continuous Professional Development through the Chartered Institute of Public Relations will have to complete a compulsory ethics section. No one will be able to file...
On Tuesday I am looking forward to speaking to members of the CIPR Inside group, who are gathering together in London for their AGM. AGMs at the CIPR have an interesting history for me,...
On Thursday the Chartered Institute of Public Relations announced some great news, 1,611 members had completed their Continuous Professional Development returns (the deadline was 28th February 2015). That is a 27% increase on last...
Yesterday I had the privilege of joining a cohort of students studying Public Relations at Southampton Solent University to produce an ebook in a day. It was the second year the students had attempted to...
Today the Chartered Institute of Public Relations has published its report, The State of the Profession. It makes for sobering reading. I was, if I am honest, at a loss to know what to...
