Today’s blog on the tenth day is from Sinead Doyle, someone I have been delighted to get to know over the last five years or so; I have had the privilege of trips to...
Today, Rachel Royall, Director of Communications for NHS Digital writes about charisma; Rachel and I first met at an event for aspirant NHS Directors of Nursing – and greeted each other with the words...
Anne-Marie and I met at the Chartered Institute of Public Relations North East AGM in 2015. She asked if I would be interested in setting up a Young Communicators’ Forum. I said yes, and...
Valentina Kristensen and I first met on the stage of an awards do. I was President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations and Val had just won Young Communicator of the Year, I...
Research published today by the Chartered Institute of Public Relations is the first time my industry has gone behind the figures to find out what the drivers are for the embarrassing, unacceptable gender pay gap...
A few weeks ago I was invited to a very influential women’s networking group. I had been asked by the Cabinet Office to talk, along with Catharine Seddon, about having a Non-Executive Directorship (NED)...
So I start 2017 without my Chartered Institute of Public Relations board and council responsibilities, after four and nine year’s service, respectively, it was the right time to move on and try other things....
I am 44. I have sat, in total, on four boards in my volunteering life (including the largest primary school in Bristol, an international development agency and the Chartered Institute of Public Relations...
Last year, I was President of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations, which comes with manifold responsibilities. But was also an opportunity to highlight key issues for the industry – and the Institute. In...
