Us Brits are becoming globally renowned for failing to deliver sincere and effective corporate apologies.
Charitable words – Social media and organisational communication
Recognising the potential benefits and risks involved as well as having a well-thought-out social media strategy is essential
On the climate catastrophe – again
Did you hear the news? It’s all our fault, all of it. What is you say? The climate catastrophe that’s what. On 5th August the UN IPPC (which stands for Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) published their latest report which laid the blame for the climate...
Clear comms on climate change
What is your personal impact on the planet? Or that of your company? Any idea? Probably not. Whilst we are surrounded by messaging on climate change and stories of human-induced climate catastrophe in the form of news pieces, telly programmes and films, and awareness...
Reading the room
I do like the phrase 'reading the room'. Sometimes I can’t put my finger on why some words and phrases sound just perfect and others grate. What does reading the room mean though? And what does it mean to you? Reading the room to me is about understanding the mood –...
Giving good GIF is not enough
There’s a real power in having access to a brand’s SM and being a grand guardian. And, as we all know, with great power comes great responsibility. Checks and balances need to be put in place to ensure that any account stays on brand.
No to the status quo
I’ve been having moments of optimism recently. I know! Strange times, unprecedented, yadda yadda, but also, we are now in a period of intense and rapid change. Once we are out of the other side of this, what will we keep hold of and what will we ditch? Who knows. But...
Stop the spread – of misinformation
I know I bang on about plain English, direct communications and making things simple but this situation we are in now – a global public health pandemic – reinforces this five hundredfold.
#grabbag – a competition to win a giant bag of crisps?
On Sunday (8 September) tweets started to appear using #grabbag. A competition to win a giant bag of crisps? Nope.
All about tyops
I saw an online ad today for an upcoming event. A charity do, for a worthy cause, with a celeb host. The host’s name was spelled wrong. My finger hovered over telling them and quickly hovered away. “Don’t be that person” my inner pedant voice said. Experience tells me...