Yesterday I attended the public sector comms conference and came away with my head buzzing with ideas. It was a packed agenda, with speakers from a whole range of organisations, and sessions covering a variety of topics. A key theme was using effective communication to support behaviour change and here are some takeaways from the day. 1. Give people easy …
Retro post: summer hols communication lessons
At this point, several weeks into the school summer hols, communication with children is not always at its best. But in 2013 – the first summer holiday I had experienced since my then-5-year-old daughter had started school – I was inspired to write this blog about the comms lessons that you can learn from interaction with children. See if you …
Retro post: What’s on your to do list?
This summer I’m going retro. I don’t mean with my choice of beach wear, but with the blog posts that I share. Each week during August I am going to re-publish something that I’ve written in a previous summer. Today I share with you something which I wrote way back in 2011 – it’s hard to believe this was so …
Guest post: The importance of consultation in redundancy
In this month’s guest post charity HR consultant, Sonia Wilson, shares some advice on communication and consultation during redundancy situations. If you manage a small organisation and it begins to grow you may need at some point to consider restructuring. This can often result in some roles changing or even becoming redundant. One of the most important parts of organisational …
4 Communication Lessons from the Football World Cup
Once again World Cup fever has well and truly set in at my house. The sticker book is out, the wall chart is up and each match is analysed. My thoughts have turned to the communication lessons we can learn from the world around us. The winning and losing teams in Russia are yet to be revealed – although there’s …