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Leap Year reflections on storytelling – Boris, skilled orator or not?
At the start of a new year and new decade, as part of what is naturally a reflective period, we may find ourselves reviewing and analysing the main events of the last era and what can be learned...
Digital ecosystems: tree surgeons needed?
Much like the trees currently in their autumn splendour, corporate digital structures might often seem like they remain timelessly static and unchanging. In reality though, there’s a story of...
Fourtold adds senior internal communications specialist to its leadership team
PRCA’s 2018 Agency Of The Year Expands Client Offer With Ex-BBC And Bupa Executive Fourtold has appointed senior communications adviser Christina Fee as a director in its UK team, strengthening its...
Video: Creating a Corporate Narrative
Our managing director Adam Powell shares his topline thoughts on why organisations need to develop a corporate narrative and how to go about creating one. A #90SecondExplainer. If you’d like to know...
General Election was always Boris’ answer to Brexit
Just under a year ago, I wrote a post arguing that a UK General Election was the only way to resolve Brexit once and for all. It now looks like two Prime Ministers later, three so-called...
Media training – for life not just crises
Part of my regular morning routine is to mentally critique the performance of an interviewee on BBC Radio 4’s Today Programme. I’m more than aware I do this from a position of comfort. It’s much...
Social media for execs: should comms people encourage or discourage it?
“Keep your executives OFF social media! It is the first place that journalists go digging for dirt.” That was the stark, yet well-meaning advice given by the business editor of a leading national...
What’s next in EU’s Game of Thrones after the European Parliament Elections: a quick look ahead
The European Union’s own version of ‘Game of Thrones’ kicked off this week following the weekend’s European Parliament elections. The Liberal ALDE parties, and to a lesser extent the Greens, became...
Never let a good crisis go to waste
We’re told that ‘it’s good to talk’ but farmers haven’t always had the best reputation when it comes to communication (the ‘get off my land!’ stereotype has proved difficult to shake off). But, in...
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