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What next for police and social media?
The question ‘what next for police and social media?’ was an interesting one posed to a group at the Bluelightcamp unconference that took place this weekend in Manchester. In the past three years there have been some significant developments by … Continue reading
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Tagged #facebook, communication, Flickr, GMP, Greater Manchester Police, internal communication, Pinterest, social media, social networks, Tactilize, twitter, YouTube
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Cleaning up the rumour mill
It was a normal Saturday morning with general domestic chores to do. I was not expecting that a trip to the dry cleaners would be any more than just that, but it was a fascinating window on the issues for … Continue reading
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Tagged #facebook, communication, GMP, internal communication, media, social media, social networks, staff engagement
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Who leads cultural change?
Cultural change is something that is much talked about at the moment borne out of the necessity of the challenging financial climate. There was an interesting Twitterchat about this during the week when the conversation turned to who should lead … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC, boss, Chief Executive, communication, cultural change, George Entwistle, internal communication
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Don’t forget those at home
When a crisis strikes the speed of response to the media and the public is critical. There is a lot of talk about a ‘golden hour’ when organisations need to be saying something to ensure they are starting to command … Continue reading
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Tagged communication, communication plan, Crisis, internal communication, media, newspapers, social media
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Going for gold – the Olympic feeling
I was going to resist the temptation of writing a blog about the Olympics, but in the end I gave in and these are my observations. One of the most interesting things that I have seen since the Olympics started … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, challenge, communication, financial crisis, internal communication, London 2012, media, Olympics, social media
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Positivity: the sign of a good leader.
Communicating during a time of financial pressure when staff are facing uncertainty is not an easy task. For one thing there is always criticism about how much money is being spent on both internal and external communication, and for another … Continue reading
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Tagged budget, challenge, communication, internal communication, manager, positive, public sector
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New year communication resolutions
So we are heading into 2012 and the TV news reported yesterday (Monday 9 January) was the day that most people gave up their New Year resolutions. Personally, I never make New Year resolutions but instead I do like to … Continue reading
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Tagged 2012, communication, internal communication, media, New Year, PR, resolutions, social media, social networks
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Staff and the problems with social media
I was interested to read the National Business Ethics Survey published this week which identified that staff who are significant users of social media face more issues in the workplace. This includes facing more retaliation when acting as whistleblowers in … Continue reading
Five steps to winning change communication
There are lots of books that talk in detail about communicating change. They discuss the theories about what works and why. Of course, many of them are interesting but more can be gained by spending time with other organisations outside … Continue reading
Communicating through the cuts
With very quick and deep cuts being made to the public sector, the importance of communicating change has never been more critical. I have written before about the significant role that communications professionals have to play in the next few … Continue reading
