Category Archives: PR

At different stages

Posted on August 15, 2018 by

There was an interesting article I read on the PR Moment website today about the three stages of a PR career. You can read it here https://www.prmoment.com/category/pr-insight/the-three-phases-of-your-pr-career%C2%A0 I am definitely in phase three which gets only a brief mention. Having … Continue reading →

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Educate, explain and get positive

Posted on August 13, 2018 by

I have read some really interesting blogs recently about the frustrations that PR and communication professionals face on a daily basis. They range from being amusing to making me really angry. Like most comms people I have battled the demands … Continue reading →

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The reason why

Posted on August 5, 2018 by

I have had a brief break from blogging due to some issues at home that have required more than my full attention. But just over a week ago I had a conversation that has stayed with me. It was an … Continue reading →

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It was nine years ago today

Posted on July 24, 2018 by

Nine years ago on this day I was taking my first tentative steps into social media. I established my Twitter account @amandacomms and wondered what lay ahead. It was a very different time in 2009. I had been a head … Continue reading →

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A new dawn for campaigns

Posted on July 21, 2018 by

PR and communication people are always wrestling with how to evaluate and prove the worth of what they do. Campaigns are developed because they are creative, exciting or even fun. They are bright and shiny but are they making a … Continue reading →

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The future of PR

Posted on July 18, 2018 by

There seems to have been a lot of discussion of what the future of PR can and should be. Some of it is aspirational and some is hamstrung by the past. Both the Chartered Institute for Public Relations and the … Continue reading →

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Thinking ahead

Posted on July 9, 2018 by

Crisis communication seems to be something that I think about on a weekly basis. After almost 20 years in police communication there is rarely a month goes by when there isn’t some form of emergency or critical incident. It is … Continue reading →

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