It's International Women's Day The theme this year is Be Bold for Change. You can follow the hashtag and see what people are up to. Last year on International Women's Day (IWD) I wrote a post on Pledge for Parity, helping women and girls achieve their ambitions. Since then, I've mentored a friend who has … Continue reading Be Bold for Change
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Last month I used a Facebook community to get some insight into the main challenge for independent and freelance PR practitioners 11 people participated in the discussion and several more confirmed thoughts by liking people's comments. This is what I found out: #1 Seeing media relations as the main part of a public relations strategy … Continue reading The main challenge for independent PR practitioners
The CIPR Election has spurred on discussions and the election appears to be successful from that point of view. Lots of chat is great but we need to ensure CIPR members vote! Why? The CIPR is a member-led organisation and members need to have a voice and ensure the leadership teams are relevant and driven … Continue reading CIPR has gathered momentum – now we need to collaborate
I've been a CIPR volunteer for a number of years, on the CIPR Scotland committee, Vice Chair of the committee then Chairman of the committee for two years. I was invited by Stephen Waddington to join the CIPR Board during his term as President - I was co-opted. The year after, I was elected onto … Continue reading What I’ve learned as a CIPR volunteer
Today the CIPR has announced 17 candidates standing for CIPR Council 2017 & 2018. I am one of those candidates and am seeking your no.1 vote to be re-elected. I wanted to film a short video explaining the role of CIPR Council and how I fit in. Click below to view. #PRFest is just one example … Continue reading CIPR Council Election – my campaign
Defining PR or reframing it? Over the last week or so I've been editing movies from #PRFest. All of the individual speaker sessions, talking about PR, workflow, tools and most importantly PR as a management discipline. #PRFest was devised to help PR practitioners in Scotland get better at what they do. I invited specialists in … Continue reading Editing movies and defining PR