SCHAD takes away workplace Schadenfreude…mobile app to make engineering cool
I'm back with bounds of energy after a wonderful summer of adventures. The Scilly Isles and Schwarzwald seem so far away now but I remember swimming with the seals and biking around beautiful southern German cities. My [...]
IT providers need to make friends with the CFO – quickly
For IT providers, the finance director has always been an important influencer but recent research suggests the role of the CFO is more critical than ever. In fact he or she is now the primary decision maker, with 42% of [...]
Persistent offenders are spoiling it for the rest of us
Today's poll on the PR Week website is interesting. When asked the question: Is it OK for journalists/bloggers to name and shame persistent PR professionals, 55% said no. I am surprised about that because we should know and learn from [...]
Take your head out the bucket….9 tips for blog inspiration
During a busy week it can be hard to focus the mind on ideas for blog articles, especially when it's not your day job. To ensure you can sustain a regular pipeline for your blog, it is helpful to develop [...]
Adult education centres across UK will soon offer Twitter classes
Credit where credit is due. Inspired by Scott Thompson's blog about Twitter lessons, which he in turn got after the excellent piece in this week's The i, Twitter is apparently about to reach such levels of mainstream adoption [...]
Is Twitter just for Twerps?
Rooting around for new media and blogger contacts the other week I came across this interesting blog from a Computing journalist, Martin Courtney with whom I have worked together on a number of articles in the past. He is skeptical [...]
Video is tops for message delivery …search engines like it too…
Video is an integral part of the communications mix now. Google and the other search engines like it, human visitors love it, and let's face it, we enjoy the challenge of making them too! YouTube is the second most visited site [...]
Twitter + Budget2011 = Totally mad!
The Budget this week made me think about how huge blogging and social media has become across every walk of life. Together with one of my clients, we were invited onto a live blog which ran during the course of [...]
PR Week’s resolutions are spot on
It's the first week back at work after a lovely Christmas break and so far so good. In fact things are looking very good with all manner of new projects starting n the next few weeks. Before I get too [...]
