Category: public affairs
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Role descriptors: a great tool to get carers involved in your work
Do you have a bit of a challenge getting mental health carers involved in your work? Perhaps they’re not joining the group you’ve set up and you’d really like to hear about their “lived experience” and the many “insights” they’ve picked up along the rocky road that is called “care”. Well, you’re in the right…
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The power of optimism
“What matters most is that we learn from living.” (Doris Lessing) Have you noticed how much easier life is when you’re optimistic? That dark cloud lifts. The birds start singing. Fell into one of those sinking “Is it worth it?” moments mid-week about a new campaign group I’d recently set up. Challenges seemed to be…
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Creating a strong engagement plan from scratch
Public Affairs Tip: Know your outputs from your outcomes. How would you feel if someone asked you to develop an engagement/public affairs plan? Would you know where to start? Squirm? Lose sleep? It can happen to the best of us. Anyway, this simple three-step guidance is here to help re-assure those who might fret at…
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How a public affairs person can help you
PUBLIC AFFAIRS TIP: Be clear about where you’re heading. Objectives, strategy then tactics. INDULGE ME. Imagine you’re out and about networking and you come across someone who says she’ a public affairs professional (me). What pops into your mind? Perhaps a faint whiff of lobbying or campaigning or public relations? Yep, true. And…
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How to engage well with secondary schools: a free guide
Public Affairs Tip: If you want to engage well with schools step into their shoes. It’s a truth universally acknowledged that local non-profits can find it a bit tough getting schools interested in working with them. It’s a shame because these projects are often full of imagination and young people generally like change. Take me: I…
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Getting over the b-word
Public Affairs Tip: Know who you are, what you do and why you do it. This post is a gift to all those people who get a little tetchy when the b-word’s mentioned. BRAND. Why not give it a go when you have a mo, it might help you express who you are, what you…
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How to earn the trust trophy: 11 ideas
PUBLIC AFFAIRS TIP: Trust is a trophy that’s given to you by other people because you’ve proved to be trustworthy. Would you say you’re an honest person? Trustworthy? I’ve been asking myself these questions following some work I’ve been doing recently on how best to promote more effective engagement between non-profits and secondary schools. Building…
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