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Blue heaven: 8 effective communication tips
“The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place.” George Bernard Shaw This quote speaks to me at the moment. Over the last month people who need communication help have been coming forward to get a bit of advice and support. Here’s 8 business4good tweets from last week all aimed at promoting…
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Some useful public affairs resources #1
Political round-up of the week (wb 04.02.13) Grow Your Charity Online provides free training+tools for smaller charities Jargon buster: select committees 14 campaign tips Helpful advice on planning a charity event Business tips to improve your copy New young philanthropists want to be more involved in the creation of charity projects Older people learn better reading…
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14 campaigning tips: to help you out
Proud to share 14 group learning outcomes from a recent successful Creative Public Affairs workshop Create Impact: Campaign Training aimed at community groups and smaller charities in Reading. Make campaigning a key discussion in your organisation. Understand the impact you want to have as a starting point. Keep focused on that objective Have a good, strong, clear, memorable strap-line…
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We’ll start campaigning in the morning, Ding, Dong, the bells are gonna chime . . .
Looking forward to running Campaign With Impact Workshop next week on behalf of Get Involved Reading. One of the first challenges we’ll probably face together is to accept that campaigning means different things to different people. This may sound simple but 20 years of colourful, campaign experience has taught me that people tend to believe that it’s one of…
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What’s going on? The autumn statement
Quick answers to someone confused by Autumn statement. What is it? The autumn statement is an update on the government’s plans based on the latest forecasts from the Office of Budget Responsibility. How can I get on top of the main points quickly? BBC news And if I need a bit more detail? Treasury documents and regional…
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4 tips on how to make your press release statistics sing
Producing press releases is part of the public affairs professional’s job. Here’s four tips on how to make the stats in your press releases sing. 1. Paint a picture with your numbers and statistics. If those 7000 people were holding hands how far would that stretch? How many caravans would they fill? 2. Help people…