25 Apr 2013 | Uncategorized
This week I shared some thoughts in Ben Matthews’ blog post ‘How to build a high performing communications team.’ Ben’s blog contains lots of helpful tips which are particularly pertinent at the moment as many charities are restructuring their communications teams,...
4 Mar 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week an article in Third Sector about leadership caught my eye. In it Geraldine Kilbride, a business psychologist and leadership behaviour specialist from London Business School, warned charities that their leadership is a decade behind the private sector....
13 Feb 2013 | Uncategorized
NPC ran a very interesting event this week on the topic of whether the charity sector is weathering the storm, featuring presentations from Ben Page, CEO of Ipsos Mori, and Diana Tickell, Executive Director at Barnardo’s. I didn’t attend, but followed the event on...
8 Feb 2013 | Uncategorized
It hasn’t been a good week for Findus UK, who had to withdraw its beef lasagne from sale after horsemeat was found in the beef. I don’t envy the Findus PR team one bit. And their comms crisis may get even worse. The Food Standards Agency wants Findus to test the...
29 Jan 2013 | Uncategorized
Last week saw the launch of Vine, the video sharing app from Twitter, which allows users to record and share 6 second looping videos. There’s a handy round up of Vine from Vasileios Kospanos on UK Fundraising. There are already some great examples of charities using...
