14 May 2026 | Digital Skills
Digital Candle, run by digital marketing agency for the charity sector Platypus Digital, is a free service for charities who want advice on any aspect of digital or digital marketing. We talk to Matt Collins, managing director of Platypus Digital, about how the...21 May 2025 | Charity comms and PR
We chat to Rob Dyson*, a PR and comms consultant with over two decades of experience, including everything from strategic media relations to risk and reputational management, copywriting to social media, and strategies to internal comms. Phew, and that’s just...22 Sep 2023 | Artificial Intelligence (A.I.), Digital Fundraising, Digital Governance, Digital Leadership, Digital Skills, Digital Strategy
In January the Charity Commission launched their draft social media guidance for charities. There were concerns about the guidance from many organisations and NCVO convened a sector response to the consultation. At the time we blogged about our views on the draft...2 Sep 2013 | Uncategorized
Lots of people have been asking me recently how they can get started with their social media strategies. In particular, people want a template or off the shelf action plan. There aren’t any quick fixes here and as with any good strategy it takes hard work, but it is...13 Aug 2013 | Uncategorized
I’ve been pretty busy since setting up as a marketing and digital communications consultant this summer. I’m lucky enough to have worked on some brilliant projects and you can find out more about how I can help here. With that in mind, I’d like to share what I think...