16 May 2013 | Uncategorized
Lots of you have been asking about the launch of the Chartered Institute of Marketing’s charity interest group, which launched on Tuesday with a special event at Cass Business School. I’m on the advisory board for the group, which brings together professionals with an...
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....
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...
16 Nov 2012 | Uncategorized
The Guardian Public Leaders Network ran a really interesting piece this morning by Tim Lloyd (@timolloyd), on how he tweets about his professional life as head of digital communications at the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills alongside his hobbies. It’s...