If you’ve ever attended a business meeting of any kind, you’ll be familiar with the grinding tedium that can ensue when a group of people are thrown together in one room and forced to make decisions and/or eye contact. In an age where most conversations now take place over email, you can sometimes forgive
There’s a universal truth to the fact that social media has revolutionised the way we communicate with each other, giving us a multitude of channels through which to express ourselves, meet new friends, converse with our idols, and pursue opportunities we never thought were possible. The unfortunate side effect to this, is that it’s given
Listening to some of the totally and utterly mad shit that children say is one of the simplest joys in life. I discovered this in 2010 when my nephew, Sam, was born and subsequently started talking. I thought the best way to introduce him would be to share some of the pearls of wisdom
I’m going to preface this post by saying that if you’re not entirely up to date on the magnificence that is Inside No.9 – stop what you’re bloody well doing right now and don’t go any further…there will be spoilers. Having been a fan of The League of Gentlemen for a good 16 years
Emails can be a mine field of misunderstandings, counter balanced with the need to be polite to other humans who – in any normal circumstances – you most likely wouldn’t meet up with for a coffee let alone a three-hour meeting/business lunch. In PR it’s all about your ability to smile through the stressful
If you’re a fan of Absolutely Fabulous or W1A (to cite two examples) both of which portray PR in different ways – but mainly as a vacuous hive of excess, falsehoods and stupidity – then you’ve already stumbled across a small dose of the negative press that the industry tends to receive… Coming into
Several years ago, I made a pact with myself that by the time I turned 30 I’d be running my own blog; cataloguing my thoughts and deeds, and giving me a creative outlet beyond the day-to-day working in the PR industry. It’s October 2018 and I’ve finally done it – four months after my 31st
