The Public Affairs in Practice Podcast

In an interview episode, I talk to Doug Pinkham, President of the Public Affairs Council.

We talk about the importance of public affairs, its role in reputation management, how the industry has changed and what we can expect from the future. We also couldn't avoid talking about the forthcoming US Presidential election!

This episode was recorded before the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and the withdrawal of President Biden from the Democratic nomination.

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Thanks to my editor Callums World.

In an interview episode, I talk to Zoe Cohen, a highly experienced board-level director and Master Coach.

We talk about the importance of taking action to save the planet, climate communications, her activism and work with Extinction Rebellion, Insulate Britain and Just Stop Oil.

This episode was recorded before the recent UK General Election and *WARNING* it does contain some swearing.

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Zoe has kindly provided some links and reading materials for us as well.

In an interview episode, I talk to John Harrington, Editor, PR Week UK. 

We talk about his work at PR Week, stories that he is particularly proud of, the main challenges facing the public affairs, and how it may evolve in the coming years.

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All organisations need to manage risk. Some do it better than others. Some make basic mistakes; others try to drive out all aspects of risk. But the reality is that some risk needs to be maintained, not least in communications, otherwise innovation can die.

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Originally written for LabourList, and with Scott Goodstein, this episode outlines five crucial challenges for which every candidate should be prepared in creating their own winning election scenario.

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In a different type of episode, we hear from five of the leading monitoring companies.

Delivering public affairs training, I am often asked about who can monitoring services. So, I asked leading monitoring companies to tell us more about what they do.

A huge thank you to all those who took part.

To learn more about the companies took part (in alphabetical order):

DeHavilland

Dods

PolicyMogul - with a special offer of 10% off your first year's subscription

PoliMonitor - use the code STUARTSENTME for 13 months for the price of 12 if you trial and sign up

Vuelio - or email [email protected]

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In an interview episode, I talk to Craig Jones MBE, Executive Director of Fighting With Pride  that supports the health and wellbeing of LGBT+Veterans, service personnel and their families.

We talk about his background in the Royal Navy; the lifting of the ‘gay ban’ in the armed forces and the challenges he, and many others, faced; his varied career when he left the Royal Navy; how Fighting With Pride started, its achievements in influencing government and the challenges that remain.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Paul Gerrard, Campaigns, Public Affairs & Board Secretariat Director at the Co-op Group.

We talk about his background in the civil service, the skills he learned and how he has applied them to public affairs and the fantastic campaign he has led tackling violence against shop workers. It is a case study that everyone should learn from.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Kirsty McHugh, CEO of Carers Trust.

We talk about her impressive career, how it all started, and the benefits of serving of a local councillor.

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In an interview episode, I talk to Vallath Kavitha Krishnan, a Team Leader in the Scottish Government's Justice Transformation Policy Team.

We talk about her background in public affairs and its benefits in her latest policy-focused role.

All views expressed in the podcast are Vallath's own.

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