In this episode, Paul Fawcett, Head of PR & Communications at Futures Housing Group shares his love of print and the sensory experience it brings to a communications campaign. In this world of over saturation of digital content, physical can provoke sensations that stand out from the e-background noise. Paul talks about the psychology of memories being reinforced by different stimuli using all the senses.

LinkedIn: Paul Fawcett

There will always be times in our communications careers when we feel like we have failed. It’s ok not to feel ok about that but it’s also a good opportunity to reframe failure and focus on learning.

Carrie-Ann Wade, founder of Cat’s Pajamas Communications Ltd, shares some tips on how you can reflect and take some positives from those occasions when you might think you have failed.

Twitter: @catspjs_uk and @crayoncw
Insta: @catspjs_uk
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/company/catspjsuk 

In this episode, Carrie-Ann Wade, Director of Communications and Engagement and Lauren Smith, Communications and Engagement Manager from North East London NHS Foundation Trust (NELFT) tell us about their experience of putting on a virtual awards event to celebrate the amazing work done by the #NHSheroes at NELFT. They give an insight in to choosing the right event partner, how to set up as a comms team for your first virtual event and creating engagement pre-event and making a physical connection using personalised print. You’ll also find out how to get the Exec Team on board, what are the benefits to hosting a virtual event and see if a virtual event can really create engagement on a par with the traditional in-person event.

Watch the heartwarming video they mention HERE.
Twitter: @CrayonCW
LinkedIn: Carrie-Ann Wade

Twitter: @theLaurenSmithy
LinkedIn: Lauren Smith

As communications professionals we are assumed to be the best at communicating but sometimes even we need a helping hand when it comes to having difficult conversations. 

Carrie-Ann Wade, founder of Cat’s Pajamas Communications Ltd shares some top tips and advice for dealing with difficult conversations in this episode of 2 Minute Mentor.

Twitter: @catspjs_uk and @crayoncw
Insta: @catspjs_uk
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/company/catspjsuk 

Introducing the 2021 #CommsHero weeks chair! In this BONUS episode, Annique Simpson spills all about what we can expect at the week-long virtual event, including over 40 sessions covering all things comms related! Find out about the unmissable networking events AND a secret is revealed that you don’t want to miss!

Read more about #CommsHero week HERE.
Book your tickets HERE.

Twitter: @annique_simpson
LinkedIn: Annique Simpson

In this episode, returning guest, Jenni Field talks about her book ‘Influential Internal Communication’. Jenni shares her journey whilst doing the research, the writing, publishing, and promoting. This is an amazing accomplishment whilst running a successful comms consultancy, podcast series and many speaking engagements. Jenni talks about the two parts to the book, Foundations (including her own Field Model) and applying this model in practice.

Use the discount code AMK20 on the Kogan Page website to receive 20% off the book!

Twitter: @mrsjennifield
LinkedIn: Jenni Field

The Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the Public Relations and Communications Association (PRCA), and the International Communications Consultancy Organisation (ICCO) have announced a cross-industry collaboration to address the industry’s mental health challenges.

The professional bodies have launched a new survey – in partnership with Opinium – to gather insight on the mental wellbeing of PR professionals. Opinium, pro-bono, and in support of the PR Industry, will make use of their proprietary Workplace Mental Wellbeing Framework. The organisations have agreed to use the results to inform a joint programme of activity over the summer aimed at improving the mental wellbeing of PR professionals.

Fill in the survey HERE. 

Twitter: @KorComms
LinkedIn: Koray Camgoz

Twitter: @RachRoyall
LinkedIn: Rachel Royall

Working in comms, you often get asked to do many weird and wonderful things. In this episode, our panel enjoy the therapy of banishing those requests in to Comms Room 101 with host Steve Hayes.

@SteveH_Citizen
@sofiacann1
@NafisaShafiq
@JosephBaldwin
@HelenMajor

As communicators move up through the ranks in their career, they are often told they need to be more strategic, or they worry about going for that next promotion because they don’t feel strategic enough. Hear more about how you can focus on ‘being strategic’.

In this 2 Minute Mentor session with Carrie-Ann Wade, founder of Cat’s Pajamas Communications Ltd and director of communications and engagement, shares her thinking on what it means to be strategic.

Twitter: @catspjs_uk and @crayoncw
Insta: @catspjs_uk
Linked In: www.linkedin.com/company/catspjsuk 

Would you feel better if life was predictable, familiar and easy to control? For some it might feel calming to have a predicable life and for others it might feel suffocating.

Change is constant, heard that before? But change is also uncomfortable, how you see that discomfort is the key to embracing change.

How do you feel about change? Excited? Anxious? Or something in-between?

In this podcast, Chaya Mistry shares some of her experiences of stepping outside of your comfort zone and how to deal with the discomfort of change. She also reveals her Starbucks name, which isn’t what you’d expect.

Twitter: @ChayaMistry
Linkedin: Chaya Mistry