Over the last year I have run a number of sessions on networking, both for global corporates and for universities. While the sessions for universities have tended to focus on networking skills for a job, and particularly on how to walk into a room full of strangers, covered in this guest blog for the University … The power of networking in large corporates – are your coffees strategic?
Nineteen-year-old Tom is currently working at Leeds-based CMS Advertising. He recently attended a University of York two day master class in social media led by Northern Lights PR. Here, he reflects on what he learnt. Last month I attended the University of York’s two day social media masterclass at York University. Like most people my … Just because I am “young”, doesn’t mean I know how to use social media in business!
Northern Lights PR newsletter August 2013 This month we all seem to have been involved in a lot of presentations – for once not just making but on the receiving end. There is nothing like sitting through half a day of back-to-back presentations to remind you what works and doesn’t! Here are our tips from … Your presentations – winning or losing business?
Twitter is great to engage directly with key industry influencers. This blog is about how to get results quickly from a new Twitter for business account.
Click the link below to listen to an interview on Dubai Eye 1038 with Tim Elliott and Victoria Tomlinson about social media and business
“We send out so many invitations – but the right people never attend events.” It doesn’t matter where you are in the world, this seems to be one of the biggest challenges for marketing teams. I have now heard this comment dozens of times just this year: Dubai and UK; universities, corporates, charities and public … 10 event organiser inside secrets to guarantee senior people attend events
The BBC has chosen and trained Victoria Tomlinson, chief executive of Northern Lights PR, as one of their stable of expert women. The communications consultancy is based in Harrogate and Dubai. The BBC’s initiative aims to address the lack of female faces in factual programmes. Victoria was one of 30 women from the North who … Female entrepreneur selected as BBC expert woman on social media and business
Victoria Tomlinson writes a letter to the editor, in response to “Elderly, wealthy and turned off by Twitter”, July 6 http://www.ft.com/cms/s/0/e81c3d74-ea1b-11e2-b2f4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Z75u6zEv
I am in dispute. Rail company First Capital Connect and I aren’t quite seeing eye to eye at the moment. There have been a flurry of emails hurtling backwards and forwards and still we seem to be at cross-purposes! And the reason for this hive of activity revolves around the lack of communication regarding a … Why an internal communications strategy is so important for your business
