New ebook for mental health practitioners; using social media to aid recovery and live well Victoria Tomlinson of Northern Lights PR has co-authored a free ebook that provides social media guidance for health and social care practitioners working in mental health services, launched last week. Written in plain English for ‘non-techies’ and packed with … Northern Lights PR newsletter – April 2013
Listen to Griselda K Togobo interview Victoria Tomlinson: This is a great interview (if I may say so myself ) especially the tips around building a business and balancing it with family and relationships. http://www.awovi.com/be-inspired-by-victoria-tomlinson-and-the-story-behind-northernlights-pr/ Please feel free to leave any comments.
Social Media in Mental Health Practice is a free e-book that provides social media guidance for health and social care practitioners working in mental health services, launched this week.
This weekend Google changed the algorithms that affect how your website is ranked on its search engine. If your rankings on Google have suddenly changed – this is why. These are probably some of the most significant changes Google has ever made – thanks to @chrisnorton and his excellent blog for alerting us to the … Google changed its algorithms this week – three steps to ensure your website is highly ranked
Does your company have an intranet? How useful is it? If your intranet is a useful and time-saving portal that you visit many times a day, then you’re in the minority. An effective intranet that is functional, easy to use and has been created with the buy-in of both senior managers and employees is one … How to build a successful intranet for your company
Bradford University School of Management has won a £700,000 (€850,000) project – funded by European Union Tempus – to help two former communist countries, Ukraine and Belarus, create innovative cultures and accelerate economic growth. The business school, ranked among the world’s elite, is working with three universities, a business incubator unit and the Ministry for … Bradford academics win contract to create innovative culture in Ukraine and Belarus
This was the question that a client emailed me last week and it set me thinking. My immediate response was, it has to be in external comms. Then I started thinking about some companies where they have outstanding HR teams and it would sit more naturally there. I posted this question on LinkedIn and Twitter … Where should internal communications sit – in HR or external communications?
Lucy Kellaway wrote in her FT column this week about the distraction of social media and her own ‘cyber loafing’ at work.
She rightly points out that corporate response to internet abuse is ‘wildly inadequate’, with most companies relying on issuing guidelines and doing some monitoring – but says they might as well not bother.
The Liberal Democrats have had better months. The will they won’t they regarding the Eastleigh By-election is enough to deal with, without the reveal by Channel 4 about Lord Rennard. And of course, there is Chris Huhne’s guilty plea to add to the pile.
Or it could be seen as a good result as the internet is awash with stories, comments and blogs about the controversies surrounding them. And it is all free – you couldn’t pay for such publicity and whilst none of it is positive, it is ensuring daily coverage and encouraging a flock of commentators to come out of the woodwork and blog their two pennies worth.
