by Mohammed Waheed Did the Northern Lights internship help me? Was it worth the time and career development? There is only one answer to this question and it is a big resounding, YES!! Is it going to be worthwhile? I was a bit sceptical when participating in the internship in regards to how it could … Where there’s a will, there’s a job – Internships, the way forward?
I had the pleasure of meeting former journalist Rob Pittam the other week when he gave a guest lecture to PR students at Leeds Metropolitan University on the dos and don’ts of approaching the media with a story. Rob spent 25 years in journalism including 10 years as a BBC business correspondent working on BBC2’s … How to win friends in the media – the dos and don’ts of working with journalists
Interesting to spot that the FT has this week written …. “People grumbling to friends about their health or waiting times at hospitals is nothing new. But as more choose to do so on internet forums and social networks such as Twitter and Facebook, they may be surprised to learn that hospitals and healthcare professionals … NHS eavesdropping – why is this a news story?
“If you have two people who think alike, one is unnecessary” What a great quote! Linda Emery, Talent and Diversity Director at BP referred to this when I met her recently, following up on Bob Dudley’s invitation at the CBI Conference. In October I wrote a blog on the conference, “Bob Dudley, new group chief … Is BP on the right track to change its diversity and culture?
Fraser Mitchell of Siteseeing, a very practical web design and search engine optimisation company, has written a guest blog for us on article syndication. Top Tips On Article Submission Writing and syndicating quality articles can be an excellent way to build your personal profile, or the profile of your business, establishing you as an … Top Tips On Article Submission
Hardly a week goes by in Yorkshire without an event or workshop on social media. It seems that our appetites for anything digital are insatiable. Last week I attended a sell out social media breakfast seminar organised by the Chartered Institute of PR’s Yorkshire and Lincolnshire group. Deborah Copeland, head of online PR at … ‘I have a cunning plan’ – making social media strategic
by Shaeeb Tanwir, I was one of the interns on the Northern Lights PR internship during the summer of 2010 and learnt a lot from it; currently I work for a digital marketing agency called Zeal Digital and have found a lot of the skills I learnt during my time at Northern Lights have been … Northern Lights developed my Zeal for Online Marketing
Peter Finnegan and Filiz Ozakinci are the Chartered Institute of PR’s student reps at Leeds Metropolitan University. They attended a guest lecture on ‘PR in the Boardroom’ given by Northern Lights PR’s chief executive Victoria Tomlinson as part of an autumn lecture series celebrating 20 years of the PR degree at the university Northern Lights … PR in the Boardroom
Phil Byrne of The H2 Companyrecently mentioned Blog Carnivals in his guest blog for us. Phil has kindly written this follow up guest blog for us to explain more! When you hear the word ‘carnival’, music, dancing, games and costumes are probably the first things that come to mind. Well now there’s a new carnival … How To Find & Submit To Blog Carnivals
