Last night I got the most fantastic email from a client, telling me how all the tips we’d discussed for an event worked in practice! She was on such a high, had such great feedback from the event – and at the event was invited to speak at a very high profile conference. Bingo! One … 9 top tips to facilitating and moderating events
The FT’s Maija Palmer recently looked at chief executives who are on Twitter. The article quoted Linda Bolg of Socialbro who said ‘I would personally always advise (the CEO) being on Twitter as it can raise the company profile’. It was great to see social media being covered from a strategic perspective rather than as … Should CEOs be on twitter? Why they should – and why they shouldn’t
Get your board into technology Last week Sony cancelled the release of Hollywood film, The Interview because of computer hacking threats. The company has been slated for this decision – even by President Obama – not just for being weak but because Sony’s board is seen as not being IT savvy and not having managed … Where are the opportunities for 2015?
Looking back on his time as Insider’s deputy editor, Northern Lights communications director Ben Pindar shares the secrets of business success from the hundreds of top entrepreneurs he interviewed over the years. This blog first appeared on Insider Media. Over the past few years I’ve been in a privileged position that many would pay a … How to grow your business – top tips from 400 entrepreneurs
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Calum Lynch, is responsible for Grant Thornton’s Business Risk Services team outside of London. He recently spoke at the Leeds Managing Partners’ Forum, discussing risk management in professional services firms. This blog picks out some of the discussion areas from that presentation. Should your firm have an independent non-executive director? That was the question that … Do professional firms need non-executive directors? How relevant is board governance to a firm?
Intrigued? Then stay with us, read on and all will be revealed… We’ve put everything we’ve learned about business blogging into our latest ebook, How to write a top ranked business blog. But we didn’t want to just put it out there and make the usual announcement. Northern Lights has done that before and it … Do you want to be part of our Social Media Experiment? #SocMedX
The Guardian recently highlighted how public engagement for universities is changing. Engagement as a two-way process is now a necessary part of university research and the publication of academic work. But for many academics and researchers, it involves a big culture shift. Moving from a culture of ownership and protection of ideas, to one where … Social media and REF score: how universities are helping academics to increase engagement
Mrs Moneypenny of the FT asked this weekend ‘are you an adept user of social media?’ Since most of the FT’s readers are boardroom directors, I would anticipate the answer to that question would not only be ‘no’ but more likely ‘you must be joking’. This is a major issue in the UK: senior … Top 10 media training tips for expert women – and men – giving media interviews
