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Working in vaccine communications

Back in October 2020, in a fit of frustration in our pandemic situation and desire to do something helpful in these crazy Covid times, I registered on the Government Communication Service (GCS) website....

Four years on

Wow, not sure where they went, but the last few years have been a heady mix of my children growing older and starting school, and my new-found independence as a freelance comms professional. August is a special...

Three years on

It’s my third anniversary of working for myself this August. It’s been an exciting time and I’ve learned a lot freelancing from my home office in Bournemouth. I posted a while ago about three little...

Beautiful questions

It was raining. That, combined with the bad traffic out of Bournemouth meant I was running late to get to Southampton. I hate being late. It wasn’t a beautiful evening. But it became more enjoyable....

Winning awards

I promised I’d write about the #insidestory awards for internal communication back in my last blog post in February. It was an extremely busy month, culminating in the awards ceremony on 28th February....

Learning more

One of my three things for 2013 was to trust my instinct. I’ve been freelancing in Bournemouth for a little over two years now and as a qualified professional with lots of different experience from...

Pop-up PR and a pint

Last year I created ‘Pop-up PR and a pint’, a chance for anyone working in comms and PR across Dorset to meet and share ideas, challenges and learning. I’m planning to do more later this...

Three little things…

Last year brought me some challenges and many exciting and surprising new opportunities in my freelance career. It was the year when I gained some exciting new business and started working with some truly...

What makes a good intranet great?

Most large organisations have an intranet to keep communication flowing. But what’s the difference between an ‘ok’ intranet and a ‘good’ intranet or even an ‘award winning’ intranet? Here...