You're my commsHERO

Working in comms, you often get asked to do many weird and wonderful things. In this episode, our panel enjoy the therapy of banishing those requests in to Comms Room 101 with host Steve Hayes. @SteveH_Citizen @HelReynolds @naomimgsmith @lisabpotter @sofiacann1 @kingsandcubs @nickcullen1982

We chat to Mandy Pearse a month in to her year as President of CIPR. Find out more about why Mandy stood for President and what she plans to deliver in 2021. There’s also some great advice for future Presidents as Mandy shares her tips on what you can do to put yourself in the running for a winning Presidential election campaign. Twitter: twitter.com/MandyPearse

There is something reassuring about print; it creates an emotional reaction. It’s tangible and has a smell and feel that you can’t replicate. In this episode, Sarah Waddington tell us about her love of print and why it’s an important part of any campaign. It’s been around for longer and people trust print more. Print offers a nice way to disconnect from technology as there’s such a saturation of c...

Empathy Based Marketing:  EBM is about walking in your customer's shoes to understand their experience and how we can better help them get what they want. You don't want to think like the customer. You want to BE the customer. Provide your customers with what they want by understanding what motivates them. Amy shares the story behind the brave move to stop selling at the beginning of loc...

Natasha Calder , is a PR professional in the public sector and has a blog title ‘Make this viral.’ This episode is from one of Natasha’s blog posts that talks about the anxiety many of us feel when pushed out of our comfort zone. Natasha shares some of her experiences of this anxiety and introduces us to her friend, Polly Panic. You’ll learn how she copes with this as well as explaining why this t...

In this episode, Jenni Field, Business Communications Strategist and Founder of Redefining Communications shares her findings about trends for business and communications in 2021. Jenni carried out some research where she asked her network from the UK and USA what their specific views where on trends for 2021. 4 key themes stood out; Listening, Wellbeing and Community, Hybrid Working and AI Automa...

In this episode, Ed Thomas, Group Head of Marketing and Communications at The Wrekin Housing Group tells us about how and why he feels networking is important for your #CommsHero career. Networking isn’t always from behind a screen and getting out and about to meet comms colleagues, peers and local/regional/national events in person is an important part of your role too. Covid has changed this but...

In this episode, Rachel Miller, Director of ALLthingsIC shares advice as her business approaches it’s 8th Birthday. There are lots of practical tips on what to look out for if you’re a comms consultant or an in-house communicator. Rachel gives some great advice for 2021 comms planning in the new normal including a change of mindset and skillset. Twitter: twitter.com/AllthingsIC LinkedIn: linkedin....

In this episode, Lauren Millward shares her some insight in to a tweet that created plenty of discussion amongst #CommsHero types. See for yourself here: https://twitter.com/lmillward86/status/1332259370781077505?s=20 Twitter: twitter.com/lmillward86 LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lauren-millward-heaton-0b8b874a

Emma shares her journey as a #CommsHero at Johnnie Johnson Housing Trust and how the last 18 months have seen comms playing an integral part of the business transformation. Twitter: twitter.com/emjmidge LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/emma-midgley-acim-31417815

In this episode, Rebecca Sangster-Kelly shares her view on why we do campaigns. Awareness is a waste of time for campaigns and you should consider what do you want your customers to think, feel, do? Twitter: twitter.com/rsangsterkelly LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/rebeccasangsterkelly

In this episode, host Asif Choudry asks Rachel about spottydog communications and where the name came from, along with what it’s like to be a business owner during the new normal.   As Rachel is the newly elected as CIPR President Elect for 2021, he asks why Rachel stood for this position and why people voted for her. Rachel recently attended her first #CommsHero event and shares her insight on wh...

"You're my CommsHero" is a brand new Podcast for CommsHero types, where we speak to people we're inspired by and discuss the comms work they do. In this episode we chat to Steve Hayes, Head of Communications at Citizen and discuss why sharing best practices amongst the CommsHero community is so important.

"You're my CommsHero" is a brand new Podcast for CommsHero types, where we speak to people we're inspired by and discuss the comms work they do. In this episode we chat to Elaine Needham, Director of Marketing at Aspire Housing and discuss how internal and external comms have been delivered during this Covid-19 period.