The candidates for CIPR President in 2021 have been announced. I’m supporting long standing CIPR volunteer and trainer Mandy Pearse. She’s an MBA and board level practitioner.

Here’s what you need to know about the candidates’ manifestos in the forthcoming CIPR Election.

As the graduates of 2019 enter the workplace here’s some ideas for helping them succeed.

A new #FuturePRoof guide highlights the ills of the web. It’s the start of an important conversation about how communicators tackle disinformation and fix the broken web.

Ethics, employee engagement and wider stakeholder management are the three pillars of the CBI’s report AI: Ethics into practice.

Dominic Cummings’ blog provides first hand insight into one of the smartest thinkers in modern communications. It spotlights the need for urgent legislation to govern political campaigning.

Next time you call out a brand on the internet please stop and think about the individuals behind the social media profile.

Tools are increasingly used to help us work smarter and more efficiently. Please help contribute your favourite tools to this crowdsourced project.

Propaganda has no place in modern public affairs or public relations. Astroturfing should be called out in the strongest terms.

The role of Facebook in elections requires greater scrutiny and oversight. It was weaponised during the EU Referendum three years ago.

Hacks can double their salary by applying transferable skills in public relations but the switch isn’t without its issues.

I went back to school this week and learnt some important lessons. Working with students is a robust means of learning and development.

Feedback on your written work can be hard to take. You need to get over it if you want to learn and grow.

Hemingway is a proof editing tool. It helps simplify and improve the comprehension of your writing.

A new series of guides explores artificial intelligence (AI) in public relations practice. They're published by the CIPR #AIinPR panel.

Mary Meeker’s Internet Trends 2019 report is a monster. I’ve read all 300+ pages and summarised the stuff you need to know.

Reuters Digital News Report, Metia content resonance event, industry awards, #AIinPR, digital exclusion and a book recommendation.

There’s not much good news for UK media in the Reuters Institute Digital News Report 2019.

The market for public relations awards in the UK is over saturated. Awards are a means of credentialing and differentiation.

Thirteen percent of adults in the UK do not use the internet. It’s a figure that remains unchanged since 2014 according to Ofcom.