“In 2011, I stepped on a landmine, my legs were blown off, a helicopter came and picked me up. I only just survived. "That is my narrative. But it’s not my story. My story is something more subtle.” This is [...]
CharityComms is the membership network for communications professionals working in UK charities. Every so often I write a blog for their Knowledge Hub on wordy type topics. Here's a selection. Planning for a new job: what to do when it’s time to [...]
You’ve had a great idea for a new event, campaign or communication. It’s going well until too many people get involved. Before you know it, your expert content has been watered down or, worse still, overloaded with inconsistent messages. Here are [...]
Good copywriters spend a lot of time talking. Sharing thoughts and ideas, making bad grammar jokes and, most importantly, asking their clients lots of challenging questions. So if you brief a writer and are met with silence, beware. It’s their [...]
How does a blind person play football? At what time of day will walking burn off the most calories? How common is female circumcision in the UK? These are just some of the questions I can answer as a result [...]
“Can we make the pig sexier?” “I’ll know what I want when I see it.” “Just jazz it up a bit.” These bits of feedback received by a network of designers, illustrators and art directors inspired a poster exhibition in Ireland. [...]
