I just thought I’d mention some of the updates that I’ve been making to my blog. First of all, if you’ve noticed any changes then you must have come back after your first visit – thank you! Secondly, I’ve made the changes to make the blog easier to navigate, less cloggy and give a bit [...]
I was trawling through my feeds this morning when I came across Rebecca Caddy’s latest post ‘Understanding Social Media’. Which asks some excellent questions that many people in the echo chamber tend to forget are important. These are questions that prospective clients will ask and it’s important for social media and PR types to have [...]
I’ve been tagged by Becky McMichael (whose blog has had a lovely new redesign) for Ged Carroll’s fantastic ‘29 not-very-technical things that every PR person should know‘ meme. The meme was born out of the post ‘25 Not-Very-Technical Things Journalists Should Understand in 2008‘ and has now (including my rather stretched ideas) reached 50 not-very-technical [...]
After begging with Ben Matthews to be tagged (he eventually stooped to tagging me as ‘Jeddy H’ something only three people in my life call me!) in Ged Carroll’s meme regarding where his inspiration for blog posts comes from. Since then loads of people have been tagged and loads of people have given really interesting [...]
OK, I must state this first: I neither disapprove nor approve of public relations qualifications. I have worked with people with and without them and some great people and some bad – their qualifications are rarely a contributing factor to skill, and this is the point of the post… I didn’t study public relations at [...]
I have a theory that if I’m nice to people, eventually someone will be nice back. That’s not why I do it, I do it to balance out my inside-Karma because I’m cynical. But I love it when people are nice for the simple reason of being nice. This has happened twice today. TWICE. I [...]
So another weekend brings another Jed moment. This weekend I accompanied my father to see one of his favourite musicians, David Sanchez, in the big smoke. After a ridiculously busy week at work it was a nice opportunity to let of some steam and spend some ‘quality time’ with my dad. Everything was great. Train, [...]