Blog: Speaking plainly
The value of accessibility for public sector websites Recent research indicates that less than 1% of website home pages are likely to meet standard accessibility requirements. If you’re not addressing …
Blog: The academic element starts for Future Leaders 2022
The morning after the day before, on the journey back across the Pennines, I had a slight but irritating pain in my neck. The sleep in an unfamiliar hotel bed …
Blog: Lessons from a social media expert
We’ve all had one of those days – feeling uninspired, struggling to find something interesting to say about the same old thing and too busy to bring that dry and …
Blog: Futures Thinking
Two years ago today, 10th March 2020, I drove home from County Hall in Chelmsford on a Friday evening…and didn’t go back into the office again for over a year. …
Blog: Welcome to Future Leaders 2022
My first day on the programme was truly eye-opening. Not only did I find a group of like-minded people who could understand exactly what I was talking about, they also …
Blog: The art of pushing back
I know this is something we all know we can do but how many of us practice this? How many times do you say “no” or “we don’t have the …
Blog: Leading LGcomms – join the team
We’re looking for new members to join the LGcomms committee to bring innovative ideas and better reflect our wider membership in our management. Our committee needs to represent the sector …
LGcomms statement on Ukraine
We stand in solidarity with the people of Ukraine and are sorrowed by the invasion and the loss of life. Our thoughts are with all affected by the events, especially …
Blog: Future Leaders might have ended, but my journey is just beginning
Hi there, To understand the impact that the Future Leaders programme has had on me, I think it’s best to talk about the most challenging part – the pre-submission stage. …
Blog: What does personal branding got to do with it?
‘Personal branding?’, I thought. ‘That sounds a bit like gearing myself up for the next series of the Apprentice.’ All the old-school misconceptions about personal branding came to mind: endless …