To help better understand what the digital accessibility regulations mean for public sector bodies, LGcomms, the Local Government Association and the Government Digital Service hosted a webinar this week, led by …
Wednesday 9 September, 3pm – 4pm If your organisation’s website was built more than two years ago, there is less than three weeks to go until it must meet the …
Read moreWebinar: Digital accessibility regulations – are you ready?
If your organisation’s website was built more than two years ago, there is less than a month to go until it must meet the new digital accessibility regulations. The regulations, …
Welcome to six new member authorities joining the LGcomms family, all from Northamptonshire. Of the seven district or borough councils in the county, plus the county council, until now we’ve …
Councils up and down the country have been playing a crucial role in the fight against COVID-19. One of our members – Hertfordshire County Council – have shared information on their work – a high-profile, public information campaign, which is already delivering positive results.
This year’s LGcomms academy is going online with a three day event from Tuesday 24 November to Thursday 26 November. Themed Science, Strategy and Standards, this year’s academy will cover the big issues of the year and provide practical training for communications professionals at all career levels.
In our first LGcomms virtual event we would like to welcome speakers from diverse councils to discuss their experiences. We will be hosting an event that allows for discussion amongst our peers so we can share our learning and deliberate on what lies ahead.
I was first introduced to the world of NLP a few years ago, so when the course tutor asked what I knew about the subject I had to admit I couldn’t remember much. With a title like Neuro-Linguistic Programming I concluded honesty was the best policy!
A communication strategy should bring about change outcomes. Outcomes are audience specific. Think of outcomes in terms of four things: perceptions, emotions, actions or knowledge – or PEAK.
Perhaps though we could all benefit from a bit more humility from time to time and own up to some of the stuff that didn’t go so well, instead of rewriting history when things go wrong.