Resources – LGcomms

Zero to Hero series – Social media: Tackling negative social media engagement across multiple inboxes, protecting your org’s online presence and building your own/your team’s resilience and wellbeing.

Pippa Newton, Digital Communications and Campaigns Officer at Wandsworth Council Helena Hornby, Head of Marketing & Communications at Orlo View Pippa’s slides View Helena’s slides

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Zero to Hero series – AI: Applying AI to day-to-day work to speed up the simple and the ethics/guardrails you need to think about before you get started

Ben Verinder, strategic communication and public relations expert and co-editor of ‘AI for PR’ Lucy Salvage, Marketing and Campaigns Manager at the Local Government Association (LGA) View Bens slides View Lucy’s slides

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Whose job is it anyway? Who should own engagement and consultation? Should it sit on its own, or sit within a Council’s communications team?

This LGcomms webinar brings together a panel to discuss the role and purpose of engagement and consultation, with a Q&A session at the end. Paul Gadsby, Head of Aftercare, Sales and Strategic Engagement at Haringey Council, and a South London councillor Jeannette Brooks, Community Engagement Team, Corporate Service, Royal Borough Of Greenwich The session will be chaired by Paul Hutchinson Simpson …

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Zero to Hero series – Internal communications: Internal communications campaigns, how to talk about budget cuts and engaging with remote staff – lessons from an award-winning council doing it all!

Darren Bindloss, Deputy Head of Communications (Marketing and Events) at Havering Council Amrita Shergill, Internal Communications Manager at Havering Council Sanchia Cook, Internal Communications Manager at Havering Council VIEW SLIDES

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Zero to Hero series – Changing conversations: a practical session on how to constructively push back and manage task requests from colleagues across your organisation

Georgia Turner, Strategic Communications and Engagement Consultant at Georgia Turner Communications Louisa Dean, Head of Communications & Marketing at Reading Borough Council View slides

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Zero to Hero series – Email: Top tips for elevating your email marketing

Richard Neale, Head of Brand and Marketing at Surrey County Council Leah Scott, Senior Communications Officer and Editor of Surrey Matters at Surrey County Council Dan Hare, Chief Commercial Officer at e-shot™ View the slides Newsletters e-shots

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Zero to Hero series – Media: Working with journalists, preparing spokespeople and overcoming challenges

Jeni Harvey, Director of Communications and Marketing at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing Sarah Booker-Lewis, Local Democracy Reporter for Brighton and Local Democracy Reporter of the Year 2025 View slides

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Zero to Hero: Behaviour change: How to go from raising awareness to changing behaviour

Ruth Dale, CEO and Founder of Hidden Voices Heard, a behavioural insight consultancy dedicated to closing the gap between health messages and human reality View slides Join the book club

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WhatsApp webinar

Run by, Molly Williams, Sheffield City Council, Zander Mills, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and Dan Slee. What was be covered: Pros and cons of WhatsApp What is WhatsApp Channels? A basic overview Practical tips for getting set-up and using it Experiences from SCC, SYFR and wider Not just broadcast- 3 x examples of two …

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LGcomms regional network meetings – A two-page set-up and process guide for organisers

This is a simple guide to organising an LGcomms regional network meeting.It should contain everything you need to know – remembering of course the networks are all about your region – so wherever possible, we should accommodate local preferences and approaches. VIEW & DOWNLOAD HERE

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