We've all been there - staring at a blank page, waiting for inspiration to strike. That's why I love 64 Million Artists - it's a project to help every single person in the UK to get creative, with just a small prompt on a Monday to help spark your imagination. It's something I've taken part …
Delete it all and start again
If there's a gamer in your life, you probably know about the Fortnite black hole - the game's developers sent an asteroid into the game and destroyed it, leaving nothing but a black hole before releasing the next chapter. An actual black hole, photographed by NASA, because it looks even better than a video game …
Let people know how great you are!
I really enjoy finding out about other organisations and what they get up to - the journalist in me has never quite gone away! I'm also lucky enough to be based in Plymouth, which is a Social Enterprise City. There are so many good projects, doing great work which people just don't know about! Plymouth's …
Is PR a horrible profession?
There seems to have been a lot of negativity in the PR industry recently - one tweet from EasyJet hit the headlines after the PR industry pounced, and there's been a whole debate about awards and 'pay to play.' Someone commented to me recently that it's unusual to find a PR person who's good at …
Casting your net
Networking. Love it or hate it, you probably need it. Cast your net - it's not as scary as you think! The thought of networking absolutely terrified me - how would I hold my own in a room full of people who (I assumed) were more knowledgeable, experienced and confident than me? But I knew …
Any volunteers?
It's National Volunteers' Week. Volunteering has been a massive part of my life and, as such, has had a massive impact on the course it's taken. My longest volunteering role was with Hospital Radio Plymouth. I started this while I was studying for my degree, and I'm still a member today. I also volunteer on …
Where’s that bandwagon? Wait for me!
You know that thing everyone is talking about? You should be doing that too, right? It’s a current topic, lots of people are sharing it, you should be a part of that conversation too! The next bandwagon is on its way! Just wait a minute. Before you run off to hijack the latest hashtag, national …
Who are you?
I really wanna know! And actually, I really do. People often come to me saying they want to promote a particular product, project or ‘story’, but haven’t thought any further than that. But people like people, and for most small businesses, the person they’re most interested in is you – the owner, the person they’ll …
How much space do you really need?
I recently visited Jane Austen’s house. I’m a massive fan of her books and loved having the chance to see how she lived and where she wrote some of her most well-known works. One of the things I was most struck by was the size of her tiny writing desk – how did she write …
What is PR?
One of the first things people ask when I say I work in PR is, 'So what is that then?'There isn't a straightforward answer.The Chartered Institute of Public Relations use this definition: Tom Murphy VII [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)%5D Public Relations is about reputation - the result of what you do, what you say and …
