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Institute of Internal Communication website • July 2023

Why be a mentor?

Ever-advancing tech offers information and advice on tap, so it can be easy to forget the value of another human's perspective on our learning.

April 2023

Rave, sleep - Annie Mac's Before Midnight

Dance for five hours, sleep for plenty more. Why Annie Mac's Before Midnight is the everything the ageing raver wants.

May 2021

A rookie's guide to running

What ten months of pounding the pavements taught me.

February 2021

Three book clubs to join in 2021

Connect with some literary like-minds

January 2021

Eyes + ears - lockdown books, TV and music

Thank you for the music. And the books. And the telly. Three types of pop culture to transport you straight outta lockdown.

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January 2021

The gigs that never were

In Independent Venue Week, venues should be alive with the sound of music, and the roar of a crowd. This year it's a different story.

October 2020

#ThreeCheers - reasons to keep your chin up

The news is bleak - so let's find some cheer elsewhere.

August 2020

How Corona's changed the spontaneous shop

Has the socially-distanced High Street lost its appeal?

Institute of Internal Communication website • June 2020

Why study for an internal communications qualification?

Studying for a professional communications qualification alongside the day job is a worthwhile but demanding commitment. Here are some things to consider before you take the plunge.

February 2020

Tone your literary muscles with a reading challenge

A novel way of adding to your literary list in 2020

October 2019

Book review: Pachinko, Min Jin Lee

In a small fishing village on the banks of the East Sea, a club-footed, cleft-lipped man marries a fifteen-year-old girl.

October 2019

Ways to stay positive when unemployed

How much of your identity is shaped by what you do? Here's how to keep your chin up when you're out of work.

comms2point0 • September 2018

Workplace by facebook - this much I know

There are many ways to create an environment where great internal comms thrives. Does social media offer fresh options? You’ll have heard about Workplace by Facebook but this new case study gives some interesting new insight…

Engage for Success • April 2018

Let’s have FUN! How to avoid enforced fun and build real bonds in teams

Enforced fun, mandatory merriment – any attempt to inject a blast of jollity into the workplace can often strike fear into the hearts of the cheeriest of types.

Shuffle • June 2017

REVIEW: Emerald Street Literary Festival

In much the same way as a decent book transports you to another place or time, yesterday’s Emerald Street Literary Festival served up a welcome dose of escapism. The one-day...

comms2point0 • May 2017

i don't have time to look at the intranet

It seems it doesn’t matter how much, or how well, you communicate internally the job is never fully done. This post explores how to be effective with staff who claim...

NottinghamLIVE • August 2016

Album Review: Soulsville - Beverley Knight

It's difficult to believe Beverley Knight is only 43 years old.  Her anthemic hits of the nineties and noughties –  Flavour Of The Old School, Shoulda Woulda Coulda and Greatest...

NottinghamLIVE • August 2016

Album Review: Phil Collins….But Seriously

These music types from from back in the day; they’re all over the place.  If it’s not the Stone Roses filling football stadiums and revelling in a Madchester revival, it's...

Shuffle - lifestyle blog • May 2016

Back to my roots – Hacienda Classical review

Take a world-class forty piece orchestra, add two revered house music DJs, and challenge them to recreate the heady Madchester clubbing days of the late 80s and early 90s. On...

comms2point0 • April 2016

intranets - I’ve known a few

The poor old intranet. It doesn’t have a great reputation does it. But, there is hope… Day one of a new communications job, the year circa 2006. “Can I see...