Pickle Jar Communications

The news that Facebook has finally launched a Chinese-language version of the site will undoubtedly excite many British universities. China is an important market for recruiting students and developing research partnerships. It is clear that British universities have over the past few years started to get to grips with the opportunities for communications (and dare [...]

I’m always looking for new and useful tools for the blog and by following Paul Bradshaw on Twitter (www.twitter.com/paulbradshaw) I have had introductions to some great resources this morning. Firstly, he linked through to the blog post 60 ridiculously useful tools for your blog or website. If that wasn’t enough, I then also spotted Paul’s [...]

Just spotted this video on YouTube showing the evolution of mobile phones since the 80s. Just goes to show how incredible technology is and just how much we’ve moved on. How many of these handsets have you owned?

There has been a great deal of discussion recently about how to pitch to bloggers. Many bloggers are adding PR companies to spam filters in order to stop being pestered by pointless press releases.I’m currently preparing a new media training session for a client and searching for useful resources to give them. I came across [...]

As promised at the CIPR Education & Skills Group Crisis Communications conference (6 June 2008), on behalf of the Group Pickle Jar Communications* has created a web space with all of the presentations from the conference, links to additional materials, and the feedback form for the event. All of this content can be accessed here. [...]

There were plenty of ideas being shared at the CIPR’s Education & Skills Sector Group Crisis Comms Conference this week (TVU, 6 June). As the Events Officer and Vice Chair of the Group, I thought it might be nice to create a space for those conversations to continue if delegates so wish. I therefore invite [...]

I’m back at the desk this morning having been out and about down in London for the past two days. Yesterday, we (we being those of us on the CIPR Education & Skills Sector Group) hosted our crisis communications and new media conference. From previous blog posts, you will know that I was pretty stoked [...]

I’ve heard myself over and over again recently explaining to people that aren’t particularly familiar with the PR industry that the ‘P’ in PR stands for ‘Public’ and not ‘Press’. We are not all simply copy-monkeys churning out press releases and trying to win column inches for our clients or employers. Public Relations is exactly [...]