by Hel Reynolds | Jul 12, 2021 | Comms Cartoons, Comms life, creativity, PR, Productivity, Social Media
If you’ve been through the comms approval process a few times, you’ll know: the pain is real.Getting through layers of people to edit and sign-off a piece of content – whether it’s a video, a design, a press release or other copy – it...
by Hel Reynolds | Sep 4, 2018 | Blog post, creativity, Facebook, PR, Productivity, Social Media
I’m sharing some advice for a career in communications as part of the second #CommsCreative challenge: to blog useful tips for other communicators (read more about the challenge here). I’m now old enough to have enough bags of experience to fill all of...
by Hel Reynolds | Jun 13, 2018 | Blog post, Innovation, PR, Productivity, Social Media, Twitter
It’s amazing how invigorating it can be to get out of the office to learn and network with other communications professionals. Yesterday I loved hosting the NHS Confederation’s Communications Conference 2018, and I’m so grateful to share some...
by Hel Reynolds | May 30, 2018 | Blog post, Community Management, PR, Productivity, Social Media
Busy UK housing communications professionals rarely get time to meet other comms teams to compare teams and work experiences. So in early 2018, I asked PR and comms practitioners in the sector to take a short survey, where they could honestly answer how work is for...
by Hel Reynolds | Feb 10, 2018 | Blogging, PR, Productivity
The modern communicator is asked to turn their hand to lots of techniques, and if you want to be prepared for all sorts – here’s my guide to the 13 things you need with you at all times in your communications kit. To save that TLDR feeling, I just drew them to...
by Hel Reynolds | May 21, 2015 | Blog post, Innovation, PR, Productivity, Social Media
This month I’ve been working with a cool organisation to recruit an outstanding social media and communications professional. It has made me think hard about which qualities are most desirable in a social media manager or communications employee of any kind....
