Public relations, social media and word of mouth
Cumbria
How-Do North West Media 100
Nov 6th
How-Do is becoming a compelling read, despite the fact that it’s about the North West media scene – although running a PR consultancy in Leeds and originally coming from the Lake District does mean I have a foot in the North West and Yorkshire.
How-Do has just published its list of the 100 most influential media people in the North West. I was particularly pleased to see BBC Radio Cumbria’s Nigel Dyson on the list. Nigel was one of the people that first sparked my interest in communications and is partially responsible for me going into public relations.
BBC Radio Cumbria is exactly what local radio should be – it is both entertaining and very relevant to its unique local audience. Radio Cumbria Lamb Bank is a must listen when it’s attempting to match up orphaned lambs with ewes – yes really, it is better than it sounds and a really useful community service.
UPDATE: Just gone further into the list and found Neil Hodgkinson, who I remember as the editor of the Yorkshire Evening Post and is now doing a brilliant job at Cumbrian Newspapers (or CN as I think we’re now meant to call it).
How Do launches in the North West
Mar 31st
Several of the North West blogs I read have alerted me to How Do, a new online venture by Nick Jaspen (founder of Newsco publishers of the Insider series of business titles, and more recently the failed North West Enquirer).
How Do looks very interesting and Nick told HackFlack that he sees it as “the online hub for the thriving media community across the North West”. As a Cumbrian who ended up on the wrong side of the Pennines I don’t really hold with all the North West v. Yorkshire rivalry, so I hope that How Do rapidly expands across the Pennines.
I wish the venture well and will watch with interest.
Arts Council gig in Liverpool
Sep 4th
I’m off to Liverpool tomorrow to speak at an Arts Council Get Digital conference on social media. Rather than use the usual dull PowerPoint (not that mine are ever dull!) I’ve put together a list of prompts using del.icio.us. This means I’ll be delivering it live and hoping that FACT’s internet connection doesn’t let me down.
Using del.icio.us makes it easy for delegates to go back to the list after the conference and explore the links at their leisure.
The conference is organised by Don’t Panic, who are also behind the New PR conference (PDF brochure) that we’re repeating in Edinburgh next Wednesday (still a few places left if you want to book). New PR conference speakers Philip Young and Chris Rushton from the University of Sunderland are also on the bill tomorrow.
