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Avoiding a culture of toxic positivity

March 31, 2021

Communication, creativity, empathy, team work, Toxic Positivity, trust

Toxic positivity is a way of shutting down uncomfortable emotions and conversations. Plenty of us do it without realising how harmful it can be. I know I do it to myself (and I’ve done it to others). While it can…

Preventing Creative Burnout

November 21, 2017

Gemma Storey

Creativity in PR

burnout, creativity, productivity

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Creative burnout makes you feel exhausted and drained of any interest or inspiration. It tends to start with tasks taking longer than they usually would. For example, a proposal that usually takes you three hours to draft now takes four…

What makes you stressed at work?

May 11, 2017

Gemma Storey

Productivity

Communication, creativity, internal communications, Leadership, Mental Health Awareness Week, productivity, stress, trust, values

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I have, at various times, been diagnosed with stress, anxiety and depression. I guess many people would think that anxiety is the most nonsensical of the three. Constantly catastrophizing about even the smallest things. But for me it’s the easiest…

Why time management is for robots

January 16, 2017

Gemma Storey

Productivity

Communication, creativity, focus, PFC, productivity, training

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The first thing I noticed when I started working in PR (oh God, 10 years ago) was that most people seemed to be slightly frazzled. Even when it looked like they had nothing much going on. There was a perpetual…

Why we need diversity in communications

May 31, 2016

Gemma Storey

Comms

BBC white paper, Communication, creativity, Diversity,

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Earlier this month, the Government released its white paper on the future of the BBC. The need for the organisation to reflect the diversity of its audience within its programming was a key issue raised in the paper. While the…

The slow death of productivity: work smarter, not harder

June 17, 2014

Gemma Storey

Productivity

creativity, Getting Things Done, paperwork, productivity, time management

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Sensible people know that being busy and being productive are two different things. As are being present and being productive (anyone who’s worked in an office knows that). It’s easy to fill your days up being busy, so busy that…

What can brands learn from the #nomakeupselfie campaign?

March 21, 2014

Gemma Storey

Brands,

brands, community management, creativity, engagement,

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You may have noticed the sudden glut of people posting glowing, natural beauty type selfies to their Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages. Okay, so you will have noticed this because it has been such a success that it’s now all…

Four Valentine’s campaigns that warmed our hearts

February 15, 2013

Gemma Storey

Brands,

brands, creativity, engagement, Facebook, Google+, Twitter, Valentine’s Day, YouTube

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Love it or loathe it, you certainly can’t get away from Valentine’s Day. Brands have come up with some cracking ways to celebrate the ‘special’ day and drive brand awareness. Here are four examples of campaigns that have caught my…

Six of the best social brand responses of 2012: part 2

January 15, 2013

Gemma Storey

Brands, Creativity in PR,

brands, community management, creativity, engagement, PR

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In our last post, we looked at how Sainsbury’s, Smart Car and O2 handled social media criticism by stepping out of the corporate drone mentality and showing the world that there are actual living, breathing humans at the other end…

Six Of The Best Social Brand Responses Of 2012: Part 1

January 11, 2013

Gemma Storey

Brands, Creativity in PR,

brands, community management, creativity, engagement, PR

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It can be tricky for brands to strike the right balance with social media. On the one hand, brands need to encourage a certain standard of behaviour within their online community, yet the whole purpose of social media is to…

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Avoiding a culture of toxic positivity

Preventing Creative Burnout

What makes you stressed at work?

Why time management is for robots

The slow death of productivity: work smarter, not harder

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