Founders Note If Bright One’s first year was all about testing the concept of an organisation that used PR professionals and students to help charities meet their own PR and communications needs, then our second year has been about making this concrete: firming up our processes, building up our volunteer community, and [...]
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PR Events Calendar 2011
We feel we’re living in a golden age of socials, conferences, meet-ups, hackdays and good old fashioned networking events. Armed with a box of Moo cards and stickers containing their Twitter usernames, a wave of comms people are meeting up on a regular basis to discuss what’s new and interesting – and 2011 looks [...]
Public Relations Graduate Schemes 2011
VIEW OUR ROUNDUP OF 2012 PR GRAD SCHEMES HERE >> We’ve been getting lots of enquiries in the past few weeks about PR Grad Schemes that are coming up over the next few months, and with last year’s list being such as success we thought we’d publish a list of grad schemes again. A big [...]
Someone Once Told Centrepoint
This week Someone Once Told Me will see images featuring people connected to Centrepoint, a charity that provides emergency accommodation, support, information and training for homeless young people in London. Someone Once Told Me features large photos of people from different walks of life holding up a board with a quote of something that someone once told them [...]
London homeless choir ‘The Choir with No Name’ release debut album
The Choir with No Name, London’s choir of people who have experienced homelessness, have launched their debut album, “The Album with No Name”. Founded in 2008 by Marie Benton, the choir will be promoting the album by supporting Coldplay at two gigs this December. The Choir’s success in London means plans are beginning for [...]
Your Impressions of Impress London
The inaugural Impress London, the event for the next generation of PR professionals, took place last week on Thursday 11 November 2010. The Edelman UK offices played host to around 70 media and comms students looking for an insight into the industry, top tips on how to get their career in PR going, and to [...]
The Small Charity Guide To Email
Ben Clowney has spent eight years with Oxfam GB, Tearfund and Amnesty International, developing innovative ways to engage people online. Ben is the founder of Hands Up Digital, a full service agency for small charities. Subscribe to the Bright One email newsletter. Email is dead. Or so people said in 2003, and are still saying today. Back then [...]
From PR Student to PR Professional
This is a guest post from Alex Judd, a volunteer with Bright One on the Social Enterprise Mark campaign and an Account Executive at Pretty Green. If you’re a student and want to find out how to get your career in PR off to a flying start, come along to Bright One’s Impress London [...]
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Case Study: ‘More Than A Gift’ for Chistmas
In 2010 Bright One helped Centrepoint with their “More Than A Gift” campaign. Find out more below or visit the Centrepoint Gifts site. The Centrepoint ‘More Than A Gift’ campaign was a fundraising appeal to help the charity provide vital support for homeless young people over Christmas. The microsite allowed users to buy a [...]