Last Friday saw the launch of a new section of the, still relatively new itself, Huffington Post UK. The new Impact section is “dedicated to issues, charities and making a difference” — so that’s up our street, right? Well yes, it definitely is and so I’d urge everyone to take a look and see what [...]
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Guardian Live Q&A on Making It in PR
What makes a good PR professional? What skills do you need? How do you go about getting that all important first job? These were some of the questions discussed in yesterday’s live Q&A arranged by Guardian Careers. The panel included Bright One’s Ben Matthews together with: Emma Radcliffe (Beattie Communications), Hew Leith (M&C Saatchi [...]
Blottr Debate on the role of Citizen Journalism
With cuts being made to local news, and new media providing people with tools to tell stories from their area, citizen journalism is on the rise. Anyone with a smart phone and/or internet access can easily report on breaking news happening where they are and sites like Blottr and Citizens’ Eye are helping them spread [...]
Vote for Bright Works in the Discover E-Volunteering Competition
Bright Works, our microvolunteering app, has been shortlisted as one of the best 12 volunteering projects on the Web as part of the Discover Ev-volunteering competition. You can read descriptions of the finalists here and choose the projects that you think are the most valuable and deserve the financial prize to further their development. Here’s a step-by-step on [...]
Volunteering Opportunity with Bright One: Blog Editor
We are looking for Bright Ones interested in writing for our popular blog. We use the Bright One blog to communicate with our internal and external community about our latest announcements, exciting campaigns and news regarding our charities, and to discuss the latest developments in the world of communications and charities. We want to make [...]
LinkedIn Launches Volunteer Experience & Causes Section
LinkedIn has just released a new Volunteer Experience & Causes section, giving the ability for individuals to highlight relevant volunteer experience at charities and non-profits, including the skills and functional areas in which they worked. And there’s more: If an organisation has a Company Page on LinkedIn, the volunteer will also be linked to that Company [...]
Trends in Charities’ Use of Social Media
Ben Matthews, founder of Bright One, spoke at a CIPR Fifth Estate group event called ‘Trends in Charities’ Use of Social Media’, held at Grayling PR’s office. Charities have grasped the opportunities that social media gives to communicate with their supporters, often being nimbler and more innovative than their private sector counterparts. Facebook and Twitter [...]
Bright One September Social: 29 September 2011
Bright One socials are great opportunities for volunteers and friends of Bright One to meet on a regular basis for some drinks, food and chat. We had a great one earlier this summer in Clerkenwell and with the summer being (almost) over we feel it’s time to kick-start this autumn with a good catch-up. Come [...]
Marketing Internship with The DoNation
Bright One client The DoNation is looking for a motivated and driven marketing intern with an interest in sustainability, behaviour change and communications. The DoNation is on the look-out for someone who can support the team in increasing The DoNation’s presence among key sporting organisations and environmental networks and support the development and implementation of The DoNation’s broader [...]
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2012 PR Graduate Schemes
The PR industry continues to grow and many agencies are seeing the value on running a formal grad scheme to attract the brightest and best new talent. The ever-awesome Ben Cotton over at Social Web Thing has once again done a fantastic job of compiling a post on PR Graduate Schemes from some of [...]