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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 [...]
Bright One is Guest Editor on Behind the Spin
Ben Matthews, founder of Bright One, is guest editor for this month’s PR for Good Causes feature at Behind The Spin, the online publication for PR students and young practitioners. Ben introduces the special feature by arguing that recognition of the importance of PR in a charities’ every day activity is becoming increasingly stronger: [...]
What does a good communications strategy look like?
Here is a presentation that, Ben Matthews, founder of Bright One, presented at the “Creating Powerful Comminications Strategy” conference, run by CharityComms in January 2011. You can find the other speaker’s presentations and further information about the event over on the CharityComms site or view more presentations from Bright One
Guardian Q&A: How to raise the profile of your social enterprise
Bright One was invited to be on the panel of a Guardian Q&A on “What can social enterprises do to reach that wider audience, and develop greater recognition of the sector as a whole?” The Q&A was part of the Guardian Social Enterprise Network, with a panel was made up of: Becky John, whomadeyourpants? [...]
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 [...]
Announcing Impress London
Bright One is delighted to announce the launch of Impress London, the premier event for the next generation of PR professionals. Taking place on Thursday 11 November 2010, the event is a one-day conference run by Bright One, the volunteer-run communications agency for the third sector. Aimed at PR & Comms students and graduates from [...]
Bright One Celebrates Second Year with PRCA Partnership Launch
Bright One, the volunteer-run communications agency for the third sector, celebrates its second year anniversary through a partnership with the PRCA, the professional body that represents UK PR consultancies and in-house communications teams, and marks it with two remarkable results. Firstly, Bright One is delighted to announce its partnership with the Public Relations Consultants Association [...]
Bright One Awarded Social Enterprise Mark
We’re delighted to announce that Bright One has been awarded the Social Enterprise Mark, which identifies us as an organisation trading for social purposes. What’s even more exciting for us is that the Social Enterprise Mark is also a client, as we helped launch the Mark in February 2010 and have been working with them [...]
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