The second part of Brian Beech‘s tips on getting a job in PR, following his PRCA talk in Manchester… So, your CV has excited and engaged and got you through the door! What do you need to do in preparation before you get there since, as the song says, ‘You only get one shot’? [...]
A survey – presumably by a PR agency acting for a presentation training company – once revealed that people fear public speaking, more than they do death. A bit dramatic, but the point was made and I am sure that hundreds of people enrolled on the course and made great speeches at their friends’ funerals. [...]
The latest Prosumer report from Havas PR Worldwide is entitled Aging: Moving Beyond Youth Culture and, not surprisingly, I found it of particular interest. It seems that the global obsession with youth is undergoing a transformation, as youth and youthfulness become increasingly less tied to one’s chronological age. Rather than shying away from growing old, [...]
Havas PR has been appointed by arts and crafts chain Hobbycraft to handle its PR following a four-way pitch. The brief is to promote the brand to national, regional and local media. The account will be run by a regional PR team in Manchester led by MD, Brian Beech and a national PR team led by London-based consumer MD, [...]
Running and I go back a long way – 26 miles and 385 yards, in fact. I ran the first ‘modern day’ local race in the 1980s, the Bolton Marathon, in 3 hours 45 minutes and who can ever forget the delights of the infamous incline fittingly called Plodder Lane which greeted runners after 24 [...]
