As champions of Yorkshire and passionate about profiling the region’s vibrant business community, we’re launching a series of blogs which ‘celebrate all things Yorkshire’.
The first one focuses on the dynamic developments in the pipeline in the city of Sheffield which boasts a rich and colourful history – and which has been boosted by a £1 million government funding programme.
Phew – what a relief to be see and hear that more business are looking to consolidate their social media activities in 2012 as opposed to running themselves ragged trying to keep up with every development – and beating themselves up if they don’t.
This week, freelance PR consultant Duncan Greenwood offers his views on the PR sector’s prospects for 2012.
Effective PR in 2012 will be increasingly vital to the UK’s hopes of recovery.
Social and broadcast media exposure will continue to expand, to the cost of traditional printed titles, additionally and grievously hampered by phone-hacking and other less than noble enterprises.
Happy New Year to all! Very aptly for our first blog of the year, business coach and inspirational speaker Lisa Clifford offers her expert insights on how to kick start 2012 into being your most successful year yet.
How many silver surfers do you know who can Tweet the proverbial hind leg off a donkey or clock up over 50,000 followers on Facebook?
Our Christmas blog has been inspired by a member of our Quest team and blogger Ashley Ridsdale who wrote about the late Ivy Bean, the oldest known social networker whose celebrity followers included Peter Andre, Chris Evans and Sarah Brown, wife of the former prime minister Gordon.
You don’t need me to remind you that 2012 is Olympic year. Naturally, there will be a great deal of focus on world class athletes and sports people. As a sport psychologist, I have had the great pleasure of working with world class athletes and sports teams, including many Olympians. Watching them live and work has raised questions in my mind. What is it that makes some people world class? What differentiates world class people from the ones who almost made it? These questions have intrigued me for years. So I decided to interview a group of world class people from a diverse range of fields, both inside and outside of sport. My rationale was pretty simple. If there are traits that are common to world class chefs, mountaineers, baristas, athletes, polar explorers, special-forces personnel and scientists, those traits are likely to cross into any domain!
