Anna Pedroza

As well as education comms, I love #singing and I’m running a workshop in #Brighton this Sun 22 June to fundraiser for Stanmer Preservation Society. More info and tickets here: www.tickettailor.com/events/stanm...

Other nation’s military traditions are just as eccentric as ours. Here’s the Bulgarian changing of the guard.

The 2025 Tapestry survey is now live!

If you're an early years educator we’d love to hear how you work with parents & carers, how you feel about your role and what you think about using AI.

Deadline: 30 May. We’ll share findings in July. Thank you!

Survey here: www.surveymonkey.com/r/VYRDTFT

Tea has been had! Delighted to be at the Independent Impact 50 awards today.

ECN Summer Meeting Get ready for the ECN Summer Meeting - a virtual gathering for education comms professionals on May 22nd at 2pm

This is go to be great! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/ecn-summer...

CPD Leadership Hub | Teacher Development Trust If you lead professional development, the CPD Leadership Hub is a space for you. Through your free account, you can access valuable resources for you & your school

I learnt lots at the first David Monis Weston Annual lecture yesterday about Ai and teacher development. The session will soon be available on @teacherdevtrust.bsky.social newly launched CPD Leadership hub. This also includes a free to use CPD reflection tool. tdtrust.org/cpd-hub/

Here's an interesting perspective picking up on some of the issues with not making changes: www.diverseeducators.co.uk/five-reasons...

This is a really interesting study and highlights the challenges of changing texts for English Lit. However, I think we're limiting how much young people will be engaged in Eng Literature if changes aren't made.

👋 welcome!

LinkedIn Shares Technical Specs and Posting Tips for Video Content Some pointers to help maximize your LinkedIn video posts.

Useful update about LinkedIn's video reqs. Very handy.
www.socialmediatoday.com/news/linkedi...

Al's experience in governance and edtech means this should offer a very interesting perspective. It's launching on 30th April but apparently you can pre-order!

Report card grading ‘needs simplifying’, admits Ofsted Ofsted outlines potential changes to its controversial school inspection plans

Exclusive: Ofsted concedes its report card grading proposals are "too complicated".

A big tone shift after Ofsted chief Sir Martyn Oliver last month dismissed critics as failing to understand the plans.

Promoting your business through stakeholder communications - BESA In this webinar, Anna Pedroza, founder of Pedroza Communication, gives insight into how to promote your business through stakeholder communications. The school’s sector is packed with charities, membe...

We can sometimes overlook how useful stakeholder comms channels can be and get obsessed with media coverage. But an article on the right stakeholder website, or in a newsletter, is really effective. Want to know more? Come to my session with BESA 24 April 11am www.besa.org.uk/event/promot...

I completely agree. It's really tough for local media.

Sorry I forgot to tag Leon @leonneal.com

The Barnsley Chronicle — Leon Neal “Providing reliable, trustworthy news is hugely important.”

I've just re-visited the pictures by press photographer Leon Neal documenting the Barnsley Chronicle. They're from 2018 but still speak to what the local press (at its best) does. The Chronicle is one of the only papers still independently owned. www.leonneal.com/work/thebarn...

PR industry alarmed at rise of fake commenters exposed by Press Gazette Press Gazette's investigation into fake experts being widely quoted in the national press has prompted a huge reaction from the PR industry.

Fictional AI experts quoted in articles. What could be wrong with that?!! Concerning @pressgazette.co.uk article highlights the issues. Thanks to @oprlondon.bsky.social for sharing.
pressgazette.co.uk/news/pr-indu...

This is a great opportunity to get involved in an exciting and impactful charity. As a current trustee, I'm happy to have a chat with anyone who wants to know more.

Journalism, media, and technology trends and predictions 2025 Our annual survey of over 300 media leaders from across the world explores publishers' priorities for the year ahead, the challenges they envision and how well equipped they are to address them.

Publishers and tech - trends from @reutersinstitute.bsky.social 74% report concerns re decline in referral traffic from search engines. In response more effort put into building relationships (paid?) with AI platforms.
reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/journalism-m...

The education sector is being urged to 'get involved' as the DfE launches a call for evidence as part of its NPQ framework review - which is beginning with courses focused on leadership

I'm pleased to finally be on here on BlueSky - phew! My first quick look is that this very nice. I'd love any suggestions of people to follow as well.

🧑‍💻 EdTech Experts needed!

A leading platform is compiling a list of education innovations originating/established in the UK to celebrate their inventors with historical markers.

Could you contribute? Full credit will be given.
Please reply if you can help!

#histech #research