Andrew Thomas

Two weeks away. Great sign ups so far - I'm as much looking forward to the networking as I am to the conference sessions!
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#internalcomms #internalcommunications #IC

UK Top 50 and in-house video surveys 2025 open

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Surveys for the annual ranking of the UK Top 50 in brand video & corporate film are now open. This year - separate categories for in-house & independent teams.

And, of course, being shortlisted in the Lens Awards for Corporate Video helps in your ranking

all fixed now

thank you so much for pointing that out, Jesper.

If you’re in internal comms, this is just the best conference going - and at £145, phenomenal value.

Breakfast with Communicate magazine: How human is your CEO online?

According to OneFifty’s ‘People Over Pages’ report, CEOs get 35% more LinkedIn engagement than their company accounts, despite having less than 10% of the following. We explored this over a fabulous breakfast we co-hosted with OneFifty a few weeks ago.

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I love it when people go that bit further on the card for your Secret Santa gift!

Google photos just gave me a ‘memory’ of my wedding. My anniversary isn’t actually for another 8 days - is this a deliberate ploy to remind me to go out and buy an anniversary present??

Video boosts engagement, but interactivity is lacking

Bit of a disconnect - almost two-thirds of employees feel more aligned with a company’s vision through interactive video, but only one-third of companies are using it!

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wrappedaipodcast.spotifycdn.com/i7xgEaRwh0hw... I’m loving the Google NotebookLM ‘podcast’ of my Spotify Wrapped. I know the ‘hosts’ aren’t real but I think even they were slightly shocked that I was in the top 0.01% of listeners to Anish Kumar’s Little Miss Dynamite!

For the past 5 years I've taken part in Concern UK's Ration Challenge, raising money & awareness of refugees globally. The Syrian conflict created 6m refugees, with 7.2m displaced internally. Amazing that so many will now hopefully be able to go home. I so hope the next stage runs smooth.

What a week - two days in New York, discussing next year's Transform Awards North America (and the New York conference) and then straight back for two days of judging the Transform Awards Europe. According to my sleep tracker app, this week I've met 9% of my sleep target!

Very thorough!

Okay Bluesky, I've just bought myself a Plaud AI recorder. Anyone got any tips on getting the most out of it?
#plaud #plaudnote #plaudpin #AIrecorder

What’s the point in having a purpose statement if you’re not going to bother implementing it? You might as well go down the Google route (Don’t Be Evil) and have something anodyne and unmeasurable

The value of media training for business leaders Business leaders are increasingly expected to be well trained and polished in media relations. Amy Fallon explores what this means for reputation manag...

Business leaders are increasingly expected to be well-trained and polished in media relations. What are the implications for reputation management.

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This is genuinely fascinating. Perhaps generating traffic for other media key to the success of BlueSky. As all other social platforms now downgrade links, Bluesky could become the natural home for news organisations.

Unlocking the Future of PR Performance - PRCA PRCA Measurement Conference 2024 – Unlocking the Future of PR Performance As the communications landscape continues to evolve with advancing technologies and shifting expectations, the demand for inno...

Signing up for @prca-hq.bsky.social's Measurement Conference. Looks like there are some good sessions there. With CARMA, @wecommunications.bsky.social, @teamlewis.bsky.social, True Global Intelligence and @ccgroup.bsky.social

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Woohoo - Communicate magazine is now on Bluesky!
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I so loved this conference last year... and so did everyone else, judging by the LinkedIn comments I saw at the time. www.communicatemagazine.com/conferences/...

One in two agencies suffer IP theft

I missed this story in Communicate last week.
"Research finds 77% of agencies experience intellectual property theft once or twice annually." www.communicatemagazine.com/news/2024/on... That's a crazy amount.

Oh man! Is there any more stressful a rite of passage than your first dinner party. My 15yr old wanted one for a birthday party! They’ve made it to the first course. All the tears, explosions and drama in the prep have disappeared and now all I can hear is laughter and merriment. Phew!

#branddesign #brandstrategy #rebrand #brand #visualidentity #logo

Celebrating at the Transform Awards ANZ last night. #TransformAwards

Are all the armchair brand experts really up in arms over Jaguar’s new visual identity? Or the 30 second promo film that accompanied its launch.

What kind of cheeky f_ery is this? I'm currently mid-flight, Singapore to Sydney. I had a bit of a sleep, then did some work & now about to go back to sleep & ive just realised the person (a stranger) on the aisle seat (the middle seat is empty) has all three pillows from our seats. He's fast asleep

Talk about clickbait! Apparently Cheddar cheese is boomer and therefore not woke, but ‘continental’ cheese is loved by Gen Z and therefore woke. But surely nothing says boomer more than baked Camembert!

I’m not American, so what do I know, but I thought one of the appeals of Trump was his stand against ‘the swamp’. Surely keeping the ethics report of Matt Gaetz under wraps is about as swampy as it gets!

Thank you - I was so hoping someone was going to respond with this. Bluesky is getting better than X by the minute

No, I’m Kemi!

(Source: Monty Python, 1979)