Andrew Manasseh

My 14-year-old self would never have guessed that, in 50 years' time, all the world's music would be available at the click of a button, you'd navigate the globe by carrying a tiny computer around in your pocket, and the US President would post a video of himself shitting over American citizens.

🤖 You can transcribe and summarize a meeting in minutes.

But when your client calls and asks, “What’s going on?”, you better have more than an AI-generated recap.

@andimanas.bsky.social explains why thinking can’t be automated.

🎧 Listen to The #ZNL podcast here: kont.ly/f99f196d

A snippet from my podcast. Don’t over rely on AI - you need to be on top of the brief

🗣️ In Brussels, where English is rarely a first language, clarity beats polish.

On the latest episode of The #ZNL Podcast, @pweiss.bsky.social and @andimanas.bsky.social discuss how public speaking has evolved, and what really makes a message land.

🎧 Listen here: kont.ly/f99f196d

We took over the giant screen at Farage’s big rally in Birmingham

In years to come, the way Tesla’s brand went from conscientious to toxic will be studied in marketing and PR circles.

Brand toxicity will lead to reduced sales which in turn will kill the share value.

All because Elon didn’t have friends as a kid.

Presenting to policymakers: from noise to influence It takes a special kind of person to rock up to a policy meeting with only a vague set of talking points. But sometimes it comes across like that. I train

It takes a special kind of person to rock up to a policy meeting with only a vague set of talking points. But sometimes it comes across like that.

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The West Will Regret Abandoning the Georgian People to the Clutches of Russia Europe and the US must wake up to the threat posed by Georgia's repressive Russian-aligned regime, writes the UK's former ambassador to the country

The West Will Regret Abandoning the Georgian People to the Clutches of Russia - by former UK ambassador Alexandra Hall Hall, who was with me in Tbilisi last week.

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Do you remember where you were?

Great to be on Bluesky! Here's a short intro about me: I'm a communications consultant living in Portugal, where I work remotely for international organizations like the UN 🇺🇳 and World Bank 🌐 to amplify their impact through strategic digital communications.
I look forward to being in touch!

Content is King. Context is King Kong. When it comes to policy communications, navigating the data can be as crucial as the content itself. I often come across blogs and articles brimming with

Content is king. Context is King Kong.

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Unsocial Media Elon Musk's X

Twitter is dead. X is a dystopia.

Bluesky might be the future, but can it escape the same fate?

Here’s why it matters where we spend our digital lives.

#SocialMedia #Twitter #Bluesky

@jtwhitenoise.bsky.social @jschalit.bsky.social @maxsattonnay.bsky.social

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Fresh fish sold here today* – tips to condense your writing ✂️ 🪚 You may not have heard of the magician Arnold Furst 🧛 but he’s a bit of a hero. He first performed this trick in 1946. He tore the words away “Fresh fish

Fresh fish sold here - tips to condense your writing

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Writing Skills - Your Editing Checklist Print this out and stick it onto your notice board. Writing is a difficult skill and tells us a lot about your critical thinking and communication skills.

Writing is a difficult skill and tells us a lot about your critical thinking and communication skills.

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And why we wonder why revolutions happened?

339. Trump, the Middle East, and Ukraine How will the president elect deal with the Israel-Gaza conflict? Does the US election result spell doom for Zelensky? What’s going on in Germany? Join Rory and Alastair as they answer all these questi...

New Rest is Politics - analysing the early Trump moves, looking at how the mood at COP has changed and trying to explain what is going on in German politics alastaircampbell.org/2024/11/339-...

Azerbaijan’s president slams ‘colonial’ French, Dutch overseas territories at COP29 Ilham Aliyev also accused the European Parliament of sharing responsibility for deadly riots in New Caledonia.

Ilham Aliyev, the Azerbaijani autocrat, used a gathering of island leaders at this year’s COP29 climate talks to attack France and the Netherlands for maintaining overseas territories.

Chart showing that the new Labour government has shifted the UK from divergence with EU rules towards alignment

There have been reports that Trump could seek to lure the UK away from the EU’s regulatory orbit.

✍️ But as @jreland.bsky.social writes, under the new Labour government "a marked policy shift is taking place from divergence towards alignment with EU rules."

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Prosecutors ask for sentence barring Marine Le Pen from running for president in embezzlement trial The three-time presidential candidate is accused of having embezzled EU funds, charges she denies.

🚨 BREAKING: Prosecutors asked that far-right French lawmaker Marine Le Pen be found guilty of embezzlement and sentenced to five years in prison — a judgment that threatens to torpedo her expected presidential bid.

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