One comms professional moved from broadcast to comms a decade ago and is surprised to find himself working as a producer again with the video and social content he is making.
by Jon King
Read more10 top tips and clips for tuning into video
Daniel Cattanach won Govdelivery's Communicator of the Year award for his work at Bath and North East Somserset Council. Video has played an important part in his work over the past 12-months.
by Daniel Cattanach
Read morehow a simple short video won hearts, minds and votes
Encouraging voter registrations can be a tough gig. But with creativity and planning nailed, one local council managed to pull it off…
By DanielCattanach
Read morehow shooting your own star wars video delivered a safety message
There are huge numbers of people who like Star Wars as the launch of a new film in the franchise shows. So how would they react if a fire and rescue service used the force to deliver some safety messages? Rather well, it would appear.
by Mark Roberts
Kent Fire and Rescue Service is rethinking its approach to digital communications, with a new strategy already being worked on to coincide with the launch of a new campaign calendar for 2016/17.
As the resident sci-fi nerd in the Comms team, I managed to persuade the powers-that-be a Star Wars parody would be an interesting and fun way to do a smoke alarm safety message - which is often a hard sell due to audience complacency - capitalising on the huge exposure generated by the release of the new Star Wars film, The Force Awakens.
video for comms is now way beyond youtube
More than 70 per cent of the internet is predicted to be video by 2017. If you are a comms person it's a challenge you need toio have an answer to.
Online video is becoming more important all the time. There are an exciting and growing number of ways that we as organisations can use it, and ways that people can use it to engage with organisations.
Video is now big news on Facebook
In no time at all video has become huge on Facebook. Organisations need to adapt and take advantage of this. It is no longer enough to simply publish your video on YouTube, and share the YouTube link on Facebook.
meerkat verses periscope – what do they do and which one is best?
You may have already begun to hear the growing buzz around two relatively new mobile video apps. Well here is the brief overview of what they can do, how you can use them, and which one is best.
By Russ Gethings
What is Meerkat and Periscope?
Basically they are free live video streaming applications for your smartphone or tablet. (iOS only at the moment, although Android versions are in the works).
They allow you to instantly stream live video - of an event, or any happening, or even just yourself going about your day, and instantly notify your Twitter/Social media followers. In turn your followers can engage with each other and you during the live stream.
don't knock camden for being creative about cash
If there's one thing that local government are trying to connect with it's the thorny problem of how you get people interested in how their money is spent. The sums can be big. The impact of cuts can be even bigger. Here's one answer.by Paul Morris
For most of us budgeting means balancing our monthly income and outgoings to ensure the bills are covered.
But even then, you never know when the washing machine might go kaput, or the MOT reveals more than you’d like; it can be a juggling act.
So, while most of us can get just about our heads around the topsy-turvy costs of living, how would we cope if asked to make decisions about budgets worth millions?
