Powerful comms consultancy run by @gill_kirk MCIPR, FRSA. Local or global, cross-silo and above expectations. But in any direction, always good.
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Gill at Lyric Communications retweeted
9 Jan 2025
Re: Home Office guidance supposedly issued in 2008 advising police not to intervene in child grooming cases because victims had ‘made an informed choice about their sexual behaviour’?
BBC Verify carried out extensive searches of HO guidance across that period & found no evidence any document containing that advice exists
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26 May 2024
“Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake”. Napoleon said it & it’s a universal rule for campaigning, military and otherwise.
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Gill at Lyric Communications retweeted
10 Apr 2024
This @smkcampaigners resource is FREE. A three part training programme in the basics of campaigning social change. You can do it as and when you have time. Did I mention it's FREE? Please share widely 🙏
10 Apr 2024
Think of this #ChangemakersToolkit as a digital toolbox, equipped with everything you need to start making change happen.
Head here for the modules, exercises, and resources, all for free! freecampaigntools.smk.org.uk…
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13 May 2024
Careful! “The communications” get blamed for all kinds of decisions not going down well. Comms aren’t a magic wand that make people like stuff they wouldn’t otherwise. Only weak leaders expect magic!
@PRCA_HQ @CIPR_Global @CIPR_PA
#CommunicationsProfessionalsArentWizards
13 May 2024
'As regards her biggest discombobulation, she accepts that communications around the mini-Budget were “not as good as they could have been”. No sh*t, Sherlock!'
Tim Loughton reviews Liz Truss' book
politicshome.com/thehouse/ar…
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12 May 2024
When you compare successes, achievements, CVs or proposals, always remember this privilege. And ask what you might see if the compared lives were given equal access to it. Can you make that difference? #potential #growTalent
12 May 2024
I recently confused someone with the range of things I do middling well. A good life has space to try stuff (& fail), do & be different things. It’s a privilege that comes from time-to rest & play. So if you judge your own or others’ #successes-🤴 or 😞- pause & ask about *time*.
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5 May 2024
A bit late to the party, I started Ted Lasso. A bit of a joy. For all you C-suites, HR bods, internal comms champs and more - do you need some Ted in your life? linkedin.com/pulse/its-mysel…
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19 Apr 2024
“Ultimately the response will depend on the seriousness of the allegations, but in most instances, it would be wholly appropriate for most campaigns, charities and journalists (particularly where sued individually) to adopt this approach. “ 👇 #SLAPP
11 Apr 2024
Very useful advice from @Kinsellas on what to do if you get a SLAPP letter. bylinetimes.com/2024/04/05/l… cc @ukaccoalition
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30 Mar 2024
This matters to all of us-
30 Mar 2024
Oh, this is properly exciting: how can the Nolan principles be better applied in public bodies? A new review & public consultation are just beginning:
#StandardsInPublicLife #Nolan #Governance
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Gill at Lyric Communications retweeted
24 Mar 2024
Leaders must communicate that it’s OK not to respond to things in real-time, that it’s OK to decline meeting requests, that it’s OK to turn off notifications, and that it’s OK to not be online all day. s.hbr.org/3R7nLr4
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24 Mar 2024
This is exhausting- journalists, editors, please! #Accuracy #Professionalism
23 Mar 2024
I’m waiting for corrections & an apology for this article. In it Sir William has repeated a claim the Telegraph has had to correct before. It printed the very same wrong claim when it was made by Lord Sumption - correcting it days later. Meanwhile the story gets reported onward.
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Gill at Lyric Communications retweeted
23 Mar 2024
Real problems arise for institutions when big broadcasters then use inaccurate Telegraph articles as primary source without fact-checking. Comms people, watch for this. I’ve had to kindly request the binning of a major political package on BBCR4 Today, created entirely this way.
23 Mar 2024
The way it works is this: The Telegraph has an establishment figure write an opinion piece. Because it’s an opinion piece they don’t have to fact check any claims with our press office. So inaccurate claims get printed. Then the article’s used as a primary source by other papers.
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24 Mar 2024
Communications directors- you know you need each other, but the public often don’t see this, ‘cos professionalism often dictates silence. Great bit of Twitter openness from @CeliaRichards0n:
23 Mar 2024
Actually now I think about it there are probably quite a lot of us, given the way the culture wars work. Not many have realised or spoken openly about it yet.
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Gill at Lyric Communications retweeted
14 Mar 2024
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20 Feb 2024
It’s so refreshing to read a politician setting out the differences between different kinds of public #engagement. I also completely agree about the impacts of treating the public like children. You can’t control trust- by definition. Earning it requires a degree of surrender.
19 Feb 2024
🧵Citizens assemblies are back in the news. Can see people kicking off about them.. again so here goes:
1. Having worked with CAs for years can attest they are a good thing as they help break democratic logjams - issues where everyone knows change needs to happen but 1/6
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16 Jan 2024
How quickly internal culture becomes external comms… and *this* is why internal communications matters! ‘Free money!’ Avanti West Coast bosses caught joking about UK government handouts theguardian.com/business/202…
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12 Nov 2023
Pondering what kind of conversations have been had within and with ITV’s #Communications Dept. And what the #contingency plans are in case of boycotts against advertisers. No doubting this is a political /commercial highwire act.
12 Nov 2023
🚨 NEW: Nigel Farage has just landed in Australia after signing a £1.5 MILLION deal to appear on I'm A Celeb - the highest fee ever paid
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Our member Action Global Communications, in collaboration with our research partner @3GemResearch, has released the 'Media Navigator' report. 📊
Discover key insights on media consumption patterns and public perceptions.
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Gill at Lyric Communications retweeted
18 Oct 2023
Time spent on #Contingency planning is never a luxury. My alter ego over @LyricComms insists that I stress that you must include your comms leads from day 1 and throughout. #crisisComms #contingencyPlannjng
18 Oct 2023
At the @Solace_UK conference, @LucyGoBag anticipates Council emergency planners will be inundated with enquiries from their CEO's following her presentation today on disaster recovery and winter planning! #SolaceSummit23
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30 Aug 2023
We professional #comms souls often have to advise colleagues how, or even whether to, refute #misinformation. Try Brandolini’s law (see below) - equally handy for 100mph live interviews as for written rubbish/muddy mistakes: #StrategicComms #JustThink
27 Aug 2023
Brandolini’s Law: The Bullshit Asymmetry Principle [how to choose yr response to bullshitters] -“accounting for Brandolini’s law can help determine whether bullshit is worth refuting, you understand how to refute it better… and predict people’s behavior” effectiviology.com/brandolin…
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