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An online hub of resources designed to engage public and professionals with research findings
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Read moreAre you a comms leader? A policy lead? A copywriter? A UX expert? A project manager? A content designer? A filmmaker?
Read moreTime-blocking. Ever since this image (courtesy of Todoist) dropped into my inbox I’ve been looking longingly at the schedule on…
Read moreThere are so many ways to tell a story about health and healthcare…
Read moreThe single biggest challenge that faces my clients when they come to me for support: overwhelm.
Read moreA mountain of toolkits. That’s what this brilliant interactive tool from the Patient Experience Library found when it audited the…
Read moreCreative project processes. That’s what I want to talk about…
Read moreIf you communicate anything to do with health, you need to be thinking about health literacy.
Read moreStorytelling is the most ancient of communication techniques – and one I use every day to help people connect with my clients’ messages.
Read moreHere’s a handful of issues that I’m seeing often in my line of work at the moment. Any of these sound familiar?
Read moreStorytelling can save your organisation! A bold claim? Let me explain…
Read moreSay goodbye to publishing-induced headaches! 🌟 OK, I can’t completely promise that. But my new infographic will steer you away…
Read moreInteresting Royal Society of Medicine conference hosted by the inspirational Prof. Bola Olowabi yesterday on Tackling Inequalities.
Read moreWhen you’re out in nature, what sends your heart soaring: a distant mountain range or a brightly coloured beetle on…
Read moreThis is storytelling 101 but it’s so often overlooked…
Read more(And no, this isn’t an anti-editor rant!) But it is a reality check on the questions you need to answer…
Read moreDoing comms without audience insight is like diagnosing a condition without knowing about the patient!
Read moreLately I’ve found myself thinking about all my inhouse comms colleagues out there who are trying to persuade expert colleagues…
Read moreIf you ever get writer’s block, this one’s for you. Even after 25 years writing for a living, I still…
Read moreDo we need to talk about writing and shame? Fear of failure in the written word is really common –…
Read moreEver feel unsure what to include when you’re writing about something? There’s a simple answer – find out more about…
Read moreWhen you’re writing, why should your motto be ‘Action not words’? It might seem like a weird rule for someone…
Read moreMy dream is for every word written in healthcare to be strategically crafted so it actually makes a difference…
Read moreDemonstrating impact of an NHS culture-change programme through storytelling, combining quantitative and qualitative data in a vibrant publication
Read moreTackling non-attendance for surgery using social proof (role modelling) in patient films drawing on participant insights
Read moreScour the web and it’s not hard to find some pretty appalling patient information out there – patronising, unfriendly, dehumanising…
Read moreWhen it comes to producing patient information - or any communication for service users and the public - an ‘us’…
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