Btw I would love to know what the players really think…

All the cup runs this year have been a distraction that have detracted from our main goal

I hear you. Just would hate for him not to succeed because I know how much he cares and wants it. I’m going in Wednesday but I’d rather we throw away the champs league to focus on winning the prem again. The champs league is obvs a step too far for this team at the moment…

Maybe we are just exhausted? Too many games - basically every three days and travel required too. Takes its toll

But let’s remember where we were when he came in. He single handedly turned the club around. A better striker and Zubi replaced or playing like we know he can and all would be good. What worried me today was the panic and lack of passion. Is that on mikel? Maybe it’s on us, the fans?

🤣 many tears over the years but many good times too. And more to come! 🔴⚪️💪

1st match 20 Nov 1976 vs Norwich city in the old 1st division. I was 8. We went 1-0 down and I burst into tears. But we came back and won 2-1 :-)

1973 - Parents went on holiday. Left me and brother with friends for a few days. Came back with two bags held out in their hands. Older bro got 1st choice. His had a Chelsea pendant. Mine had an Arsenal one. Rest is history! Sliding doors moment 😉 Mighty glad it worked out 🤣

As 2025 closes, I’m reflecting on where PR is heading. I’ve written a post with thoughts from NYC. I hope it contains some useful thoughts to guide your plans in 2026. If the CommsClarity team can help, please let us know.

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Simon Baugh explaining the GCS’s customised AI tool Assist and how it’s focussed on best practice, including OASIS and AMEC’s Barcelona Principles. Last week it received over 20,000 queries #prcaconf25

#prcaConf25 kicks off with @prca-hq.bsky.social CEO Sarah Waddington in conversation with Simon Baugh, CEO of Uk Government’s Government Communication Service

Great to be at #PrcaConf25. WiFi password anyone? Attached. :-)

I was worried about how off the pace benny blanco looked. Hope he’s soon back on it as he’s one of my favourites. Martin was immense, appearing everywhere.

FIR Interview: Richard Bagnall on the Barcelona Principles 4.0 YouTube video by For Immediate Release

Watch @nevillehobson.xyz & @shelholtz.bsky.social in conversation with @richardbagnall.bsky.social on YouTube:

📏 What the #BarcelonaPrinciples 4.0 aim to fix
🧭 Why #AVE is still around
📣 How to shift the mindset on comms measurement

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#AMEC #Measurement

Outcomes Over Optics: Breaking Free from AVE and Vanity Metrics AVE and vanity metrics still haunt PR dashboards, despite years of critique. In this post, I reflect on the FIR Interview with Richard Bagnall and why a generational shift may be needed to change the ...

Why is #AVE still showing up in PR reports in 2025? In my latest post, I reflect on the FIR interview with AMEC’s @richardbagnall.bsky.social and the deeper problem of vanity metrics in comms. We need a mindset shift, not a new dashboard.

📝 Read: bit.ly/40ALILc

#measurement #AMEC #FIRpodcast

Barcelona Principles 4.0 graphic

𝗣𝗥 𝗘𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗱: 𝗕𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗰𝗶𝗽𝗹𝗲𝘀 𝟰.𝟬 – 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗲, 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘄 & 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝗣𝗥 𝗯𝘂𝘆𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝘁𝗼 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗺 bit.ly/3Tg3EH8
Thanks to @richardbagnall.bsky.social @johnaburke.bsky.social & #TeamAMEC for a great update to this global gold standard for #communication measurement & evaluation 👏 🙂
#PR

It was fantastic to speak with @nevillehobson.xyz and @shelholtz.bsky.social recently & record an FIR: For Immediate Release podcast on all things related to PR measurement best practice and AMEC’s newly refreshed Barcelona Principles. Released today, would love your thoughts, details below 👇

PR obvs… sorry about the typo! 🤦🏻‍♂️

AMEC Global Summit To Focus On "Reputation, Reliability And Results" The global communications data, measurement and evaluation conference will be held next month in Vienna.

Will you join the world’s top or and comms evaluation experts at the AMEC summit in June? @sparklypinchy.bsky.social has a great preview in @provokemedia.com - hope to see you in Vienna! www.provokemedia.com/latest/artic...

Analysis = Facts + Interpretation If you fail to show us the facts, it’s difficult to accept your analysis. While it’s tempting to simply share an interpretation of what’s happening, credibility and persuasion are…

Another great short to the point post from Seth Godin today - Analysis = Facts + Interpretation. Let's make sure we measure the right things to source the facts, and then use our skill, intuition and critical thinking to add informed interpretation. seths.blog/2025/01/anal...

My sympathies go out everyone in LA coping with multiple fires. The footage coming out of the area is harrowing. I was fortunate to visit LA last October and hiked in the Pacific Palisades with dear friends. To imagine the area now destroyed is heartbreaking. 💔

The problem with marketing puffery It costs more than you think. Last month, I hit the old stock on the Avery labels in my office cabinet. I had a bunch of things to send out, and off they went. It turns out, who knew, that old labe…

In an ever more competitive world, the pressure to ramp up marketing claims about our products and services become greater and greater. @sethgodin.bsky.social has some great cautionary words about the importance of keeping it real: seths.blog/2025/01/the-... Can you see through the puff?

BBC News - Scams & Scandals, Captain Tom: What Went Wrong? The story behind the remarkable downfall of Captain Tom’s fundraising family.

Many congratulations to BBC investigative reporter @jonironmonger.bsky.social on the national broadcast of his excellent documentary "Scams & Scandals. Captain Tom: What Went Wrong?" on BBC2. I was thrilled be included sharing story virality insights. Catch it here: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

CIPR’s Jon Gerlis Addressing the 18th Corporate Communications Conference in Athens, 12the December 2024.

CIPR president elect and Curzon PR ceo Farzana Baduel addressing the 18th annual Corporate Communications Conference in Athens, December 12th 2024

Polpeo CEO, and crisis comms expert, Kate Hartley addressing the 18th annual Corporate Communications Conference in Athens, December 12th 2024

What’s almost as good as being in Greece on holiday with the fam? Being in Greece with 3 #PR and #comms professionals that I hugely admire all crushing their presentations at the excellent #ccc24 Congrats @farzanabaduel.bsky.social @katehartley.bsky.social @jrgerlis.bsky.social

Thank you Jon, super kind of you to say

Thank you Farzana, that’s so kind of you to say.

Richard Edelman: Omnicom’s IPG acquisition is marketing’s fourth ‘big bang’ Omnicom’s acquisition of rival holding company Interpublic Group marks the fourth “big bang” in the history of the agency business, according to Edelman CEO Richard Edelman.

“The PR industry is going to have to prove that it has tangible results. It's not enough to have clips or other things. You have to sell stuff or improve reputation in a quantitative way. We have to be tangible.” Richard Edelman commenting on Omnicom's IPG aquisition www.prweek.co.uk/article/1897...

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Hi Kate! 👋

Are we taking off here then? Hope so as Twitter is so dead and I need a new home. Say hello if you’re here and work in PR and Comms. I’d love to connect and keep the conversation going…