As of tomorrow, my role in this office will change. I will no longer be the head of media, dealing with the press, TV, radio, agencies and online journalists that I have dealt with in the last 3 and a bit years. Instead I will be responsible for our publications, websites and digitial media, relationsContinue reading “Goodbye media, hello communication”
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2nd day of multilingual blogging
After we all had so much fun with it last year, who’s up for a 2nd Day of Multilingual Blogging? Again, the date would be 26 September and the idea would be to write your blog in a language you don’t usually use. For some this might mean writing it in their native language becauseContinue reading “2nd day of multilingual blogging”
Do you know an active citizen?
Volonteurope, which promotes voluntary action throughout the EU as a mechanism for Active European Citizenship, has announced that nominations are open for its 2011 Active Citizens of Europe award. Of course this has extra resonance in this, the European Year of Volunteering. They say: We are looking for nominations from across Europe for individual volunteers,Continue reading “Do you know an active citizen?”
#Polis11
I went to a really interesting conference on Friday, organised by the POLIS research centre at the London School of Economics and entitled “The POLIS Journalism Conference 2011: Media and Power “. It started with a keynote by Helen Boaden, head of news at the BBC, in which she talked a lot about impartiality, and theContinue reading “#Polis11”
I do love a good google Map…
…and this is definitely a good google Map. A map of the world’s newspapers, with filters by language and a search facility. Not only very cool for those of us that love infographics (I plead guilty to that) but also immensely useful to those of us working with newspapers. Apparently there’s an app as well.
Statement by EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard on UK’s long-term carbon target
”I welcome the ambitious goal announced by the United Kingdom’s government today to reduce emissions 50 per cent under 1990 levels by 2025. This is an outstanding example of strong willingness to act despite difficult economic times. It also confirms that clever climate policies are not only about climate alone; they are also about improvingContinue reading “Statement by EU Climate Action Commissioner Connie Hedegaard on UK’s long-term carbon target”
My take on social media in the Commission
I was asked to write an article for our intranet about the use of social media in London. Thought I would reprint it here, as I would be grateful for comments. There’s no doubt that social media is the latest thing in communication terms. If I had an extra 10 minutes in the day forContinue reading “My take on social media in the Commission”
Coming Week beginning 28 March
Here’s what’s on our plate next week Monday: VP Siim Kallas (Transport) gives a press conference on the Commission’s Transport White Paper Máire Geoghegan-Quinn (Science and Innovation) meets Paul Walsh, CEO of Diageo Tuesday: HR/VP Catherine Ashton attends the London conference on Libya John Dalli (Health and Consumer Protection) meets Sir John Beddington, UK GovernmentContinue reading “Coming Week beginning 28 March”
Where my career has taken me
More graphic madness today. I’m doing a careers presentation at Leicester University next week and in an affort to make it a bit more viewer-friendly, I put together a Google map of everywhere I have visited around the world in a professional capacity. My favourite is the one right at the top – Svalbard. WhatContinue reading “Where my career has taken me”
Women in the Commission
Some interesting stats have come my way relating to women in policy grades and management positions in the European Commission. I find them particularly interesting because they start the first year I joined. The first table refers to all policy grades. When I joined 23.9% of policy grade post-holders were women and now 41.6% are.Continue reading “Women in the Commission”