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Blog 2 – December 2020
Our next Comma Exchange Zoom is 6th January at 5.00 pm. Our topic this time will be “How we remain relevant when we’re not in the workplace”. Philip, who has been helping with the Exchange, now has a new contract job. Well done Philip and thank you for getting us...
Doing twice the work in half the time – with Agile. EVENT POSTPONED UNTIL 2021
with Chris Crofts Doing twice the work in half the time. Something I'm sure sounds appealing to us all. But is it achievable? By the end of this learning and development event you WILL have done 'twice the work in half the time'. We promise! So how are we going to do...
Resilience and You
Last week Comma invited Jean Burke to talk about the need to build resilience during these unsettling, COVID and post-COVID times. The target audience? Those interims currently not working but wanting to feel in a good place for their next role. Jean...
Resilience and You: virtual event
Comma will hold its first virtual get-together on 16 July at 4.30 for around 45 mins – 60 mins. Entitled: Resilience and You, the session is tailored for interims who are currently between assignments and whose next career move has been impacted by...
Comma’s top tips for Virtual Interviews
How to get your best self across in a virtual interview. Interviews are already stressful enough but, for many, the prevalence of the virtual interview is exacerbating those stress levels even further. One interim recently told me she dreads any video conferencing and...
Comma support I CAN in 2.6 Challenge
Please join the Comma team to raise much needed funds for I CAN. I CAN is a communication charity aimed at children (I in 10) with speech, language and communications needs and whose educational outcomes, employability and health and wellbeing are all impacted by...
Comma Response Team is Live
Over 50 short-term, remote, quick responder, communications delivery specialists available to assist during and beyond Covid-19 pandemic. Comprising over 50 high calibre freelancers, our responders will provide remote internal/change/crisis comms delivery and/or...
Storytelling
Visual or written, we have tips on how to create a great story. No matter the medium, catching the attention and striking a cord in the audience's psyche is what makes for a great story. Here are just some things you might like to think about. Using anecdotes Good...
Somewhere to Sit & Work
Comma's quick guide to finding somewhere to stay for a few hours in London. Finding somewhere to sit and work between meetings can be a bit of a pain. You need wifi, you need the loo and you need somewhere to charge your phone. Grazia posted a great guide to the...