Gill at Lyric Communications

Powerful comms consultancy run by @gill_kirk MCIPR, FRSA. Local or global, cross-silo and above expectations. But in any direction, always good.

[Victoria Derbyshire @vicderbyshire]

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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[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

“Never interrupt your enemy when they’re making a mistake”. Napoleon said it & it’s a universal rule for campaigning, military and otherwise.

[Kathleen Christie FRSA @kathchristie3]

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 🙏

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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

[Adam Payne @adampayne26]

'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

https://t.co/q98YikLOJ2

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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

[Gill Kirk @gill_kirk]

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*.

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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? https://t.co/9BUQ3JW8ZO

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

“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

[Anna Powell-Smith @darkgreener]

Very useful advice from @Kinsellas on what to do if you get a SLAPP letter. https://t.co/XfbuxYwCZR cc @ukaccoalition

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

This matters to all of us-

[Gill Kirk @gill_kirk]

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

[Harvard Business Review @HarvardBiz]

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. https://t.co/1wdOQxbpuo

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

This is exhausting- journalists, editors, please! #Accuracy #Professionalism

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

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.

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

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.

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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:

[Celia Richardson @CeliaRichards0n]

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.

[Chartered Institute of Public Relations @CIPR_Global]

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[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

Phew. Busy days but glad @CIPR_Global keeps me on track!

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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.

[stellacreasy @stellacreasy]

🧵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

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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 https://t.co/kfG3TdXgSq

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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.

[Politics UK @PolitlcsUK]

🚨 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

[PRCA @PRCA_HQ]

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.

📚 Find out more: https://t.co/Q6BaogQdor

[Gill Kirk @gill_kirk]

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

[Gill at Lyric Communications @LyricComms]

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

[Gill Kirk @gill_kirk]

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” https://t.co/ftzPy5GL9l