The Comms Chat
Bringing you conversations about public relations and comms from PR professionals, journalists and industry influencers from all sectors and specialisms. Insider stories, tips, trends, hot topics, industry news and views from the world of PR.
Episodes
26 episodes
The Comms Chat with Katy and Sarah
In this episode of The Comms Chat, Senior Account Manager Chloe Chescoe spoke to our two newest senior recruits - Sarah and Katy - who have finished their first few months at Black Vanilla.The ladies discussed their career journeys and ...
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The Comms Chat with Adam Parry
In this episode of The Comms Chat, Account Manager Krista Osborne spoke with Adam Parry, founder of Event Sustainability Live, about the complexities of sustainable events, exploring the challenges faced and the innovative solutions to overcome...
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The Comms Chat with Alec Farrell
Hear from Black Vanilla's newest recruit in the latest episode of The Comms Chat. Alec joined the BV team back in September as a JAE and has been supporting both the PR and events teams. Having finished his degree in S...
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The Comms Chat with Chris Tucker
On this episode of The Comms Chat, Senior Account Manager, Chloe Chescoe, spoke with crisis communications expert and PR consultant, Chris Tucker. This episode delves into Chris’s journey within the industry, the psychology behind crisis commun...
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The importance of marketing and communications during ‘hard times’
These last few weeks, we’ve seen the latest inflation figures in Guernsey and families are feeling the pinch, but so are businesses. Over the economic ebb and flow of Black Vanilla's director, Nichole Culverwell's 30 year career, she's seen how...
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The Comms Chat with Sarah Waddington
On this episode of The Comms Chat, Nichole spoke with IoD Ambassador and chartered public relations practitioner Sarah Waddington about her latest research project. The Role of Public Relations in Strategic Planning and Crisis Prep...
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The Comms Chat: Our New Joiners
In our latest episode of the Comms Chat, JAE’s Anna and Abbie speak about their first three months at Black Vanilla. Speaking with Account Manager Chris, our latest recruits detail their experience starting a career in the PR and ev...
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International Women's Day 2023
Ahead of International Women's Day this year, Director Nichole Culverwell caught up with Deloitte Guernsey's Jo Huxtable, Digital Greenhouse's Lucy Kirby, IoD Guernsey Branch Chair, Wendy Dorey and Principal of The Ladies' College, Daniele Harf...
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The Comms Chat with Kareena Hodgson
Junior Account Executive Chloe Price caught up with Kareena Hodgson of Leaders Consultancy to talk about all things comms and leadership and how this may differ when working with the third sector.
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The Comms Chat with Thomas Stoeckle
Since passing his AMEC Evaluation and Measurement certificate, Black Vanilla's Chris Leaman spoke to course tutor, Thomas Stoeckle, about the history and future of measurement in PR in the latest episode of The Comms Chat. Thomas is a tutor for...
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The Comms Chat with Ben Veal
Committed to doing things the right way, Ben is a seasoned communications professional with a results-driven mindset. A creative and strategic thinker with 15 years' industry experience, working with household names across the technology, food ...
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The Comms Chat with Kit & Chloe
Account Manager Chloe Chescoe spoke with two of Black Vanilla's latest recruits on their journey into the PR industry while facing the difficulties of the Covid19 pandemic.
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25:00
The Comms Chat with Ben Verinder - Episode 2
We caught up with Ben Verinder about the CIPR #PRInAPandemic report which his company, Chalkstream, conducted the research for.
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The Comms Chat with Michael Davies
Michael is a Director at Roxhill Media, the leading, real-time media intelligence tool for PR professionals. With over 20 years’ experience working within the communications industry, Michael has covered the whole comms spectrum, from agency to...
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The Comms Chat with Kyan Frith
Today we are speaking with Kyan Frith of CentricalCyber; a cyber risk consultancy aiming to help business leaders move beyond ‘cybersecurity equals IT’, gain the support of key stakeholders and manage risk in a holistic, company-wide manner.
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The Comms Chat with Rob Thurner
In this episode we are joined by Rob Thurner, digital strategist and executive education facilitator specialising in Digital Transformation. Rob is the CEO of Burn the Sky, a platform offering digital transformation training to a n...
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The Comms Chat with Ben Verinder
After a short break, we are back… and today we are talking to Ben Verinder. Ben is a founding-chartered PR practitioner, a lead-chartered status assessor and market and reputation research and consultancy director of Chalkstream Limited. Chalks...
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The Comms Chat with Dr Heather Yaxley
Dr Heather Yaxley has over two decades’ experience in vocational education. She has lectured in PR, is a course leader for the CIPR as well as a published author. Heather is an expert in strategic public relations, management capab...
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The Comms Chat with Kerry Sheehan
Kerry Sheehan has extensive experience in the world of PR, data and artificial intelligence. She has been a leading industry voice on how artificial intelligence and data is used in the PR industry, the pitfalls and opportunities it brings, and...
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