Unless you have been hiding away for several months, you can’t fail to have missed the new and ‘unique’ singing talent show called The Voice UK. One of the issues that has made the headlines was that one of the coaches, Will.I.Am (yes, you read correctly) was caught using his... read more →
May
18
May
11
“Motivation is the art of getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.”
This week the headlines have been dominated by obesity-related news stories and statistics. With a quarter of adults in Britain now classed as ‘obese’, and this figure predicted to double (pardon the pun), are shock tactics the solution? Apparently not, according to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence... read more →
May
04
It seems the UK is suffering from a severe case of apathy. Turnout in yesterday’s local elections looks set to be the lowest in years. Early estimates suggest that just one in three voters went to the polling stations. Bad weather in parts of the country will no doubt have... read more →
May
01
A story recently ran in Wired by Steve Levy about Narrative Science, a Chicago-based company that has invented a computer algorithm that can write news stories. On the phone the other day, I was talking with a leading editor from one of IT’s biggest magazines, and he told me that... read more →
Apr
30
Ferrying my son around to after school classes and clubs including maths, tennis and football I'm surprised how busy they all are seeing as we are in the midst of a recession. If parents are having to make cut backs and sacrifices then it definitely isn't on their child's activities... read more →
Apr
23
Clareville caught up with well known B2b journalist Stuart Derrick 1. What did you do before you were a journalist? I involved myself in a small way in student journalism while at university, but after that I flitted around for a few years doing various filler jobs. Journalism was the... read more →
Apr
23
How far do your Tweets reach? With 300 million new Tweets flying out in into the aether each day, it seems that everyone is gradually joining the twitterers. But are their Tweets reaching the people they want and making an impact? If not, what are they achieving? Clareville’s social media... read more →
Apr
20
This week we have seen a significant milestone in the digital world. With the universal switchover from analogue to digital TV, we have said goodbye to good old Ceefax and Teletext, our trusty information services that have faded into dust with the tyrannical rise of the internet. It’s funny to... read more →
Apr
13
With so much virtual ‘reality’ why do we want or need the ‘old’ world? Do you find that touching or holding a document, photograph, an object, even a person is reassuring? Twice recently I have been at events for which I was sent an e-ticket that could be scanned... read more →
Apr
04
When briefing clients on media interviews they may be doing, or recommending new strands to add to their PR programme, we are constantly reminding them of the importance of saying something that counts. The media warm more to organisations and spokespeople who don’t sit on the fence and who are... read more →
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