Creating space for creativity
If you need to come up with ideas, solve problems, or find a creative flourish, not to mention feel good about life, this simple thought can help...
Communigage wins UK Enterprise Award
Here at Communigage, a messaging and employer brand strategy consulting firm for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), we are thrilled to announce that we have been chosen as the winner of the 2024 SME News UK Enterprise Award for Best New SME Consulting Firm.
Sable&Hawkes design and deliver integrated Sustainability Report for Mills & Reeve
Buyers today increasingly want to work with organisations that share their values, and acknowledge that beyond profit and service, their suppliers understand the importance of Environmental, Social & Governance (ESG) when choosing their suppliers. And this includes lawyers.
The red flags of confusing communication
If you’re worried an opportunity might not be all it seems, a strange use of words can be a powerful indicator of trouble.
Cambridge, the UK’s most unaffordable city, comes together to address inequalities
On 15 April, Cambridge 2030, in partnership with Cambridge Ahead, hosted the Power of Purpose and Partnership event, bringing together individuals and organisations committed to facilitating positive change to address inequalities in Cambridgeshire.
Sable&Hawkes deliver new website for Granta Veterinary Specialists
As part of a wider brand identity for our client Granta Veterinary Specialists – Sable&Hawkes, working with Pick Digital, have delivered a new corporate website.
Handling difficult meetings
If you’re facing a tense meeting, these super seven tricks can help it to go well…
How to bring your company values to life
Visualising company values to get company-wide buy-in.
An excellent elevator pitch
If you want to engage, impress, and even inspire in only 30 seconds, you need to have a slam dunk elevator pitch. And here's how, in six simple stages...
Have you heard about Carers Leave?
From 6 April 2024 all unpaid carers are entitled to up to a week's unpaid leave per year to look after someone with a disability or long-term illness. But don't panic! We are here to help :-)
Playing a part in public speaking
Character is essential for powerful presenting, but sometimes it has to be calibrated for best effect… even when tackling cyber criminals!
Sookio launches podcast, Communication Untangled
Join host Sue Keogh and guests from the worlds of design, communications, and behavioural psychology for Communication Untangled – a new podcast exploring the many facets of communication that influence our behaviour, but often go unnoticed.
The art and impact of storytelling
Stories are the most effective way to make a powerful connection with an audience. But! Stories have to be told smartly, in particular avoiding this common error…
Treat yourself to afternoon tea at Cambridge Hospice Bistro
Book your afternoon tea experience and help Arthur Rank Hospice Charity to support people in Cambridgeshire living with an advanced serious illness or other life limiting condition
Keep your presentation to time
Presentations that go on for longer than expected can be soul-destroying.. Here's advice for speakers and organisers on how to fix it.
Government backup recommendations
Sharing insights from both our Cyber Security Audits and IT System Audits.
The SEO diaries: part 2 – content is king, but strategy is kingmaker
McKinsey’s 2022 Future of B2B sales report found that 'around 57% of B2B sellers feel the content their marketing team produces is "generic and unresponsive"'.
Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination discuss their partnership with KISS
Ruth Sapsed, Director of Cambridge Curiosity and Imagination, describes the long-term, fruitful partnership we've had over the years.
Chinese consumer tech companies’ visit to Cambridge - innovation and exchange of ideas
VR, AI, IoT, industrial innovation, just some of the topics we covered in one day – what a productive visit for these Chinese consumer tech companies in Cambridge!
Three new members appointed to Combined Authority's Business Board
New skills and experience have been added to the Combined Authority’s Business Board with the appointment of three new members.
Cyber Security standards from the DFE for Schools – Free Booklet
Grab your free booklet here below.
How to... umm, be persuasive when... err, speaking
'Umms' and 'err's damage your credibility.
Local charity doubles original planting target
Local Cambridgeshire rewilding charity, Creating Nature’s Corridors is celebrating completing its 2023/24 season AND more than doubling the planting target set for the year. The charity aims to plant 10,000 native trees and hedges per annum but in just five months, has smashed this goal by 53%, creating 1.7km of new hedgerows and planting 21,247 trees and hedging plants.
Show not tell in public speaking and leadership
You can spend a lot of time telling people what they should do, but the breakthrough comes only when you show them…
Addenbrooke’s Charity supporters have raised over £100,000 for the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital in just one weekend
Earlier this month, Addenbrooke’s Charitable Trust’s (ACT) amazing supporters pulled out all the stops with three magnificent fundraising events raising more than £100,000 for the new Cambridge Cancer Research Hospital.