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Reintegrating teams - during and post COVID-19
This course is designed for people who may be struggling (or potentially will struggle in the future) with reintegrating teams post COVID, post pandemic and post furlough.
UKRI open call for research and innovation ideas to address Covid-19
Proposals are invited for short-term projects addressing and mitigating the health, social, economic, cultural and environmental impacts of the COVID-19 outbreak.
Marketing in 2020: how to survive, adapt and thrive
As a marketer preparing for the next 12 months it would be easy to feel overwhelmed or uncertain, even fearful. Here are some key actions marketing agency KISS recommends to help you survive, adapt and thrive over the coming months.
Influence with influencers
Olly Cooper, Account Manager at KISS, writes: "With the explosion in influencer marketing - the industry was worth $2bn in 2017 and is set to reach $15bn by 2022 - I often describe social media as a bit like Times Square: you’ve got thousands of people all in one place and all these brands fighting for your attention."
How ‘movements’ create an environment of change
It starts with an injustice, which manifests into anger and frustration. It then turns into a movement, which is vocalised through protests. It moves into a political debate, and then eventually a change of the mind helps create an environment of harmony and understanding – well that’s the hope anyway!
100% virtual should be the new normal
The pandemic is rewriting the rules of customer experience. But what do Covid’s sudden seismic shifts mean for marketers long term?
Recovery marketing – the big W
Of all the predictions for the shape of the economy as we recover, most analysts say a ‘W’ is the most likely and the best way to plan marketing.
Pivot – the most overused word of the past 13 weeks?
Jane Kroese, Senior Account Director at KISS, writes: "I’ve lost count of the amount of times the word ‘pivot’ has been used in Zoom and Teams meetings over the past 13 weeks! It’s very clear from what we’ve all recently experienced that many businesses and organisations across the globe have had to swiftly change their plans and ‘pivot’."
Getting to know the human behind the client
Olly Cooper, Account Manager as KISS writes: "I led my first ‘lockdown’ pitch over Microsoft Teams last month for a global tech company and I had huge reservations about the whole pitch process. Would the Wi-Fi hold out? Would the client be able to hear me? Would someone walk in and start hoovering the carpet at any moment?"
IDC transforms drug pump to deliver quality and sustainability
International product design company, IDC (Industrial Design Consultancy), has developed a Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) pump for Chinese medical company, Tuoren.
Funding available for good causes
Local charities and good causes are being encouraged to apply for funding. Organisations can apply for grants between £500 and £20,000.
£1.2 million awarded to establish Policy Evidence Unit for University Commercialisation and Innovation
Research England has awarded a grant of £1.2 million to the University of Cambridge to establish a Policy Evidence Unit for University Commercialisation and Innovation (UCI), which will be developed in partnership with the Centre for Science, Technology and Innovation Policy (CSTI) at the Institute for Manufacturing (IfM) – part of the Department of Engineering – and the National Centre for…
GWA and Duras join forces
Duras Consulting, the Cambridge based Science and Technology consultancy, today announces plans to merge its activities with long-established Cambridge based product and system design consultancy GWA Limited. The business will trade under the GWA name and aims to capitalise on the collaborative success both companies have achieved on major projects together over the last few years.
Avacta announces SARS-CoV-2 rapid antigen test clinical collaboration
Avacta and Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine collaborate to clinically validate saliva-based rapid coronavirus test being developed with Cytiva.
Think about how we think
Pandemic shows that organisational scholars need to see the world as systems of interdependent activity rather than individual entities, says Professor Jennifer Howard-Grenville.
Arm and Vodafone take a big step forward with universal CPE
Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) has been ripe for innovation for years.
bioGLOT Ventures cater monday.com as the best Agile Management Platform
monday.com is the ultimate agile software that’s as flexible as your team needs to be to thrive in a dynamic environment
Cambridgeshire and Peterborough first region in the country to roll out electric bikes and e-scooters to the public
The Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority is to become the first region in the country to roll out e-bikes and e-scooters to the public, offering the potential for fast, clean and inexpensive travel that can help to ease congestion on the roads and transport networks, reduce pollution and allow for social distancing.
HubSpot CRM by bioGLOT Ventures
HubSpot is an inbound marketing and sales software that helps companies attract visitors, convert leads, and close customers.
Darktrace Cyber AI Analyst now investigates more than 1 million security events per week
Darktrace, the world’s leading cyber AI company, reported that its Cyber AI Analyst product has performed millions of threat investigations, mimicking human thought processes to zoom in on and explore potential threats, and report on the severity of an attack.
Whiteness of AI erases people of colour from our ‘imagined futures’, researchers argue
The overwhelming ‘Whiteness’ of artificial intelligence – from stock images and cinematic robots to the dialects of virtual assistants – removes people of colour from the way humanity thinks about its technology-enhanced future.
Is 2020 the year for augmented reality marketing?
With the global pandemic forcing many physical events in 2020 like Glastonbury and the B2B Marketing Expo postponing or cancelling altogether, RCD Digital Marketing spoke to Matthew Key, Managing Director at the award-winning augmented reality (AR) agency Engine Creative about what role AR can play for brands in these times.
Study suggests embryos could be susceptible to coronavirus as early as second week of pregnancy
Genes that are thought to play a role in how the SARS-CoV-2 virus infects our cells have been found to be active in embryos as early as during the second week of pregnancy, say scientists at the University of Cambridge and the California Institute of Technology (Caltech).
Cambridge Investment Partnership gets go-ahead for new community hub and council homes at The Meadows and Buchan Street
Following extensive consultation with residents, local community groups, staff and other stakeholders, planning permission has been granted at the Meadows and Buchan Street sites for the redevelopment of the council owned Meadows and Buchan Street community centres, along with much-needed council rented homes.
‘No surprises’ approach to local lockdowns vital for businesses and communities – CBI
The CBI has today (Friday) set out six ways in which to build confidence for those businesses, local authorities and communities affected, if areas within the East of England come under new temporary restrictions.