From the monthly archives:

July 2010

More BME PR practitioners – and one BME Prime Minister

by Guest July 26, 2010
More BME PR practitioners – and one BME Prime Minister

by Gabriel St Aimee, Intern at Northern Lights PR
Without intending to evangelise, PR is needed for the BME community, not just for diversity but for the industry – despite the current debate.
PR could be used to alleviate the overly saturated careers, which the BME community is drawn to. Law is just one example of an [...]

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Universities think PR exists in a fantasy land!!

by Guest July 23, 2010
Universities think PR exists in a fantasy land!!

by Mohammed Waheed, Intern at Northern Lights PR
Student with high expectations
When you attend university you think you are the “bee’s knees” and you will learn everything you need to know to be very successful in your future profession, however, not everything is what it seems.
University PR
At university I was taught all about marketing communications and [...]

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Skills 4 Work or Skills 4 Life?

by Guest July 22, 2010
Skills 4 Work or Skills 4 Life?

by Liane Clarke, Intern at Northern Lights PR
The final week of the Internship and as we prepare for our final presentations to Northern Rail, Hallmark, Bradford School of Management and Northern Lights, each of us is reflecting upon the internship and our experiences. From the beginning we have encountered a schedule filled with workshops and [...]

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Run a dynamic internship – without the resources of a FTSE 100 corporate

by Victoria Tomlinson July 20, 2010
Run a dynamic internship – without the resources of a FTSE 100 corporate

It is Northern Lights PR’s 20th anniversary this year. To celebrate we wanted to do something new and different that reflected our values – had heart, made a difference and shared our PR skills.
When Heather McGregor of Taylor Bennett told me about their Brunswick Internship we knew this was it.  We wanted to run the [...]

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Social Media in Modern PR Communications

by Guest July 19, 2010
Social Media in Modern PR Communications

by Shaheeb Tanwir, Intern at Northern Lights PR
PR & Communications- It’s a lot of things to a lot of people, but seldom accurately described. It’s a highly important, charismatic, and dynamic industry that demands the utmost respect from the world as any self respecting industry would.
Similarly, any self respecting industry is constantly at the forefront [...]

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Six tips on networking from the industry experts!

by Guest July 14, 2010
Six tips on networking from the industry experts!

by Nafisa Shafiq, Intern at Northern Lights PR
Another week of the internship has passed and this week the session that has interested me most was based on networking. I’ve not had any ‘real’ experience of networking, and Victoria Tomlinson’s do’s and don’ts have all been useful.
In general, like many others I believed networking was all [...]

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You Leave and you Learn

by Guest July 9, 2010
You Leave and you Learn

by Gabriel St Aimee, Intern at Northern Lights PR
My first week as a PR & Marketing intern with Northern Lights has just ended and WOW!!! My Student Brain is fried. I have learnt so much but it can all be summarised into one theme- getting it right for the other person is necessary in PR.
What [...]

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8 Do’s and Don’ts in an interview

by Guest July 7, 2010
8 Do’s and Don’ts in an interview

The possible beginning of a career….
by Mohammed Waheed, Intern at Northern Lights PR

The Northern Lights PR internship intrigued me and I felt it was an opportunity that was not to be missed.  The interview went well, however, I expected rejection as I wasn’t a Bradford University student but hey presto, I was accepted!! I was [...]

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