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How to understand and work with journalists

Understanding how the media works and the pressures it is under can help you build stronger relationships with journalists.

How to put membership engagement into practice

How do you keep members engaged through the good times so they are ready when you ask for a bigger commitment?

Want to manage risk and avoid a comms crisis?

Are you prepared to defend your organisation's greatest asset - its reputation? Preparation is the key to averting a crisis or turning a challenge into an opportunity. Here Vic Barlow, Agenda co-director, explains how we can help.

Five common communications pitfalls

What are the common issues that hinder successful communications? Read on to find out...

The power of men: Subverting the rules of the patriarchy

In a recently published blueprint for dismantling the patriarchal structures that exist in fundraising, Agenda co-director, Becky Slack, laid out the narratives that are needed to engage more men in the gender equality movement.

Breaking barriers: Engaging men in the journey towards gender equality

In a recently published blueprint for dismantling the patriarchal structures that exist in fundraising, Agenda Co-Director, Becky Slack, laid out the narratives that are needed to engage more men in the gender equality movement.

CLOSED: Comms and PR Associate – freelance, part-time, flexible working

Are you an European-based, well-organised and confident communicator who knows what makes a good story for the media and can write engaging copy that inspires action?

CLOSED: Virtual Assistant – freelance, part-time, flexible working

Are you an exceptionally-organised individual who can solve problems, juggle multiple, often changing, priorities and deliver high-quality accurate work?

Harmful frames and patriarchal gains: How stereotypes reinforce gender inequalities

In the first of three blogs about how to help men in fundraising become better allies to women, Becky Slack explores the role of stereotypes in reinforcing gender bias

How to win friends and influence people

Where do you start with knowing your audiences and their motivations, asked Vic Barlow at our event, Understanding People

Why audience insight without strategic bravery is worthless

There’s one thing they don’t tell you about strategy: When you present a strategy, people will look at you as if you’re mad, says Joe Morrison

Why we need to work with people’s self-interest if we want to achieve social justice

Is the way in which we communicate about diversity and discrimination hindering progress, asked Becky Slack at our event, Understanding People