Developing and demonstrating your digital communication skills whilst at university will improve your employment prospects and may even enable you to demand a higher starting salary than your less savvy counterparts.
Here's my analysis of the opportunities and challenges that public relations faces in the next 12 months.
There's no formal methodology and they’re not so much predictions as a series of stories that I've recorded on my blog during 2018.
It’s where I’m placing bets over the next 12 months. Please let me know what I’ve missed.
Facebook is a powerful form of media for organisations seeking to engage with the public. There are two billion people on the platform worldwide and 40 million adults in the UK.
More than 1,000 signals make up how the Facebook newsfeed algorithm serves 300 stories each day. It’s important for public relations practitioners to have a rudimentary understanding of how the algorithm works.
This deck was prepared for a workshop session with NHS comms directors hosted by NHS Providers in London on 25 January, 2018.
If there’s anything that I can do in my role at Ketchum to help your organisation address any of the issues highlighted, please let me know.
A Public Relations Planning Toolkit: How to build effective external communic...Stephen Waddington
This deck was prepared for a planning workshop for Future Communicators in London on Wednesday, 24 January.
It covers each of the key areas of communications planning, and includes four exercises.
If there’s anything that I can do in my role at Ketchum to help your organisation address any of the issues highlighted, please let me know.
This is an article and deck about the outlook for public relations and social media in 2018. It’s based on insight from my day job working at Ketchum.
12 months is an arbitrary period to measure change in a sector that is rapidly innovating in some areas such as artificial intelligence and digital media; but woefully slow in others such as diversity and ethics.
If there’s anything that I can do in my role at Ketchum to help your organisation address any of the issues highlighted, please let me know.
Communication and media response to the Westminster AttackStephen Waddington
Best practice communication was critical to allaying fear in the immediate response to the Westminster attacks but sensationalist media coverage must be challenged.
There was a terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster in London yesterday. Five people, including a police office, are dead, and 40 people are injured.
In this deck I've looked at the response from London's Mayor, the police, journalists, media, the government, the public, and others. It is intended for a lecture to public relations students at Newcastle University.
The deck tells the story of how crisis situations have unfolded in media over the last 40 years, as media has changed.
I've included user generated comment from social networks including some examples of hate and propaganda that you may find disturbing.
Thank you to the emergency services, NHS staff and all the professional communicators involved in the incident response.
Exploring the mental wellbeing of the public relations professionStephen Waddington
The #FuturePRoof report lifts the lid on mental health in the public relations profession, and attempts to characterise the issue, signpost potential solutions, and identify best practice.
Here are the areas of marketing, media and public relations that I’m thinking about for 2017 in my day job in at Ketchum. Let me know what you think. We’ve love to help your organisation think through some of these challenges.
Exploring the public relations agency business | #FuturePRoof | ICCO | PRCAStephen Waddington
Progressive public relations agencies are rapidly modernising. They are embracing new skills in data, research and paid media, and are investing in creative teams.
The public relations agency sector is strong. Profits are healthy in well-managed businesses, and the market overall is growing according to both the PRCA and ICCO.
Innovation is everywhere in practice from freelancers through to the largest agencies.
However one area in which there remains surprisingly little innovation is around billing models. The dominant structure continues to be fees charged on an hourly basis, albeit on retainer or project basis.
These are the headline findings of this #FuturePRoof project on the future of the public relations agency, backed by ICCO and the PRCA.
You'll find eight drivers of change in the agency business identified by this project, outlined in this report. We hope that you find it useful.
This is a planning exercise that I developed for a workshop at Thinking Digital in London today.
The Internet Marketing Workshop uses free and low cost tools to identify or characterise an audience, or public, and explores different forms of digital and social media to understand behaviour and the best means of engagement.
The objective of the exercise is to gain as much information as possible about your audience or public, and then to develop insights that help influence creative, content and channel or media decisions.
A public relations planning exercise using free and low cost digital tools to characterise an audience or public, with the goal of attracting people to visit Newcastle. Prepared for a lecture at Newcastle University.
Here are 16 areas that I'm thinking about in my day job in marketing, public relations and social media at Ketchum in 2016. As in previous years they're not so much predictions for the coming 12-months, as work in progress.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Here's my analysis of the opportunities and challenges that public relations faces in the next 12 months.
There's no formal methodology and they’re not so much predictions as a series of stories that I've recorded on my blog during 2018.
It’s where I’m placing bets over the next 12 months. Please let me know what I’ve missed.
Facebook is a powerful form of media for organisations seeking to engage with the public. There are two billion people on the platform worldwide and 40 million adults in the UK.
More than 1,000 signals make up how the Facebook newsfeed algorithm serves 300 stories each day. It’s important for public relations practitioners to have a rudimentary understanding of how the algorithm works.
This deck was prepared for a workshop session with NHS comms directors hosted by NHS Providers in London on 25 January, 2018.
If there’s anything that I can do in my role at Ketchum to help your organisation address any of the issues highlighted, please let me know.
A Public Relations Planning Toolkit: How to build effective external communic...Stephen Waddington
This deck was prepared for a planning workshop for Future Communicators in London on Wednesday, 24 January.
It covers each of the key areas of communications planning, and includes four exercises.
If there’s anything that I can do in my role at Ketchum to help your organisation address any of the issues highlighted, please let me know.
This is an article and deck about the outlook for public relations and social media in 2018. It’s based on insight from my day job working at Ketchum.
12 months is an arbitrary period to measure change in a sector that is rapidly innovating in some areas such as artificial intelligence and digital media; but woefully slow in others such as diversity and ethics.
If there’s anything that I can do in my role at Ketchum to help your organisation address any of the issues highlighted, please let me know.
Communication and media response to the Westminster AttackStephen Waddington
Best practice communication was critical to allaying fear in the immediate response to the Westminster attacks but sensationalist media coverage must be challenged.
There was a terrorist attack on Westminster Bridge and the Palace of Westminster in London yesterday. Five people, including a police office, are dead, and 40 people are injured.
In this deck I've looked at the response from London's Mayor, the police, journalists, media, the government, the public, and others. It is intended for a lecture to public relations students at Newcastle University.
The deck tells the story of how crisis situations have unfolded in media over the last 40 years, as media has changed.
I've included user generated comment from social networks including some examples of hate and propaganda that you may find disturbing.
Thank you to the emergency services, NHS staff and all the professional communicators involved in the incident response.
Exploring the mental wellbeing of the public relations professionStephen Waddington
The #FuturePRoof report lifts the lid on mental health in the public relations profession, and attempts to characterise the issue, signpost potential solutions, and identify best practice.
Here are the areas of marketing, media and public relations that I’m thinking about for 2017 in my day job in at Ketchum. Let me know what you think. We’ve love to help your organisation think through some of these challenges.
Exploring the public relations agency business | #FuturePRoof | ICCO | PRCAStephen Waddington
Progressive public relations agencies are rapidly modernising. They are embracing new skills in data, research and paid media, and are investing in creative teams.
The public relations agency sector is strong. Profits are healthy in well-managed businesses, and the market overall is growing according to both the PRCA and ICCO.
Innovation is everywhere in practice from freelancers through to the largest agencies.
However one area in which there remains surprisingly little innovation is around billing models. The dominant structure continues to be fees charged on an hourly basis, albeit on retainer or project basis.
These are the headline findings of this #FuturePRoof project on the future of the public relations agency, backed by ICCO and the PRCA.
You'll find eight drivers of change in the agency business identified by this project, outlined in this report. We hope that you find it useful.
This is a planning exercise that I developed for a workshop at Thinking Digital in London today.
The Internet Marketing Workshop uses free and low cost tools to identify or characterise an audience, or public, and explores different forms of digital and social media to understand behaviour and the best means of engagement.
The objective of the exercise is to gain as much information as possible about your audience or public, and then to develop insights that help influence creative, content and channel or media decisions.
A public relations planning exercise using free and low cost digital tools to characterise an audience or public, with the goal of attracting people to visit Newcastle. Prepared for a lecture at Newcastle University.
Here are 16 areas that I'm thinking about in my day job in marketing, public relations and social media at Ketchum in 2016. As in previous years they're not so much predictions for the coming 12-months, as work in progress.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
zkStudyClub - Reef: Fast Succinct Non-Interactive Zero-Knowledge Regex ProofsAlex Pruden
This paper presents Reef, a system for generating publicly verifiable succinct non-interactive zero-knowledge proofs that a committed document matches or does not match a regular expression. We describe applications such as proving the strength of passwords, the provenance of email despite redactions, the validity of oblivious DNS queries, and the existence of mutations in DNA. Reef supports the Perl Compatible Regular Expression syntax, including wildcards, alternation, ranges, capture groups, Kleene star, negations, and lookarounds. Reef introduces a new type of automata, Skipping Alternating Finite Automata (SAFA), that skips irrelevant parts of a document when producing proofs without undermining soundness, and instantiates SAFA with a lookup argument. Our experimental evaluation confirms that Reef can generate proofs for documents with 32M characters; the proofs are small and cheap to verify (under a second).
Paper: https://eprint.iacr.org/2023/1886
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Welcome to the first live UiPath Community Day Dubai! Join us for this unique occasion to meet our local and global UiPath Community and leaders. You will get a full view of the MEA region's automation landscape and the AI Powered automation technology capabilities of UiPath. Also, hosted by our local partners Marc Ellis, you will enjoy a half-day packed with industry insights and automation peers networking.
📕 Curious on our agenda? Wait no more!
10:00 Welcome note - UiPath Community in Dubai
Lovely Sinha, UiPath Community Chapter Leader, UiPath MVPx3, Hyper-automation Consultant, First Abu Dhabi Bank
10:20 A UiPath cross-region MEA overview
Ashraf El Zarka, VP and Managing Director MEA, UiPath
10:35: Customer Success Journey
Deepthi Deepak, Head of Intelligent Automation CoE, First Abu Dhabi Bank
11:15 The UiPath approach to GenAI with our three principles: improve accuracy, supercharge productivity, and automate more
Boris Krumrey, Global VP, Automation Innovation, UiPath
12:15 To discover how Marc Ellis leverages tech-driven solutions in recruitment and managed services.
Brendan Lingam, Director of Sales and Business Development, Marc Ellis
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Encryption in Microsoft 365 - ExpertsLive Netherlands 2024Albert Hoitingh
In this session I delve into the encryption technology used in Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Purview. Including the concepts of Customer Key and Double Key Encryption.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
Alt. GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using ...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Generative AI Deep Dive: Advancing from Proof of Concept to ProductionAggregage
Join Maher Hanafi, VP of Engineering at Betterworks, in this new session where he'll share a practical framework to transform Gen AI prototypes into impactful products! He'll delve into the complexities of data collection and management, model selection and optimization, and ensuring security, scalability, and responsible use.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
Le nuove frontiere dell'AI nell'RPA con UiPath Autopilot™UiPathCommunity
In questo evento online gratuito, organizzato dalla Community Italiana di UiPath, potrai esplorare le nuove funzionalità di Autopilot, il tool che integra l'Intelligenza Artificiale nei processi di sviluppo e utilizzo delle Automazioni.
📕 Vedremo insieme alcuni esempi dell'utilizzo di Autopilot in diversi tool della Suite UiPath:
Autopilot per Studio Web
Autopilot per Studio
Autopilot per Apps
Clipboard AI
GenAI applicata alla Document Understanding
👨🏫👨💻 Speakers:
Stefano Negro, UiPath MVPx3, RPA Tech Lead @ BSP Consultant
Flavio Martinelli, UiPath MVP 2023, Technical Account Manager @UiPath
Andrei Tasca, RPA Solutions Team Lead @NTT Data