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The stunning success of Team GB at the recent Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games should be an inspiration to us all. It wasn’t just weight of gold, silver and bronze that impressed – it was the attitude, confidence rather than arrogance. When asked how their success was...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="300"] CGM managing partner Chris Green. Photo by Jonathan Hipkiss.[/caption] Hands up if you reached for your phone before getting dressed this morning. And, be honest, do you usually have a last gasp glance at inbound emails before going to bed? So here's the rub...
Sometimes the best ideas are the simplest ones. When we started our Business Media Club (BMC) in 2013 we had no idea we'd be celebrating our third anniversary this month. The BMC is still based on the three original features we began with: media training (you can...
Comedy writers Dick Clement and Ian Le Frenais infamously pitched their idea for popular comedy drama Auf Wiedersehen, Pet to ITV on the back of seven words - Geordie builders go to work in Germany. Okay, they had a successful track record as writers of The...
[caption id="" align="alignright" width="200"] Photo: FT Images.[/caption] So there's this bloke called Paul who lives on our street and who's well into ecology, supports the Green Party and is just about the nicest guy you'll ever meet. He has a smile for everyone, always stops for...
It's been a bad year for celebrity deaths – but few hit me harder than hearing about Caroline Aherne's recent passing at the age of just 52. Caroline defined much of the comedy we know and love today with trailblazing shows like The Mrs Merton Show,...
Trust the young to call it right. As post-Brexit stock markets collapsed and panic, indecision and, for many, depression, set in elsewhere - you can always rely on youth to lift you up. In a subsequent news report, fresh-faced youngsters, dashed by the understandable disappointment of Brexit,...
How to manage a media crisis is the theme of July's Business Media Club meetings. As Chris Green explains, it is an important annual set-in-stone theme addressed by the club. Most businesses believe they are Teflon-coated. Disaster doesn't and couldn't happen here. We're immune to a...
If you can indeed look down from heaven can you imagine how MP Jo Cox would feel seeing and hearing the eulogies about her life cut so tragically short. Today Parliament will reconvene to pay respects and politicians of all persuasions have already shed tears and...
I just love our Business Media Club meetings. Starting the club was one of the best things we've done at Chris Green Media. Not only is it a great exchange of ideas and offers an opportunity to provide affordable and insightful communications and marketing training, personal...
