Want to Meet the Innovators?

Networking event run with IC tomorrow and the Independent Publishers Guild showcasing finalists in the publishing category of the recent IC tomorrow Digital Innovation Content. . . . → Read More: Want to Meet the Innovators?

BBC College of Journalism Social Media Summit: Andy Carvin on editorial issues

Round up of key points on editorial issues around social media from the interview with Andy Carvin at BBC College of Journalism’s Social Media Summit #bbcsms . . . → Read More: BBC College of Journalism Social Media Summit: Andy Carvin on editorial issues

BBC College of Journalism Social Media Summit: notes from the Cultural Change session

Round up of the first session at BBC College of Journalism Social Media Summit: Cultural Change – what elements are need to make cultural change happen in the news room. With Kevin Marsh, Peter Horrocks, Raju Narisetti and Meg Pickard. . . . → Read More: BBC College of Journalism Social Media Summit: notes from the Cultural Change session

Consultation call for BIS guidance on work experience, internships and the National Minimum Wage

Consultation call for the Department of Business Innovation and Skills guidance on work experience, internships and the National Minimum Wage. . . . → Read More: Consultation call for BIS guidance on work experience, internships and the National Minimum Wage

How to deliver newspapers safely

Guidelines from The Newspaper Society have been launched on the safe delivery of newspapers. . . . → Read More: How to deliver newspapers safely

Will there be a ‘Talent Time Bomb’ for Publishing?

In 2010, 28% of publishers reported skills gaps in their current workforce; with 64% of those reporting gaps in sales and marketing; 50% in technical skills; 46% for software; and 38% in business and entrepreneurial skills.

These findings – drawn from Skillset’s recently published Sector Skills Assessment - highlight an increasing deficit in the skills required to develop . . . → Read More: Will there be a ‘Talent Time Bomb’ for Publishing?

The Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new skills?

Tomorrow I will chair a seminar titled ‘The Talent Time Bomb: Can Publishing Learn New Media Skills?’ at the London Book Fair.

We are fortunate to be hosting a panel of four impressive speakers from across the Creative Media Industries. And the topic? To discuss whether publishers are destined to fall behind other media industries because of . . . → Read More: The Talent Time Bomb: can publishing learn new skills?