Tag <span class=Twitter" src="https://cleareurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/cropped-News.jpg">

Tag Twitter

The Roaring Twenties: A New Decade of Social Media

Tags: , , , , , , , News, Social Media No comments
featured image

This past decade, we have witnessed firsthand what social media is truly capable of – the good, the bad and the incredibly ugly – and it’s been a wild ride from start to finish. 

The second decade of the 21st century was the first in which social media became intricately woven into our everyday lives. So, with a new decade upon us, where do we go from here?

Read More

In Social Media We (Don’t) Trust

Tags: , , , , , , , News No comments
featured image

In a post-Cambridge Analytica world, can we still rely on Facebook and friends?

Loss of trust is a powerful thing. Once it’s gone, it’s nearly impossible to get back. Yet, the last few years have shown that social media platforms don’t prioritise users’ trust at all.

Social media, once a place to share life updates and cute animal videos, has become something more insidious, more toxic than any of us could have imagined. 

Read More

November Newsletter

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , News No comments
featured image

We’ve completely revamped our social media workshops, adding new ones on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and rejigging our popular courses on Mastering Social Media, Drafting a Digital Strategy and Social Media Campaigning.

Learn more about how we can help you reach your digital communication goals here. Read More

Are you ready for the social media revolution?

Tags: , , , , , News No comments
featured image

NEW SOCIAL MEDIA COURSES NOW AVAILABLE

We’ve completely revamped our social media courses to make them more practical and platform-focused.

In addition to new trainings on using Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn professionally, we’ve rejigged our popular courses on Mastering Social Media and Drafting a Digital Strategy. And in the run-up to the European Parliament elections we’ve refashioned our Social Media Campaigning coaching to focus on politics and policymaking.

We hope to see you at one of our tailor-made courses soon.

Read More

Trainer Profile: Jelle Annaars

Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , News No comments
featured image

Jelle Annaars has worn many hats in the communication industry. Originally a copywriter and content marketer, Jelle fell into media training by chance. Asked to fill the shoes of a colleague who ran media trainings for Voice, Jelle never looked back and has hosted that same training session more than ten times since. In March 2016, Jelle was awarded an honourable mention in the Gouden Veer competition, which recognises best-practice in Belgian communication. He has also created copy for BNP Paribas and the European Parliament and was the first Copyblogger Certified Content Marketer in the Benelux. Jelle is excited about the future of a smarter media training industry and wants to help clients understand how they can use social media and blogs to advance their business. When he’s not conducting trainings himself, Jelle often finds himself attending trainings on media training.

Read More

Trainer Profile: Jon Worth

Tags: , , , , , , , , News No comments
featured image

Our social media trainer Jon Worth is a former UK civil servant who taught EU policy making for the British government and now works with EU institutions and other clients to help them improve their social media strategies, web writing and online policy advocacy. He has written columns for POLITICO Europe, The Guardian and the World Economic Forum and has been blogging about EU affairs for over a decade. Jon lives in Berlin, but makes speeches, presentations and runs courses across Europe. He also teaches at the College of Europe in Bruges, the University of Maastricht and the University of St. Gallen. Read More

Next Course: Mastering Social Media 21/10

Tags: , , , News No comments
featured image
Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and blogs have become vital tools for doing business and public affairs in Brussels. But do you know how to make the most of these platforms to influence policy makers and contribute to the EU debate?

Our next open course on October 21 will focus on how to master social media professionally and will be lead by renowned blogger and online communications consultant Jon Worth. By the end of the workshop you will be able to identify where discussions important to you and your organisation are taking place online, develop a strategy to fit social media into your overall communications planning and understand the main pros and cons of different platforms such as Twitter, blogs, Facebook, LinkedIn, Google+, Flickr and Youtube. Read More

Mastering Social Media

Tags: , , , , , , , , News No comments
featured image

We held our first open course on social media skills on October 8, with the Maastricht-based American media trainer Becky Castle Miller giving our 15 participants many useful tips on how to make the best professional use of Twitter, Facebook, Linkedin and other social media channels.Becky talked participants through different strategies for creating and managing their social media tools, using examples of how – and how not – to communicate online. But more than that, she gave participants the keys to creating an individually-tailored Social Media Action Plan – how to set goals, formulate messages and analyse audiences properly. Read More