This week was a busy week for the comms team.
We’ve decided to start our weeknotes with a quick retro on what we’ve liked, lacked, learned and longed for.
Liked
Broke attendance records at our last lunch and learn about content design
Lacked
Join-up between projects and making room for other team’s comms help requests
Learned
The power of promoting show and tells on external Slack channels
Longed for
More notice given on our #commshelp Slack channel for translation requests
Osian here - this week I ran a 30-minute lunch and learn session all about content design - ‘It’s not what you said, it’s how you said it’
I delivered the session in Welsh with a simultaneous translator.
We had 63 attendees, a record-breaking number for our lunch and learns so far. Organisations included Senedd Cymru, Welsh Government, Public Health Wales, Cardiff University, Transport for Wales and Welsh Revenue Authority.
We also published a resource on ways to improve your content.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ii9W3m18gEk
Sign up for our future lunch and learn sessions all about user-centred design
Hi, Gemma here… it’s been a busy week with a number of staff members attending events in both Cardiff and London. We as a comms team can’t be everywhere so part of our role involves equipping teams with the things they need to have a presence. This week I coordinated our visual presence and advised on taking photos and sharing with me to then share to CDPS profiles, including relevant hashtags. It was great to see those attending tagging us to reinforce the fact we work with others 😊
https://twitter.com/katyarnie/status/1630883443746693126
https://twitter.com/watkins_anne1/status/1630989385985404930
Jo was interviewed last week ahead of speaking at PublicTechnology Live and was featured in an article on user-centred design. We shared this with a quote from the article which was re-shared by Heledd. I really want to encourage others to comment on our posts with their thoughts as it creates a sense of community and also gives us other ideas or viewpoints to share with the CDPS team. Having more thought-piece snippets to share is on my radar. If you have tips or ideas on getting others to share content, please let me know.
https://twitter.com/CSWnews/status/1630595528776982528
This week the website team held our interactive show and tell. We collected detailed feedback on our new homepage from externals including local authorities, Wales Council for Voluntary Action, NHS and Welsh Revenue Authority and staff at CDPS.