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The Magenta team are PR, comms and content experts. We want to share our knowledge and know-how with you. On this page you’ll find tips, stories and  insights about our various specialisms including content production, design, crisis comms, social media and more.

7 tips for writing an award entry  

Writing an award entry is a specialist skill and can often make the difference between being shortlisted or not. Winning industry awards isn’t just a …

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Categories Comms views Tags awards, Built environment, facilities management archive, Facilities management awards, public relations
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Event planning – office Christmas party

Tis the season for all things festive, including the much overdue office Christmas party. With restaurants and venues opening their doors again for Christmas celebrations, …

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Categories Comms views Tags Christmas, event planning, Office party
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What are the benefits of employee engagement?

Employee engagement is a term that is often thrown around as the solution for workplace challenges. Before we get into the benefits, let’s first try …

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Categories Comms views Tags employee experience, Workplace communication
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Workplace communications best practice: 7 dos and don’ts

My first day back at Magenta after 6-months in full-time mum mode was emotional. I walked into the office, an experience in itself, and the …

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Categories Comms views Tags communication, office, Workplace communication
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Five reasons why employee engagement is so important

Employee engagement plays a vital role in everything from productivity to company culture. And every employer wants to retain the best people, so keeping them …

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Categories Comms views Tags communications, employee engagement, internal communications
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How to support your remote team through the summer

Summer is well and truly underway and with that comes a sense of urgency to get outside and enjoy the great outdoors before the curtains …

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Categories Comms views Tags communication, Remote work, workplace wellbeing
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Magenta newsletter summer 2021 – industry update

For the Magenta newsletter summer 2021, I’ve compiled a short update on workplace and FM. With the worst of the pandemic over, companies are beginning …

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Categories Comms views Tags conference, Corporate Real Estate, workplace
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What is a phased return to work and why businesses are doing it

The Government eased Covid restrictions on 19th July and recommends a gradual return to work. The onus is now on individual businesses to make their …

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Categories Comms views, Sector news Tags communications, Phased return to work, workplace
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How to write a press release

Journalists receive hundreds of press releases every day. As a PR professional, I’m responsible for writing many of them. As a former trade media editor, …

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Categories Comms views Tags Journalist, PR, Press release
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How can PR save the planet?

PR and communications can play a pivotal role in saving the planet. That sounds like a grandiose claim, so let me explain why it makes …

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Categories Comms views Tags communications, PR, sustainability
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As managing director of Magenta, Jo gets organisations in the built environment to communicate better with their target audience. Over the past 10 years, she has managed a number of high-profile national and international campaigns for leading brands, organisations and celebrities. This has involved designing and delivering marketing strategies and PR services that stem from business objectives and drive measurable impact.

Jo sits on the board of IFMA’s UK chapter as communications director and also volunteers for the Association of Women in Property. She has had her work published in business and trade titles including Talk Business, Professional Manager Magazine, Smart Buildings Magazine, Work Design Magazine, Work&Place, Workplace Insight, FX, Facilities Management Journal, i-FM, and she has produced papers for the likes of RICS and IFMA’s Knowledge Library.

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