I was meant to have Monday as annual leave, not for any specific reason just that time of year to use it up. But there was so much I needed to do, so cancelled the leave but kept the diary as out of office. Bliss! Managed to write the reports…

No weeknotes last week, sorry about that. Bit of post Kansas recovery and jetlag and a very hectic week meant that by the time I reached Friday I didn’t have any words left in me! So to play a bit of catch up over the last couple of weeks. It…

I’ve been dying to say it all week. I’ve a feeling we’re not in Kansas anymore…. I have been privileged this week to go to Kansas City in the USA for the GMIS Conference, as part of the International work that Socitm does, as part of my Presidency. What a…

So I ran out of time last week with the weeknotes hence the radio silence Part of the draft was about Brighton Pride that I went to the other weekend, mainly to see Steps to be honest (yes potentially sharing too much through the weeknotes now). However, the importance of…

A four day week this week which has been nice. Out in the camper again last week which was nice but the weather didn’t really agree with that, but so nice to spend some time away in the countryside and perhaps a lemonade or two, very chilled. Tuesday was at…

Just to confirm following last time’s week notes that it wasn’t camping as such that I was doing last week but away in the camper van. I definitely don’t do roughing it. Back into it over the last couple of weeks, although a four day week last week so not…

A strange week this week as it is a week at work, sandwiched between two weeks of holiday — so have tried to catch up from the previous one and prepare for the next one as well as doing a couple of weeks worth of work in the same time…

Well it’s official — I am now President of Socitm. What an amazing couple of days it has been. A packed agenda with great speakers and great content. A real mix of delivery approaches as well to keep it fresh and relevant — presentations, workshops, table exercises, panel sessions as…

Final preparations being made for President’s conference next week so have had a number of meetings around that. Will of course thank the team next week but a massive team effort to get some amazing speakers, some great sessions, amazing networking and pulling all the logistics together for such an…