An appraisal should serve you and your goals – and workshop activities can provide the space for you to explore that collaboratively. Our Research Analyst shares a few activities to help you reflect on your role whilst imagining your progression.

So you’ve got budget, buy-in and built a team for your content strategy project, where do you now begin to get to work? Our CEO shares three work packages you need to carry out first.

What will the General Election 2019 result mean for HE content strategists? Our Head of Research reflects on some of the potential impacts.

Fundraising on social media can be really effective, but only if you have an active following. Our Senior Content Strategist shares his tips for developing a loyal group of engaged followers – and turning them into advocates.

What tools and resources can help you as a content strategist? The Pickle Jar Communications team suggest some of their favourites.

Who will help you develop a content strategy for your institution? What skills will you need in your team? Our CEO shares the key skills capabilities that you may need to assemble.

How do you begin to explain content strategy to stakeholders? Our CEO shares her secret to really getting stakeholders interested and supportive in your content strategy project.

As Giving Day approaches, our Senior Content Strategist shares how you can take a strategic approach to creating content for such a huge fundraising event.

Can you put an ROI figure on content strategy work? Our CEO shares examples of what content strategy can bring to your institution so that you can justify the investment.

Worried about presenting? Our Senior Content Strategist shares his tips for leaving an impact on the audience with your talk, with various fireworks references thrown in for good measure.

Public speaking can energise some people, but terrify others. Our Senior Content Strategist shares his top tips for overcoming those nerves and boosting your confidence before a talk.

Our Senior Content Strategist lists all the ways you can achieve small fundraising wins with the help of Facebook’s recent tools.

We share a bunch of notable Tweeters in the sector to brighten your newsfeed and broaden your network.

How do you successfully design and deliver a content audit? Our Senior Content Strategist shares key tips for your institution.

Our Head of Content shares a simple truth: we are more than the tools and technology we use to create our content.

After attending the CASE Europe Annual Conference in Birmingham, our Senior Content Strategist reflects on the top five things he learnt whilst at the conference.

Our Head of Strategy shares three key areas to make sure your content creators are well motivated and highly skilled to do the best job they can.

In time for CASE Europe Annual Conference 2019, our Senior Content Strategist recommends his favourite coffee shops, bars, restaurants and sights in Birmingham.

We’ve got our eye on a few must-see talks at the CASE Europe Annual Conference 2019. The Pickle Jar Communications team share their top picks for the conference.

Our CEO and Chief Content Strategist shares ten ways to make sure you’re looking after yourself and your mental wellbeing during Clearing.