We’ve become aware recently of a quite concerning double standard across Meta owned properties, specifically Instagram, with users facing restrictions (sometimes called ‘shadow banning) on their accounts for sharing what the platform considers to be ‘sexually explicit or erotic’ content. There’s never any clear definition of what is actually defined Read more
Comsteria’s Managing Director Colin Kelly shares the full story of how Comsteria came to be, what we do, who we work with and why we’ve got the edge over our competitors. Since 2012 we’ve been delivering more than 200 corporate communication training sessions to clients throughout Scotland and beyond each Read more
Editing a podcast can be time consuming and frustrating. A particular challenge is when a podcast guest runs several words into each other and sentences don’t end cleanly. This is part of natural speech patterns but presents a problem when you’re trying to lift ‘clips’ out of a sentence, perhaps Read more
You can enjoy on demand training from Comsteria right now with our blogging live stream from earlier this week. Colin Kelly presents this 2 hour session explaining how blogging can help your business, how to get started and more. This is a taster session – get in touch if you Read more
In our media training courses I encourage clients to spend more time consuming media critically. Listen to radio news, watch bulletins on TV and try to spend some time with a different newspaper each week. Developing a better understanding of what the mainstream media actually does is key to improving Read more
We love a good TLA (three letter acronym!) in corporate communications. We’re driven to make things catchy, memorable and concise. But we know we need to be careful not to overdo it. A page full of acronyms and abbreviations can turn off even the most engaged audience, open us up Read more
I’ve always been interested by the type of person politics attracts. I’ve met quite a few over the years and the majority strike me as decent, positive people, determined to make a difference to the communities they serve. So why on earth get involved in politics?! Cynicism aside, I do Read more
We’ve taken everything you could possibly want to know about Comsteria’s training and creative services and put it all together in one glossy brochure for you to read right now. You’ll discover how we started, who we work with and how we are able to deliver such outstanding results that Read more
Chris O’Shea is CEO of British Gas owner Centrica and it’s safe to say he’s OK for a few quid. In a recent interview with BBC Breakfast News, he sat on the couch and quite calmly revealed his salary last year was a staggering £4.5 million. While he didn’t seem Read more
We know that many of our clients are evaluating and exploring the use of artificial intelligence within their businesses and how it might be able to help them grow profitably. Much of the interest last year seemed to resolve around ‘generative AI’, that is using tools such as Chat-GPT to Read more