Month: June 2020

Chatbot provides new route for Scottish patients to access Covid-19 information and support

Stuart Mitchell

People across Scotland who need help and information about coronavirus can now get help using an online chatbot from NHS 24, the organisation that provides Scotland’s 111 service. The new chatbot has been developed by NHS 24 with thanks to six organisations across business and technology and is available to people via the health and care information website NHS inform, which is also run by NHS 24. As Scotland’s national provider of telephone and digital based services, NHS 24 has been at the forefront of providing information and care for…

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Cannes Lions will present the 2020 Lion of St. Mark to Mary Wells Lawrence

Stuart Mitchell

Cannes Lions will present the highly prestigious lifetime achievement award, the Lion of St. Mark, to Mary Wells Lawrence in 2020. Founder of New York advertising agency Wells Rich Greene in 1966, Mary Wells Lawrence was the first woman to found, own and run a major agency, as well as the first female CEO of a company traded on the Big Board of the New York Stock Exchange. Within its first year, Wells Rich Greene had 100 employees and $39 million in billings. By 1976 it had billings of $187…

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Clear Channel partners with Pride Inside to take celebrations of queer life to the streets this summer

Stuart Mitchell

1,000 digital screens across the UK – donated by Clear Channel – will showcase images created by and featuring the LGBTQ+ community celebrating Pride from their homes New grassroots campaign Pride Inside, launching nationwide in partnership with Clear Channel, will see the LGBTQ+ community taking over 1,000 digital Out of Home screens with striking images of what Pride means to them instead of taking to the streets. The images will appear from Monday 15th June for two weeks, with a potential reach of 10 million, making sure the spirit of…

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‘Pride Inside’ online LGBTI+ festival line-up announced

Stuart Mitchell

Amnesty International, UK Black Pride, ParaPride, Gendered Intelligence and Stonewall are bringing Pride celebrations online this year When? Sunday 28 June – Friday 10 July 2020 Where? https://prideinside.uk/ View the Pride Inside programme here ‘It’s a tough time for a lot of people at the moment. Pride is as important and as relevant as ever’ – Comedian Rosie Jones Amnesty International, UK Black Pride, ParaPride, Gendered Intelligence and Stonewall are excited to reveal the line-up for Pride Inside – a free online festival of Pride celebrations. Pride Inside – which…

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Dopper starts global movement with release of film featuring a diverse group of single-use plastic fighters

Stuart Mitchell

This World Oceans day, Dutch social enterprise Dopper released a film and mini-documentary series featuring individual wavemakers from around the globe, illustrating the power of individual change in the fight to save our oceans. The film and documentaries are part of the launch of a global movement, called the Dopper Wave, which urges organisations, companies, events and individuals to collectively pledge to ban single-use plastic water bottles. A small adjustment in our daily routines with a great impact: clean oceans. The WavemakersThe 90-second film created by Dopper’s in-house creative team…

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