PR & Promotions
The aim of the PR & Promotions Committee is to promote the work of BIALL to its membership and the wider legal community and co-ordinate the official response of BIALL on any matter affecting the interests of its membership.
PR & Promotions Committee Terms of Reference
- To develop a promotional strategy for BIALL.
- To monitor the publicity mechanisms of BIALL, eg the effectiveness of the BIALL website in providing information to members and non-members.
- To build on the audit of current promotional activities to recommend additional avenues of promoting BIALL.
- To monitor events for replying to initiatives and participate in lobbying.
- To develop and fostering relations with the media, including building and maintaining the list of media contacts and collecting media pieces about BIALL for the BIALL archives.
- To proactively promote BIALL in the media.
- To develop and sustain relations with other organisations, including overseas organisations.
- To ensure that particular attention is given to coverage in all the jurisdictions of the British Isles.
- To ensure that all promotional processes and contacts are adequately recorded for passing on to future Committee members.
- To report, as required, to Council and the Standing Committee on Strategy and Finance and to provide a written Annual Report for the Annual General Meeting.
- To co-ordinate activities with other Standing Committees having regard to overlapping areas of interest.
- To undertake other matters at the request of the Council.
PR & Promotions News
Companies Act 2006
The sections of the Companies Act 2006 which came into force on 1st October have resulted in many changes to documents filed with Companies House - and have also caused some technical issues with the Companies House Direct system.
In order to assist information professionals who regularly accesses UK company information, the PR & Promotions Committee have created a page on their How Do I? wiki to pull together information on the known technical issues with the CHD system entitled Companies House Direct - issues since 1st October. This page is not intended to be a definitive guide, but rather to act as a forum where members can share information, hints and tips. The Wiki is available at http://biallpr.pbworks.com
As with all aspects of the Wiki, we welcome contributions.
If you have any questions, comments or suggestions please contact any member of the PR & Promotions Committee
Information professionals in the recession
The BIALL PR & Promotions Committee is working with CILIP Update to produce an article on the effect of the recession on legal, commercial and corporate information professionals and is looking for volunteers to get involved.
Next Meeting
12noon, 20 November 2009, Institute of Advanced Legal Studies
Members
Catherine McArdle, Chair
Ian Hunter, Vice Chair
Anne Coles
Vivian Grainge
Kathryn Hayes
Michael Maher
Sandra Smythe
Anneli Sarkanen
Heather Semple
Theresa Thurston
Loyita Worley, Council Liaison
Laura Woods, BWEB Liaison
