First full week of January... it's DONE. We did it. Well done everyone 👏 But if getting back to work felt harder than usual, maybe it's time for a new challenge. We're looking for two strategic comms whizzes to join the di:ga team in 2025 - a Senior Digital Campaigner and our next Head of Campaigns & Insights. Details below and on our website 👇 💻 https://lnkd.in/d3ihfez
di:ga communications
Public Relations and Communications Services
London, England 1,647 followers
Bespoke strategy and communications advice for non-profit organisations and other good causes.
About us
At di:ga we believe in the power of language to change the world. We offer a range of services to do just that. We are a small team of dedicated strategists and communicators, who feel privileged and excited to work with organisations that have something important to say, to communicate the issues they're tackling and articulate the solutions that are so urgently needed. We're omnivorous when it comes to subject matter and meticulous about detail, but most often find ourselves working 'macro' questions of climate change, human rights, conflict, and economic development. Our vision is a fairer, safer, more just world, where everyone has the chance to be heard. And our values include truth, simplicity, justice, integrity, and equality. Among the things we believe in are the sanctity of grammar, the power of simple, direct and clear prose, and the importance of finding an author’s (or an organisation’s) voice. How we work We work diligently, intelligently, strategically and questioningly. We will always defend clarity of expression and interrogate the purpose of a piece of communication. We listen, learn, reflect and help to transform. We love helping others to win the arguments we think are worth winning. We are humble about what we don’t know; respectful of the knowledge and expertise of others; and assertive about what we do know. Who we work for We work for causes we believe in, with the potential to be transformed by better communication. Clients include Africa Progress Panel, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, CDP, Chatham House, Crisis Action, Global Witness, Save the Children, and The Bureau of Investigative Journalism.
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- Public Relations and Communications Services
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- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- London, England
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- Partnership
- Founded
- 2011
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- press office cover, media relations, report writing, recruitment advice, mentoring, media training, speech- and op-ed writing, social media planning, general wordsmithing, and strategy
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And that's a wrap for 2024! Our office is closing over the festive period, and we couldn't resist re-sharing our favourite moments from the past year before logging-off 👏 We'll be back from 2nd January, and can't wait to start the working year with a range of high-impact issues: from climate change to online safety, and human rights to anti-corruption. See you in 2025!
As the year draws to a close, we are looking back on some of our favourite moments from 2024. 🗞️ This year we got widespread media coverage in specialist and mainstream press. From launching Clean Air Fund’s flagship report into the State of Global Air Quality Funding to getting the word out about National Centre for Social Research’s six voter typologies ahead of the UK General Election, the di:ga team has been very busy! 💻 We’ve also been busy supporting clients on all things digital and social media. Our comprehensive digital audits have helped clients like Alliance for Gender Equality in Europe and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award to understand how to unlock their potential on their digital channels. We’ve also supported the likes of Global Alliance for the Future of Food Alliance with the social media launch of their podcast. 📣 Our advocacy and campaigns team have used their insights to shape public debate and deliver huge wins for clients. This year they got audit reform mentioned in Parliament for the Audit Reform Lab, and supported Oil Change International in campaigning for the US to change its position on export finance. A huge thank you to all of our clients and network for making this year so great!
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Some exciting news before we head into the new year… di:ga is hiring! We’re looking for two smart, creative individuals to join our team: 📣Our Advocacy & Campaigns Team is recruiting a Head of Campaigns & Insights, who could have a background in research, digital campaigning, advocacy or media. In this role, they’ll help cause-driven organisations to harness research that achieves tangible impact and contributes to positive change. This is a hybrid role based in London or Brussels. ⚡Our Digital Team is looking for an experienced Senior Digital Campaigner. This individual will be details-focused and data-driven, able to shape and deliver digital campaigns across a range of channels. They might specialise in a particular content area or platform - e.g. video or email - but they’ll be an excellent communicator, writer and strategist at heart. If you’re interested in working with not-for-profits across a range of issues - including climate change, human rights and online safety - we’d love to hear from you! Applications close on 2nd February. https://lnkd.in/d3ihfez #comms4good #digital #campaigns #insights #advocacy #notforprofit
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As the year draws to a close, we are looking back on some of our favourite moments from 2024. 🗞️ This year we got widespread media coverage in specialist and mainstream press. From launching Clean Air Fund’s flagship report into the State of Global Air Quality Funding to getting the word out about National Centre for Social Research’s six voter typologies ahead of the UK General Election, the di:ga team has been very busy! 💻 We’ve also been busy supporting clients on all things digital and social media. Our comprehensive digital audits have helped clients like Alliance for Gender Equality in Europe and The Duke of Edinburgh's Award to understand how to unlock their potential on their digital channels. We’ve also supported the likes of Global Alliance for the Future of Food Alliance with the social media launch of their podcast. 📣 Our advocacy and campaigns team have used their insights to shape public debate and deliver huge wins for clients. This year they got audit reform mentioned in Parliament for the Audit Reform Lab, and supported Oil Change International in campaigning for the US to change its position on export finance. A huge thank you to all of our clients and network for making this year so great!
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📣 Apply before 12 January 2025 to join Ofcom’s new Disinformation and Misinformation Advisory Committee. Find out more below 👇
📢 Join our new Disinformation and Misinformation Advisory Committee! Countering misinformation is something I've long been passionate about. I'm thrilled to share that today we are kicking off the process to establish an advisory committee on misinformation and disinformation, which will be chaired by Richard Allan. We’re looking for expert committee members to help advise Ofcom on promoting media literacy, exercising transparency powers, and how services regulated by the Online Safety Act should deal with mis/disinformation. 📅 Applications are open until 12 January 2025. Richard and I will be running the recruitment process - so please do have a look at the job description and reach out with any questions. https://lnkd.in/e49hpjws
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𝕏: should you stay, or should you go? 🚪❓ Many organisations are grappling with concerns about the platform’s ownership and erosion of functionality, trust and basic moderation. Trolling and hateful content can have a big impact on the social media teams exposed to it. If you aren’t sure whether to follow the The Guardian and others’ lead in stepping away, three practical questions to ask yourself: 📣 Who are you trying to reach? Are they still on X, and where might you find them instead? 💪 What are you trying to achieve? Is X still helping you do it? (our experience: engagement is not what it used to be) 🔮 What are your #socialmedia plans for 2025 and beyond? #X v #Bluesky is unlikely to reverse increasing audience appetite for short-form video content, particularly on TikTok and Instagram. We stopped posting content from di:ga on X over a year ago to focus on LinkedIn (hello!) and are pleased with the results. But we still support partners with their work on X, especially those looking to engage media or policy audiences. In the wake of the US election it’s unlikely to lose political relevance any time soon. Read more from our creative director Ross Haig👇
Do you remember your first tweet? How about your last? 🦤 'Twittering, apparently,' was my first essential missive from July 2008, followed by the truly insightful 'Eating cookies and feeling rather good about it.' Insightful in that I was a) a student, b) hungry, presumably, and c) yet to figure out the difference between 'microblogging' and 'banal Facebook status updates'. Little did I know then that 'twittering, apparently' would soon become a daily, dissertation-threatening but transformative compulsion. It opened doors to my first communications roles—thank you, Glasgow Centre for Population Health and New Economics Foundation—and powered a decade of coverage and campaign wins for so many of us in comms. My last tweet? That’s harder to pin down. Of course, no one technically 'tweets' anymore—not since the #X rebrand. I’d gone quiet on my personal account before then. Working for a fact checking organisation during the pandemic brought a new audience of trolls I didn't have the energy for, and even before Covid the platform had become a spikier, algorithmically-driven and generally less satisfying place to engage in conversation. Still, for years, X remained my go-to for news, updates and campaign launches. A press release didn’t feel complete without a thread, or a flurry of DMs. …until it did? At di:ga communications we’ve heard mixed reports about how engagement is holding up. ‘Marked decline’ was our experience: we stopped producing content for our X account over a year ago, shifting focus to LinkedIn instead. Diminishing engagement aside, X’s ownership is reason enough for many to step away. For others, the related erosion of basic moderation has tilted the balance. The past fortnight has seen a renewed surge of interest in #Bluesky. After wading back in myself, Bluesky definitely now feels like Twitter circa 2009. It is strangely refreshing to login to a reliably chronological set of updates from journalists and users you actually remember following—a marked contrast to the chaotic slop in X’s ‘For you’ feed, or disingenuous provocations on Threads. For anyone mulling their #socialmedia strategy for 2025, the answer won’t be as simple as choosing Bluesky or X. Ahead of a second Trump presidency X seems unlikely to lose political relevance any time soon, and at di:ga we will continue to keep tabs on the conversation and how it impacts global debate. And while Bluesky is gaining momentum, especially among the traditionally Twitter-inclined, the next big development in digital comms probably (sadly) isn’t microblogging. If I was to guess where the biggest return on investment is likely to be found in an increasingly fragmented online space, it would be video: particularly on TikTok and Instagram. So, what about you? Are you sticking with X, exploring alternatives, or have you already decided a new home? Let me know (and say hi if you’re on Bluesky, I promise I’m done with the cookie stuff - @rosshaig.bsky.social 👋)
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Last week Cora Bauer and Jasmine Chinasamy travelled to Athens to lead a storytelling workshop for the Alliance for Gender Equality in Europe and its grantees. The session covered how to: 🎯 Draw on purpose to communicate impact 🎯 Tell stories that resonate with target audiences 🎯 Adapt storytelling to different scenarios and contexts It was such a pleasure to meet people from organisations across Europe that are doing so much to push towards a more inclusive and equal future.
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We’re pleased to welcome Felix Arbenz-Caines to the di:ga team as a Senior News Associate! Felix joins us from Demos, where he led the think-tank's communications - delivering agenda-setting press and social media strategies for their research on democratic renewal, public service reform and the future of digital technology. Before that he led worked for an MP in Westminster and an MEP in Brussels. https://lnkd.in/ecT-Pzsn
Felix Arbenz-Caines — di:ga
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Your breakfast has a hidden ingredient… 🥐 …fossil fuels 🛢️ Or, as Errol Schweizer puts it, “the pulverised and liquefied bones and remains of dead dinosaurs and ancienty plants”. Yum? Congratulations to the Global Alliance for the Future of Food, IPES-Food and TABLE on the launch of their brand new podcast this week - episodes 1 & 2 of Fuel to Fork are out now. Well worth a listen this weekend and ahead of #COP29. Every Thursday a range of expert guests will dig into the truth about our food systems, how fossil fuels became the lifeblood of the food industry, and the serious climate consequences. It was our pleasure to support the team on social media launch this week. Looking forward to the rest of the series! Tune in 🎧: www.fueltofork.com
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⚠️ With just 18 days until COP29, the world must hold Azerbaijan to account for human rights abuses. Dr Gubad Ibadoghlu is an Azerbaijani anti-corruption scholar, human rights defender and environmental activist. For many years, he has exposed kleptocracy among Azerbaijan’s political elites and the country's fossil fuels industry. While visiting Azerbaijan in July 2023, Gubad was severely beaten by police and imprisoned on fabricated charges. He remains in arbitrary detention awaiting trial while his health deteriorates. We have been working with Publish What You Pay, UK Anti-Corruption Coalition and Global Witness to make the most of this significant but narrow window of opportunity to secure Gubad’s release and pressure the Azerbaijan regime to release all political prisoners.
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