Exciting news from the digital marketing world! Ireland has

just launched its first national Digital Marketing Apprenticeship Program, a

major milestone in the country's education and training landscape.

Spearheaded by the Mayo Sligo Leitrim Education and Training Board (MSLETB) and led by

Debbie Woodward, the interim national program manager, this initiative is set

to revolutionize how digital marketing skills are developed in Ireland.

Recently, I had the pleasure of interviewing Debbie about this trailblazing

program, and I’m thrilled to share the details with you.

Hello and welcome to Season 6 and Episode 104 of the Public Sector Marketing Show.

In today’s episode I’m getting serious. Serious about the disruption of mainstream media, attacks on journalists and the threats to our democracy.

Online hate is increasing, politicians are hanging up their political boots as it has become too much and decision-makers fear backlash and personal attacks.

I’ll talk about the challenges to democracy and the role of media, social media and the challenges governments, politicians and public sector are facing right now.

I really do worry about the future of democracy, and it is something we cannot take for granted. I really understand that people are angry, and that social media has democratised society in a way like never before. We can all have our say on any issue and reach tens of thousands of people on our own social networks.

But while citizen journalism has added a new dimension to media as we know it, we need strong and independent as well as strong state media outlets like never before.

I speak to an expert in this field, Marius Dragomir, who is the Director of the Center for Media, Data and Society.

Let’s dive in!

Hello and welcome to Season 6 and Episode 103 of the Public Sector Marketing Show.

In today’s episode I’m asking the questions:

• Are we better off at work now than before the pandemic?
• What is workplace wellbeing?
• How can we master it as employers and managers?

I take a closer look at how workplaces are changing for the better and some of the innovative strategies that organisations are introducing and implementing.

I interview Dolores Andrew who recently held a national Workplace Wellbeing event on National Workplace Wellbeing Day. As a specialist in this field, she shares her tips, tricks, and insights into how we can all be better managers and why we should embrace doing less.

Let’s dive in!