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“Alison has made a huge impact in her first 12 months with Scotland’s Railway.
Since day one she has immersed herself in railway life, learning about and then enhancing the reputation and profile of what many consider “Cinderella assets”.
Using her skill and judgment as a communications professional, Alison has put trees, fences, drainage, geotechnical assets and ecology into the public eye with engaging and fun, yet clear and informative methods.
Her effect has reached across media of all types. Print newspapers, magazines, online news, chat rooms, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, even BBC TV news have all engaged with us, promoting the rail industry to thousands and thousands of people!
Each time her colleagues receive great exposure and congratulations. It would be lovely to give Alison recognition for this and a similar turn in the limelight!
It does not stop there. Key stakeholders, elected representatives and neighbours that interface with rail infrastructure across Scotland, thanks to Alison’s drive and strategic ideas, have been encouraged to engage and collaborate with us - benefiting future network resilience and enhancing our reputation.
Alison is a hugely popular figure. Professional and diligent, she is also great fun. She literally brims with enthusiasm and ideas!
What a first year! What an exceptional newcomer to the Rail Industry!!
I am certain Alison’s name will be repeated across multiple nominations.“
“Alison has taken responsibility of driving our communications across many disciplines and platforms (LinkedIn, Twitter, and National Media). She not only drives this aspect but takes ownership and helps to fill out forms and gather data that often we simply have no time to do. Her enthusiasm rubs off on others. She has managed to help the geotechnical team work streams gain exposure from technical publications right through to major coups such as Scottish evening time national news (Reporting Scotland). We are very grateful for her efforts.“
“Alison has transformed the view of our geotechnical and drainage projects from something that was known within the industry to featuring in local media, online and on national TV. Alison works closely with our delivery team to understand the projects and the engineering details behind them and uses this to best communicate the message to a wide audience. This includes visiting our sites, meeting our delivery teams, and seeing first-hand the projects being implemented. Alison’s efforts within her first year make her thoroughly deserving of this award.“
“I just wanted to send you an email to say thank you for inviting me to attend the 2014 RailStaff Awards Evening, I had a thoroughly enjoyable evening “ it was a great success. I do hope both you and the Team behind the event managed to enjoy the evening as much as me and my Network Rail colleagues (the feedback from other colleagues has been extremely positive so well done).”
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