Of late, our team has been very busy working on a few very interesting, challenging and exciting engagement projects.
Communications
What Having A Toddler Has Taught Me About Community Engagement And Communications
The flipside to being the parent of a toddler is the tantrums. As any parent, at any time, will tell you, there is nothing like a toddler tantrum to test your newfound Zen-like state. The best possible time for a tantrum too is at maximum inconvenience for you…
Does Game Of Thrones Reflect Real World Leadership?
***Spoiler alert from Season 5***
There’s something addictive about watching the complex, narcissistic and often brutal ways leaders go about their business in Game of Thrones.
Networking – 5 Tips To Get Started
He stands in a room full of people, nervously drumming his fingers, eyeing all corners of the room, looking for a familiar face. A stranger approaches from the corner of his eye, he reluctantly turns to see a stretched out hand and eyes piercing him with intent.
Start the Conversation
I’ve recently been rewatching an early season of Mad Men, courtesy of the arrival of Netflix. There is so much I love about it, including many one-liners that still relate to our work today. In a recent episode, Don Draper told a client: “If you don’t like what’s being said, change the conversation.”
Was the Budget a Rhetoric Blowout, and can we Learn from this?
Thanks Mr Hockey, my ears are still ringing from the oversupply of rhetoric that went hand in hand with this week’s Budget announcement – “Have a go”, “Unleashing the opportunity”, “Engine room of new jobs”
The ART Of Conversation: Take The Plunge
Don’t be scared to take on a challenge, but be ready to do so.
How communications professionals can do more with less
It’s 9am and you’ve already read the news, tracked social media mentions, checked google analytics and cleared some of your overnight emails. Your director has piled another task on your teetering workload. Then a crisis hits and you know you’re never going to get to the stuff you need to.
The Growing Pains of Social Media
After discovering internet chat rooms in the mid-90s I was amazed that I could ‘chat’ to anyone across the globe in real time on my PC. Admittedly since then my social media knowledge has vastly improved, as have my online experiences. Gentle warnings from others to ‘watch out for creeps’ put a swift end to my chat room days.
