Monica is the owner of Big Bang Social, a local Canberran consultancy that focuses on supporting not for profits. Monica and I worked together earlier this year to support the 2020 Gift of Life Walk, promoting organ donation in the ACT. It was such a pleasure working with Monica. She has such a positive outlook and is calm and patient no matter what is thrown her way. We can all learn something about that. When did you start Big Bang Social? I established my business in June 2019. What did you do before you started your own business? I have…
Canberra Communications Professional: Monica Lindemann
August 6, 2020
Riding the wave of self-confidence
If you work in government communications every day can be like riding a wave. You get great feedback from the Secretary. You have a difficult meeting. Your media release gets through two Executive with limited changes! You drop the ball,…
What would you do if you were Garmin?
Sometimes it’s easy to look from the outside and say: “well, that’s not how I would do it.” It’s not until you are in the middle of a crisis that you really know how you would react. Even the best…
Canberra Communications Professional Series: Michelle Rowe
Michelle Rowe is Director of PitchPerfect Media, a Canberra-based communications consultancy. Michelle and I have six degrees (or less) of separation with lots of common connections but we first met last year when Michelle was starting PitchPerfect Media. This profile…
Supporting your team’s mental health
Victoria has gone back into lockdown. Hundreds of people in NSW are in self-isolation. Thousands across the country are still working from home. We have been doing this for almost 120 days. If your team is still working from home,…
Canberra communications professional series: Lisa Ranson
Meet Lisa Ranson, she is a Strategic Communication Officer at Australian Bureau of Statistics. Lisa was nominated by colleague Thea McGrath, who I profiled a few months ago. Lisa’s days are currently filled responding to the orgnaisations needs around COVID…
When the words won’t come
Regardless of if you are writing a brief, a strategy, a process or some content we have all experienced it – writers block. It happens to everyone. We. Just. Can’t. Start. It is so frustrating. Writers block often means you…
Canberra Communications Professionals Series: Samantha Lloyd
Sam is one of those terrifying people that seems to be able to juggle 30 things effortlessly at once. She is the mother that makes amazing healthy lunches, exercises, crafts, works, and socialises. She is a unicorn. I first met…
The fight against acronyms
Primarily, I work with government clients. I have worked across the APS and there is one common problem. SMEs do it, the SES do it, and it drives me insane. It does matter if you are at DAWE, DISER, OTA,…
Canberra Communications Professional Series: Chris Wagner
For the latest profile in the Canberra Communications Professional Series, I spoke to Chris Wagner from TalkForce Media. A bit more about Chris… Chris spent two decades forging a successful career in communications and media management before joining Talkforce Media…
The buzz about COVID
What has occurred to me recently is how rapidly our language has changed during this pandemic. We have a new way of speaking that we would never have used before this all happened. Never in my life have I used…