Don’t fix what’s not broken: Mastering the wheel instead of reinventing it.
How often have you struggled with something that feels really simple? Or spent ages working on something and thought “surely someone has already done this?” While our content might change, a lot of what we do has been done before,…
CBR Comms Professional Series: wrap up
Throughout 2020, I have been profiling local Canberran communications professionals. Initially, I thought I’ll do it for a few months. I didn’t think anyone would agree to participate. Twelve months on, 22 local professionals have put themselves out there and…
Canberra Communications Professional Series: Kate Bradstreet
Kate is a media and issues management specialist who runs her own consultancy, Kate Bradstreet Communications. Kate works between Canberra and Melbourne, always swearing she is trying to reduce her hours and slow down, but can’t help but be seduced…
Canberra Communications Professional Series: Paige Pettit
Paige is a Communications Manager at the Digital Transformation Agency. I have known Paige for almost eight years, and she is one of the most humble communicators I know. I have watched her grow from a quiet, junior communications officer…
Canberra Communications Professionals Series: Reece Cummings
New to the Canberra communications consulting scene, Reece Cummings started Zen Creative Solutions during this year’s pandemic. He is no stranger to running a business having run a successful martial arts studio which “pivoted” to online training during this year’s…
Canberra Communications Professional Series: Alison Senti
Alison is well known in Canberra communications circles, having worked in the industry for two decades and as the former President of IABC Canberra. Inspired by her kids, other communicators and recently re-elected Jacinda Ardern (who isn’t?), Alison has recently…
Canberra Communications Professionals Series: Chloe Alexander
Chloe is the Media and Corporate Communications Officer at ActewAGL. She was nominated by Samantha Lloyd at colleague from Evo Energy. She is a people pleaser (aren’t we all!) who is drawn to people who aren’t afraid to speak out…
Canberra Communications Professional Series: Astrid O’Neill
Astrid was nominated by Lisa Ranson who is a fellow board member on the IABC Canberra board. Since 2018, Astrid has worked at Cordelta as a content writer, designer and now Content Lead. She is a girl after my own…
Canberra Communications Professional series: Emily Curlewis
Emily is the Chief Operations Officer at Veritec, a Canberra-based IT company who specalises in partnering with the public sector through Microsoft solutions. I first met Emily when she had just moved to Canberra and was immediately drawn to her…
Canberra Communications Professional series: Lisa Borthwick
Lisa is another member of the ex-PRIA club. I loved sitting next to Lisa in board meetings because she was never afraid to say what she thought, her experience in communications meant she was normally right. After PRIA, it was…