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 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…
Working from home: Team leader communications
How should you be communicating to your team over the next few months? In some states, people are starting to float back into the office, but really you never really know where anyone is on any given day. You have…
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…
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: 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…
Canberra Communications Professional Series: Eleanor Ashton
Eleanor Ashton is Assistant Director, strategic communication and regional delivery team, Inland Rail at the Department of Infrastructure. El is one of the most passionate people I have ever met. She is passionate about climate change, politics, hiking, communications, and…
Who will your organisation be post-COVID?
The world, as we know it has changed. I don’t think any of us can deny the way we work and the way we think about work has changed for many of us. As we start to plan for re-entry…
