Government and public health officials are coming up against a universal truth in risk communications and awareness raising – people will make their own determinations about risk using a range of information, feelings, rationalisation and historic knowledge. They’ll check in with others, assess what suits them based on convenience, perceived threat and circumstances, and act […]
Wow I’ve had a good time talking to people lately. In the name of work I mean 😊 For the past few months, I’ve been focusing on writing content for a range of clients based on interviews – both employees and product supporters. Harking back to my journalist days, I’ve had a ball planning out […]
I had a doozy of a topic to facilitate at the IABC #converge21 communications conference last night – ‘what has your government done well or badly in covid communications?’ Starting with ‘the good’ there was a crazy silence. For the ‘bad’, there were plenty of examples. It’s perhaps not so surprising when considering a worldwide, […]
Recently I went to a music festival. Not usually noteworthy, but it was a COVID-real moment; possibly one of the first large events outside footy to be held since…you know. Because around this time 12 months ago COVID19 became real. Many of us moved to working from home (if we weren’t already). I ordered a […]
This article about how to keep/instill/grow a corporate culture in a distributed work model made me do a happy dance. https://www-entrepreneur-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.entrepreneur.com/amphtml/364250 A combination of forced work from home (pandemic style) and choice (working for myself) gave me real insight (like many) and a further interest in the alignment between culture, HR, leadership and internal communications. When […]
I made the deliberate decision to move to working remotely/from home when I started my own business and began working for an internationally-based company earlier this year. Despite the forced nature, the pandemic had given me a taste of the benefits with flexibility, more time and connections to friends and families, and the ability to […]
I’ve forgotten how to travel. On a plane. Between States. I can travel 5 kms from my home, or I can drive around regional Victoria. But 12 months of home-time has dulled my air travel knowledge. I forgot to book parking; failed to check-in online, had to google what I could take in hand luggage; […]
When I corrected an (incorrect) belief my more than 70 year-old Dad had about easing restrictions and what we could do, my irritation was obvious to him. Why was he not taking responsibility for himself and his own knowledge and reading the q and a on the DHHS website? ‘Now wait on,’ he cautioned me, […]
I didn’t mean to be living back with my parents 24 years after moving out. I guess no one really plans that. When I packed enough clothes for a one week stay in June, I didn’t contemplate that I would be re-packing five months later. But I’ve seen the seasons change outside the glass doubledoors […]
Teamwork makes the dream work. Such a cliche. But I’ll take it any day. Next week I finish up with Brimbank City Council after almost 18 months as the Communications Manager of a bloody awesome team. It’s a team that together we’ve reshaped and expanded, nurtured and grown. I’m so crazily proud to have lead […]
My oh my, is regional Victoria excited to be open. Pubs are throwing up marquees; beauticians are inundated with furry faced clients; family or friend bubbles are gathering outdoors. Police are pictured in the local paper promising to enforce anyone who slips through the ring of steel. I’m a half and half; a country living, […]
What do you identify as a “good day?” Victorians may have slightly differing views at the moment because many of us are even more aware of and grateful for the small things, if we can see a little light at the end of the tunnel. But in the past few weeks I provided referees for […]