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GovComms: The Future of Government Communication

Through conversation with industry greats, experts and innovators from around the world, GovComms delivers the latest insights and best practice in government communication. We provide the resources to help you, the government and public sector, communicate policies, services and regulations with impact. A podcast by contentgroup, leaders in government communication.Watch our episodes in video on contentgroup"s YouTube channel. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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InTransition 137: Sports communication in a digital age

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/11/13

Engaging your supporters 100 years ago was simply showing up and giving it your all. These days you’ve got to create and post relevant content, produce beautiful videos, reply to questions, tell engaging stories and provide frequent updates. You could say it’s gotten kind of complex. Tom Nickson is the Digital Media Manager of the Western Bulldogs, and it’s his job making sure the above is happening. From assisting and directing his production team daily, to leading his social media team to boost

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43:43

InTransition 136: How Defence is solving the...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/11/06

This week we have an extraordinary guest for you. With 30 years’ experience in marketing and a decade in recruitment for the Australian Defence Force, Pat Duffy is no stranger to the ins-and-outs of adapting and embracing change. Starting her career at Defence Jobs in the late 2000s while the internet was on the verge of becoming the beast of a machine it is today, Pat has been at the forefront of innovating recruitment practices and efficiently making the most of the resources available. While

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43:06

InTransition 135: From Commander of the Royal...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/10/30

Leading is always challenging; you need to have authority, be an inspiration to others, guide your people through change, diplomatically manage the politics of internal and external stakeholders – the list may well be endless. For those searching for someone who has navigated these turbulent waters with finesses, we have the man for you – Paul Maddison, once Commander of the Royal Canadian Navy and the current now High Commissioner of Canada to Australia. Paul has seen dramatic changes in his

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26:39

InTransition 134: Libby Varcoe and the rising...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/10/23

Libby Varcoe, Content Community Lead at the Digital Transformation Agent, is no stranger to the content world having started around the same time that contentgroup was in its early stages. It all started with a conversation she had with a fellow communications graduate in a café back in 1997 who merely said: “look, I think we need to break into this content world.” And from then on, she was hooked. Opening her own agency in 2002 called write-minded, she has worked with some massive names from around

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31:02

InTransition 133: Lola Berry on Loyalty and...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/10/16

Starting her career on Myspace, Lola Berry built an audience alongside a growing, though niche, market focusing on nutrition and health products. Though today these can be considered as standard for most social platforms, for Lola it was quite the opposite and early days for healthy blogging. Through consistency and perseverance, she was able to build her empire by mastering YouTube, Facebook, Twitter and Instagram as well as finding time to have a successful writing career. Her ability to adapt as

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30:24

InTransition 132: The future of influencer marketing...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/10/09

From increasing the sales of a major bread company to boosting awareness of a vitamin supplements brand, Matt Hurle is a leader of the pack when it comes to selling your brand. At the forefront of the rising industry of influencers, Matt is the Sales Director at TRIBE, a company that aims to connect multi-million-dollar brands with everyday people through micro-influencers. A micro-influencer is identified as an individual with a minimum of 3,000 followers/likes on Facebook, Twitter or Instagram who

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31:34

InTransition 131: What the West can learn from...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/10/02

Recorded during David’s time at the ASEAN PR Summit in Bali, this week’s InTransition podcast considers the importance of bridging the gap between Eastern and Western communications. Focusing on the eastern approach of listening and understanding, the potential for collaboration and economic growth among the East and West increases. Discussed in this podcast: Bridging the East and West Listening -> Understanding -> Speaking -> Dialogue The future of communications is in technology and the

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34:50

InTransition 130: Catherine Payne and building a...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/09/26

Social media and the digital landscape are forever changing and growing. While small brands are in a position to adapt, monolithic corporations and government agencies find it difficult to change. The other challenge is many departments are simply change adverse, or too slow. On InTransition we look at the benefit of giving your communications department more room to move. Catherine Payne, Executive Director of Digital Communications at the Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning in

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29:13

InTransition 129: Gabrielle Dolan and the importance...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/09/18

With the sheer size of the internet and the power consumers have to filter through information that appears in their social feeds it can be hard to create engagement with your audience. In the digital age there are so many options for each individual, so how do you engage them? Bouncing from our blog post looking at the importance of storytelling to capture your audience’s attention, this week on the podcast we talk to Gabrielle Dolan who has been consulting brands how to increase the ability of

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42:25

InTransition 128: Andrew Barr and government...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/09/11

This week on the InTransition Podcast we discuss government communications in the digital age with the ACT’s Chief Minister Andrew Barr. Minister Barr is a well-known presence on social media and has always been an early adapter of new technology. Unsurprisingly, as Chief Minister he operates his social media accounts personally, and is known to cut out the middle man, breaking stories online himself instead of via a journalist. This week, hear the Chief Minister on: governing in a digital age,

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35:04

Intransition 127: Osama Saeed Bhutta, Director of...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/09/04

This week on InTransition we talk to Osama Saeed Bhutta, Director of Communications at Amnesty International and former Head of Communications at Al Jazeera. Osama started out as a volunteer organiser and press officer for the Stop the War movement in the UK, which later landed him a position with the Scottish National Party as a media and research officer. Fast forward a decade and a remarkable career with news organisation Al Jazeera, Osama is now the Head of Communications for Amnesty

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32:42

InTransition 125: Meet our latest #contentgroupie,...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/08/29

This week on InTransition we speak with Petra Masinova, an international communications professional with two decades of experience spanning seven countries. David explores Petra’s childhood under a communist regime and the joy she felt when travel bans were lifted and she crossed her first international border. Since then, Petra has represented her home country before the European Union and worked as the Global CEO for Newton Media, a multinational media monitoring and analysis company. Tune in to

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36:14

Incoming CEO of the Digital Transformation Agency on...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/08/21

This week on InTransition we will listen to a speech made by Gavin Slater, the new CEO of the Digital Transformation Agency, held by the Institute of Public Administration Australia at the National Gallery of Australia. Mr Slater spent the last seven years at the National Australia Bank (NAB) focused on driving a widespread digital transformation agenda and leading initiatives to overhaul NAB's technology. Mr Slater is known for driving transformational change and responding to digital disruption

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38:52

InTransition 124: Alison Wright on crisis management...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/08/15

This week on InTransition we speak with Alison Wright, Assistant Director of the National Gallery of Australia and all-round strategic marketing and communications guru. Join us in this funny and frank account of her career and lessons learned as Alison delves into how she’s navigated turbulent times at the NGA, and why her straight-shooting style works. "I think that we deploy enormous filters [in our professional lives], I see it every day, and I've seen it all throughout my career. I do not do is

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InTransition 123: Talking to Angela Sinickas about...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/08/07

This week on the InTransition Podcast David talks to a ‘legend of the communications business’ Angela Sinickas who has been the in the field since 1974. Labelled as a pioneer of organisational communications measurement and measuring effectiveness Angela is quite renowned amongst publications such as Harvard Business Review, the Journal of Communication Management and Communication World. Now the CEO of Sinickas Communications she is a consultant for brands all around the world including Barclays,

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InTransition 122: Why governments are content-rich...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/08/01

This week for the InTransition Podcast we're delving into the archives and revisiting our interview with David Rawlings, a social media professional starting his online career in 1996. With his background knowledge in the field, David P and David R discuss challenges facing the government in getting started with content marketing and the endless opportunities the government has to publish engaging content upholding the responsibility of explaining policy and programs to the public. Discussed in this

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39:06

InTransition 121: The ABS's Kanchan Dutt on the...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/07/25

This week on InTransition David speaks with Kanchan Dutt, Director of Media, Digital and Design Communications at the Australian Bureau of Statistics. Originally from the UK and with a background in journalism, Kanchan has been in the Australian public service for around a decade now, moving from the ACT government and community services into the federal statistics agency. As a self-described "dutiful public servant", Kanchan's experience has equipped him with insights he shares with David in this

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32:20

InTransition 119: Clinton Parr, head of people and...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/07/11

Clinton Parr's job, as head of people and culture at Clemenger BBDO, Australia's largest and most successful marketing communications company, is to deliver happiness. As he describes it, happy employees mean happy clients, happy clients mean happy companies, happy companies mean happy communities and happy communities mean a happy world. Keeping in mind contentgroup's mission of helping government and the public sector strengthen communities and improve the well-being of citizens, we reckon Clint

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InTransition 118: Renee Noble on the power of data

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/07/04

contentgroup's CEO David Pembroke calls her "one of the smartest young people in Australia" and he sure isn't wrong. Our podcast guest this week is Renee Noble, a 25-year-old computer scientist who is responsible for the algorithm behind Data61's Ribit student-employer matchmaking platform. A self-confessed lifelong "nerd" and lover of all things mathematics, Renee shares some fascinating insights into the power of data, its huge potential to do good in this world and the importance of knowing your

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35:24

InTransition #117: Tim Conway on ICT, digital...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2017/06/26

Tim Conway is the founder and chief executive of C-Metrics and the Asia-Pacific director of the Global Digital Foundation, a think tank and policy network that provides an interdisciplinary framework for dialogue between policymakers, stakeholders and scholars in support of an evidence-based approach to policy. He has a passionate interest in the transformational impact of ICT and the importance of ensuring that the topic is recognised and discussed on both regional and global policy stages. Hosted

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