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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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Human Connection and Relationships

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/04/26

In this episode of the Collective Engagement for Social Purpose podcast series, we chat with Prof Ingo Karpen who is a Professor of Business and Design at the University of Adelaide and Karlstad University in Sweden. Ingo is also a Chief Investigator on the Collective Engagement for Social Purpose project, with a strong interest in improving lives and systems, and a desire to work with researchers and entrepreneurs to effect positive social change in various contexts.In conversation with our host

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EP#148 Creating Impact Through Customer-Centric Design

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/04/12

In this episode of Govcomms, we are joined by the Deputy Secretary of Revenue NSW, Scott Johnston. Scott is an internationally recognised statistician specialising in economic analysis, with a history of working as a senior leader across the Australian and United Kingdom public sectors.With our host David Pembroke, Scott discusses why Revenue NSW started to focus on a more customer-centred approach.“The tension of an organization that's primary purpose through history has been about collecting

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45:54

Humility and Partnerships

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/03/29

"This story of Orange Sky really started a few years, before Orange Sky got kicked off in high school, my best mate, Nic and I went to school together and our school actually ran a food service for people doing it tough. So we had this opportunity when we were 15, to head out, cook breakfast for people, a kilometre from where we went to school who were sleeping in the park or sleeping, crisis accommodation centres around that centre." - Lucas PatchettIn the latest episode of the Collective

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EP#147 Digital Government Festival

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/03/14

In this latest episode of GovComms we revisit a conversation from the 2022 Digital Government Festival hosted by the University of Melbourne.Robert Christie, Founder and Managing Director of Propel, Stephanie Speck, Chief Communications Officer at the Victoria Department of Education and Training, and David Pembroke, CEO of contentgroup, discuss the potentiality of active participation within the digital landscape for the public sector."If you're not active in managing what you look like, what you

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EP#146 Demonstrating Impact and Creating Value...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/03/01

"Arm yourself with the evidence you need to make a case... We shouldn't sit there in our own little bubbles and focus on our communication skills only... At the end of the day, we are business people just like everybody else, and we need to act like business people." - Sia Papageorgiou.Host David Pembroke engages in a discussion with multi-award-winning strategic communications leader and Managing Partner at the Centre for Strategic Communication Excellence, Sia Papageorgiou."Our job is to build

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32:53

EP#145 Personalising Government Communications

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/02/14

"Doing that allows us to be more personalised with our communications. And that's definitely the future for us in government communications, you know? Making it more personalised. To be honest, the less we communicate the better. Because people are so busy these days, they don't want to hear from you with emails every day, or how many emails do you get every day in your inbox? It's so frustrating and we understand that. We get that feedback from customers.." - Angela Kamper A new GovComms season

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EP#144 The Fundamentals of Communications

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/02/01

In this episode, we give you a 2022 reality mega mix.We revisit some of the key conversations from 2022 with the likes of Melinda Maddock, Richard Morecroft, Tim Price, Evan Ekin-Smyth, Melanie Gibbons, Deborah Rice and Stephanie Speck.Join in one the conversation as we talk all about the fundamentals of communications. "I think we need to move away from BAU plus COVID. BAU is COVID now. There is no going back to normal. We are in the next normal and systemic complex risk that we have to deal with."

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EP#143 The View of Communications from 30,000 Feet

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/01/18

In this episode, we take to the air and view the state of government communication from 30,000 feet.With a little help from some of the guests we interviewed in 2022, we embark on a nostalgic trip down memory lane.As part of our best bits episode, we bring back some of our key conversations with guests Carlotta Alfonsi, Sanjay Pradhan, Karine Badr, Jodie Conduit, Patrick Kidd and Sharyn Rundle-Thiele."Citizens actually look at the government as unitary. They don't understand or necessarily care

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EP#142 The 2023 Fast Forward

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2023/01/03

Wanting to look at the crystal ball of communications?In this special episode we dive into the future of communications.David Pembroke, CEO and Founder of contentgroup, who hosts the podcast regularly, sits down with long-time friend Andrew Bell. As they fast forward to 2023, they discuss what may be next for government communications."The ambition for communication inside government and the public sector should be to better explain and better listened to people such that there is a greater

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EP#141 The 2022 Rewind

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/12/28

As we come up to the end of the year, host of the GovComms podcast, David Pembroke, reflects on the year that was.Taking the guest chair for a change, David chats with old time friend Andrew Bell about all things 2022. With the help of some of the key interviews from the GovComms podcast, the pair discuss the highs and lows that the communications space has experienced this year."I think with the benefit of hindsight, we are going to look back on this last 12-month period as a bit of a tipping

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39:55

EP #140 The Making Of The World's Most...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/12/14

"In 2019, this department of customer service [was] created. And I think the mission at the time that we were set was to make New South Wales the world's most customer-centric government. And that's the mission that we're on." - William MurphyWe are wrapping up our interviews on a high note with a jam-packed episode of inspiration featuring William Murphy, NSW Government's Deputy Secretary for Customer Delivery and Transformation.Host, David Pembroke, chats with William about some of the key changes

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39:48

A Whole-Of-Systems Approach to Tackling Obesity

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/11/30

"Our collective governance has evolved over time... based on what we've learned and what the opportunity is and who's involved. So, it's never a static thing... We're always open to going, "Oh, this is how we should pivot," or, "This is how we should reframe what we're about," ... we're looking at ... bringing new people to the table to help us think about how we can get more impact." - Tiffany Petre In the latest episode of the Collective Engagement for Social Purpose podcast series, we chat with

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36:44

EP #139 Clarity Over Cleverness

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/11/16

In the GovComms chair this week is the Director of Communication with Cushman & Wakefield, Ben Roberts. Ben is an experienced strategic communication expert with comprehensive experience in the Australian Public Service and in the Australian Defence Industry.A Navy veteran, Ben has spent the last several years in senior communication roles in the Defence industry and prior to that he was a senior speechwriter in the public service where he wrote for Ministers, agency heads, the Senior Executive

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EP#138 How to Train your Political Animal

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/11/02

"When you're in a meeting... you've got the opportunity to observe, [so] take the minutes of the unspoken. The unspoken in where people sit, what the body language is like, who's talking the most, who's chairing and why, who are they listening to? There are power dynamics in every relationship, especially where we come together as strangers to get things done." - Melinda MaddockIn this episodes of GovComms we are lucky to be joined by the author of the book How to Train Your Political Animal; A

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Ep#137 Change 2022

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/10/07

In this episode of GovComms we discuss all things Change 2022. Change is an annual event that is tailored to individuals who are focused on achieving measurable change that benefits people, communities, and the planet.During the 2-day conference, you will learn from people with a track record of delivering positive health, environment and social change. You will network, collaborate with and learn from a wide range of people offering their own experience in delivering policy, practice and behaviour

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35:09

What We Found: Collective Engagement For a Social...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/09/21

In a new series for GovComms we will be going along for the ride to follow the journey of the University of Adelaide's latest multi-year, multi-phase research project, which is called Collective Engagement for Social Purpose.For this new series, we will regularly be joined by Dr. Taylor Willmott and Professor Jodie Conduit, who are from the university's business school.In this weeks episode, we catch up with Jodie and Taylor to discuss some their key findings so far.As a recap, the project emerged

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EP#136 Reputation Management

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/09/07

"Reputation management is not just communication, but for our team, it means not over promising and under delivering." - Evan Ekin-SmythThe final four principles are discussed in part two of our conversation with Evan Ekin - Smyth, Director of Media and Digital Engagement at the AEC.Evan also discusses some of the strategies the AEC uses to stay ahead and on top of the narrative in this episode."A lot of the operation of the command centre was about operational delivery, but we have a little media

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EP #135 It's All About Tone - Australian Electoral...

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/08/22

The Australian Electoral Commission (AEC) played an important role in keeping the recent Federal Election in Australia on track.Our latest two-part series features Evan Ekin-Smyth, director of media and digital engagement at the AEC. Starting at the beginning, host David Pembroke,CEO of contentgroup,walks with Evan through the early stages of his career."I think you spend, I don't know how much it is, but half of your waking time at work. If you're not doing something that you enjoy, you're probably

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EP #134 The Key To Captivating Your Audience

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/08/03

"If you did something that wasn't risky and no one even looked at it, what was the point? I don't think it's successful communication. It might be good internally...but if you're actually thinking about who you're communicating with and what you did no one saw and no one interacted with, I don't think that's worth it.' - Tim PriceOn this weeks episode of GovComms, host and CEO of contentgroup, David Pembroke, is joined by Tim Price the new digital content and social media manager at the Federal

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EP# 133 The Art of Accessible Content

GovComms: The Future of Government Communication ·

2022/07/20

"There are so many opportunities to make sure that every element of what we do is actually usable and accessible. And I don't mean just accessible in terms of being able to be accessed by screen readers and that sort of thing, but accessed and understood by the general public generally is a challenge." - Deborah RiceOn this weeks episode of GovComms, Deborah Rice, Content Strategy & Editorial Lead at Office of the eSafety Commissioner, chats with CEO and Founder of contentgroup, David Pembroke

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