Everyone I speak to lately is ready to say goodbye to 2020 and welcome new opportunities in 2021. If you're looking to challenge yourself in 2021 joining the IABC Canberra Board could be just the thing! Serving on the IABC Canberra Board helps grow your professional skills, build your personal network, and provides an opportunity to contribute to the communication profession not just in Canberra but across the world. We are looking for experienced communication professionals who have dive..... Read more »

By Juliette Taylor, creativeXpeople It used to be a creative’s dream. Break free from the shackles chaining you to the desk to get outside and let your creativity run wild. Brainstorm at the park. Ideate in a cafe. Write scripts from your own couch. Get out of the stifling four walls of the office and get the creative juices flowing in a new environment. It was the perfect formula for thinking outside the box. And to most, a mere dream of an alternate reality. Then, all of a sudden, it ..... Read more »

Hear from Peter Rekers, one of Australia’s leading experts in crisis management. Video from our webinar on 11 June 2020: Are you crisis ready? webinar recording ..... Read more »

'Friends, Romans, countrymen – lend me your ears!' Like Mark Anthony exclaims in Shakespeare’s oft-quoted Julius Caesar, the function of communications is often diminished to a one-way exercise. Whether it be the presidential candidate waxing lyrical at the lectern, or the young revolutionary calling his fellow citizens to arms from a soap box styled pulpit – the focus is on message transmission. But what if that was only half the picture? If you were to ask a layman to des..... Read more »

The Isentia team in Canberra was part of the Press Gallery Budget lock up and attended the Budget lock up press conference given by Treasurer The Hon. Josh Frydenberg MP and Minister for Finance, Senator the Hon. Mathias Cormann. Read the full summary of Budget-related media activity on the Isentia blog. The Isentia team based in Canberra ..... Read more »

IABC Canberra President Amanda Dennett sat down with David Pembroke for the GovComms podcast about social media in government, digital experiences at the Australian War Memorial, and how we're supporting communication certification.  https://contentgroup.com.au/govcomms/ep74-creating-a-digital-experience-with-amanda-dennett/ ..... Read more »

Hear from Jason Perelson, Creative Director from Synergy, about AI technology and communications. Video from our webinar on 27 August 2020: Trust in AI...? webinar recording ..... Read more »

Working to ensure university fee equality for communication, arts and humanities students across Australia Australian chapters of the IABC have joined the Australian Communications Advocacy Group (ACAG) to support university fee equality. IABC chapters representing communication professionals in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Victoria are proud to partner with the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA) and the International Association o..... Read more »

If I had a dollar for every time I’ve read the term ‘business as usual’ this quarter, I could probably fund a 2021 arts degree. It seems the world is repeating it, like an affirmation, craving stability after a record run of challenging circumstances. Now that you’re here, this is about sustained crises and the attention economy. I wonder if you’d still have clicked onto this page if it had COVID-19 in the title. The new decade has been marred with sustained crises..... Read more »

How’s everyone doing? I’ve really struggled at times over the last few weeks and I’m sure I’m not alone. While restrictions are lifting I think it is going to be a long time before things will return to pre-COVID conditions. How will I survive the long, dark cold Canberra winter without a trip to Thailand in July to look forward to? I am aware this is a First World problem but knowing I have that trip to look forward to makes winter somewhat bearable, well that and an electric..... Read more »