As part of our commitment to the IABC NSW community we promised we would deliver a strategy session this side of Christmas for our members. The IABC NSW experience survey helped set the foundation for our strategy session.

Jacquie Fegent-Mcgeachie led a workshop for our chapter on the Climate of change: Corporate responsibility the new strategic imperative. Jacquie reflects on the key themes and outcomes from the workshop – a sold out event and one of four member-only workshops the chapter has hosted this year.

The CMO and Communication Director of Microsoft Australia, Pip Arthur, is a good storyteller. Mark Woodrow retells her presentation to IABC NSW at the Microsoft Technology Centre.

Our VP Kieran McCann shares the recommendations, you the community, have told us we need to improve via our experience survey.

The Annual General Meeting of the NSW Chapter of the International Association of Business Communicators will be held at 6.00pm, 3 December 2019.

Engaging. Affordable. Popular. Measurable. There’s a lot to like about podcasts. No wonder tickets sold out for the recent podcasting workshop we delivered for NSW members of the International Association of Business Communicators.

At the start of the year the IABC NSW board held our annual strategy day and agreed that we would check back in after six months to revisit the strategy and see how we were tracking. Our vice president Kieran McCann shares our 6 month update.

Our VP Kieran McCann and 24 IABC NSW attendees took part in a sold out members only workshop on mental toughness and resilience. Here Kieran reflects on the morning spent with facilitators from Phuel and the IABC NSW member community.

Ever wondered what it’s like to join 1,300 global communicators at IABC World Conference?

Thank you to Salt & Shein for generously hosting IABC NSW members at their Corporate Affairs Summit (CAS) networking drinks recently.

There was plenty of interest in Artificial Intelligence (AI) from IABC members in Sydney, with a fully booked session led by Jo Curkpatrick and Lee Hopkins of Better Communication Results and hosted by PwC on Monday 13 May.

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the latest big disruptor. Are you prepared? You had better be, because it is here. No time to think, we need to be doing…

It isn’t often that you are awarded a scholarship to attend a leadership conference in the USA! However, this is where I found myself a few short weeks ago at the IABC’s annual Leadership Institute in Long Beach, California.

Karina Keisler doesn’t shy away from a tough gig – be it addressing reputational damage or taking on a political football. Over the past 20 years she has worked for some of Australia’s most complex, issues rich organisations, meeting with politicians, fighting fires with the press, and traveling the length and breadth of the country.

Jodi O’Callaghan, IABC NSW member showcases the value she found in her membership which inspired a collaborative strategy day.

In today’s fast-paced and ever-changing world, communications roles continue to evolve as our stakeholders, technology, and the expectations on us become more complex.

The banking Royal Commission and other all-too-frequent revelations of scandals in corporations and government, ranging from Volkswagen’s diesel engine emissions breaches to politicians’ personal holidays paid by government-contracted travel firms, make strategic communication advice at boardroom and senior executive level all the more important.

It’s a great honour to have been asked to take on the vice presidency of the International Association of Business Communicators NSW chapter, the community and aspirations of the IABC are very dear to me and I hope together our 2019 board can continue to deliver an exceptional membership experience for our communication profession.

I hope you all had a nice holiday period with family and friends. 2019 promises to be a great year for the NSW chapter, its members and the communication community.

It’s been a big year for IABC NSW. We’d like to invite members to a final wine down and networking event to finish the year in a festive way.