So, would you fly blind? Obviously not, but it feels to me a fitting parallel to being a senior executive without a good communication team.

One of the most important days in the IABC calendar year has arrived. It’s time to celebrate those brilliant communicators across NSW (and around the world) whose skills have been recognised by a Gold Quill award.

Given the times we’re in, we made a promise to you to work with future speakers around options and opportunities for web-based events, and we’re excited to be able to deliver for you.

I’m sure, like me, you’re in the midst of some deep crisis communicating, whilst supporting your organisation, family, friends and loved ones through these unprecedented times.

Master storyteller and author Gabrielle Dolan addressed a sold-out crowd of communications professionals at an IABC NSW event recently, sharing her insights on developing business stories that stick and emphasising the importance of authenticity at the highly entertaining session.

For those who attended the workshop on ‘Calling BS on the work–life balance’, I promised I would send you a little more information on how to let go of de-energised ways of working in favour of forming small but mighty new habits that can leave you feeling more energised every day.

Patrick Armstrong, IABC NSW Board Director and Treasurer, recently presented at IABC’s Leadership Institute in Austin, Texas. He reflects on the experience.

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.