GovComms: The Future of Government Communication

Sonya Sandham is so passionate about the power of storytelling in the public sector that she's doing a PhD at the University of Canberra, to explore the evidence base for embedding oral storytelling in organisational communication practices. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Ruth Dewsbury describes how the Department of the Environment is using content communication to not only inform the Australian public, but to help achieve the department's goals through grass roots involvement.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Amelia Loye from Engage2 explains how open data and "data from community" are important ways to help design services and policy. Amelia specialises in consultation and engagement for government, and has been helping manage engagement for the NZ and Australian open government national action plan.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gillian Field has considerable experience in the Australian federal government, managing internal and corporate communications at the Department of Agriculture, the Department of Defence and Centrelink. Before her career in communications Gillian was a journalist. She is now at contentgroup consulting for government clients, and joined David Pembroke for this podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Our podcast guest is Trish Lavery, from the Department of the Environment in the Australian Government. Trish is the Assistant Director in the Design and Analytics area of the Innovation and Behavioural Insights Team. Her role includes website analytics, A/B split testing of websites, and looking at the effectiveness of digital social media interactions. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Virginia Haussegger AM is an award-winning journalist with over 25 years' experience in news media. She's held senior reporter and presenter roles at Channel 9, the Seven Network, and the ABC, and has experience in corporate and strategic communications. Virginia spoke to David Pembroke about the need for simple clear language, and understanding how your audience will receive your message. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Allan Yates worked as a senior national journalist before moving into media relations, strategy and communications. He has worked with a number of state and federal government departments and institutions including the Australian Institute of Sport, the Sydney 2000 Olympics, and the Australian War Memorial. David Pembroke talked with Allan about the transition from journalism to a comms role. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Gregory Andrews is Australia's Threatened Species Commissioner. His job is to raise awareness of and support Australia's fight against extinction, and leads implementation of Australia's first Threatened Species Strategy. In this podcast Gregory explains how content communication using social media is getting results.   Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to a special short holiday edition podcast. Craig Hodges from King Content talks about content marketing strategies, and how crucial they are to success. Craig caught up with David Pembroke for a very fast chat at Content Marketing World in Cleveland, Ohio.    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hank Jongen is a General Manager and Departmental Spokesperson for the Australian Federal Government's Department of Human Services (DHS). As the primary spokesperson for DHS, Hank Jongen regularly participates in talkback radio, is interviewed on television and is actively engaged across the spectrum of social media. Hank has been a Senior Australian Public Service Executive for more than 20 years. He has been responsible for national strategies supporting key government reforms and had a major role in the creation of Centrelink. Hank was awarded the Australian Public Service Medal for outstanding public service as Centrelink’s media spokesperson and leading innovations in communication. In this episode, you'll learn about DHS' massive social media effort. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.