Who’s up for a National Networking get together?

At our recent Auckland meeting we decided that it would be great to have a national meeting to coincide with the upcoming Internal Communications Summit. We are planning on having it on the evening of the 29th Oct somewhere in Wellington – outside of the conference venue – meaning that people who are not attending the conference feel comfortable in coming along too.

Please click on the comments link below and register your interest in attending. Please also include a note about whether you prefer dinner or just drinks.

Once we have numbers, I’ll get onto sorting out a venue and perhaps some sort of loose agenda.

Cheers,

Sarah

Our recent Northern meeting

Wow! What a great meeting with really interesting content... It was almost too much for me to absorb at 5.30 after a glass of wine (!) so I will certainly be revisiting the content which is available as follows:

Click here for a PDF summary of Sue’s presentation on Reputation Management

Mariska’s presentation on the Role of Internal Communications is available here.

The next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday 4th September at 5.30pm at our usual venue.

Topic for the next meeting are:

Culture and Values at the Auckland City Council – Sharon Coombes,
Ethics in Communication – Philip from Senate

Hope to see some of you there,

Sarah

Internal Comms Group in Wellington

Just thought I'd post an update for everyone on what we're doing down here in Wellington. Following last year's conference I was "elected" coordinator of the Central Group. I got everyone's email and in December attempted to organise a meeting. Unfortuntely the group was rather light on the ground and then it was Christmas. Since then I've tried to organise another meeting and Victoria Dew tried as well and uptake was small.

So, three of us (Jen Andrewes, NZTE, Victoria Dew, Audit NZ and I) met at the beginning of this month to try and figure out what we did next and we decided we'd put in a bit more time to try and get the group off the ground as it's a useful community. I'm still coordinator of the main list and the next meeting but we contacted as many different organisations as possible and tried to get in touch with their IC people so now I've got a database of around 35 people. We've also decided to have a monthly meeting (so that if you can't make one there isn't too long in between each one) and get a "guest" speaker and just have general discussion and drinks. Jen Andrewes has also organised to get us a meeting room at the Chamber of Commerce on the delightful 28th floor of the Majestic Centre.

Therefore our first meeting is next Wednesday 1 August at 4pm. Our speakers for this meeting are Annabel and Lindsay from Powerhouse People and they are going to look at the current market etc for the industry in Wellington etc. Plus we'd like to discuss the upcoming Internal Comms Summit in Wellington (October) and our relationship with PRINZ and IABC Wellington Chapter.

Anyhow if anyone's in Wellington and would like to come along to our meetings the dates have been set for the rest of the year and are as follows:

• Tuesday 4 September


• Tuesday 2 October


• Thursday 1 November


• Tuesday 4 December

We are still on the prowl for speakers so anyone is welcome to drop me an email with suggestions or any comments.

Cheers
Amanda (amanda.cosgrove@wcc.govt.nz)

Job in Hamilton

This role was forwarded onto me so I thought I should post for everyone to read...

My name is Joanna Long and I work with BridgesOne which is an executive
search and recruitment company based in Auckland. I came across your
website on the freelance writers website, and thought, on a long shot,
you
may be able to help with a role we are currently trying to fill.

The role is an Internal Communications and Marketing Executive for a
large
and complex organisation based in Hamilton. We're looking for someone
who is maybe 3-4 years out of a degree (journalism, public relations,
and
communications) with industry experience. The role could be contract or
permanent. Is there anyone you could put me in touch with who may be
able
to help? I'm happy to talk on the phone if you prefer.

Kind regards,
Joanna

Joanna Long
Research Associate
BridgesOne

jo@bridgesone.com
D: +64 9 522 1300
M: +64 21 1477 193

Thanks for coming tonight!

This is a demo of the blog site click here

Web 2.0 – YouTube clips I think you’ll find interesting...

Cool definition of web 2.0 and its impact

and here’s some light relief (“Supermarket 2.0”)

Agenda for the 24th July meeting

Click here for the meeting agenda. Looks like it’s going to be another good meeting!