Detox your writing - Tuesday 16 February

Start 2010 as you mean to go on: Detox your writing! Facilitated by Kate Thompson

Did you overindulge over the holiday season? Are you:

· - suffering from stodgy sentences?

· - over-shooting your word counts?

· - losing the battle with ‘corporate speak’?


It happens to all of us from time to time! If this sounds like you, you need our writers’ and editors’ detox. Join us (in the privacy of your own profession) to trim down, tone up and remind yourself why less is more when it comes to getting your message across. We’ll give you some simple tips and techniques to get your writing back in shape.

When: Tuesday 16 February (drinks from 5pm, session 5.30 to 7:30pm)

Where: ARC Dining Room, Crn. Pitt and Hopetoun Streets

Who: Facilitated by Kate Thompson (On Message Business Communications)

A glass and a ½ and nibbles provided. $5 at the door

’09 End of year report

Read what the internal communications network have been up to over the past year here (under the heading ‘other’ near the bottom of the page

Output from the Internal Communications Network Christmas do!

See if you can spot ‘drug dealer snowman’ and ‘stripper snowman’. Such a fun evening, who’d have thought we could all draw so well after a few glasses of bubbles…

Christmas Drinks and Fun Tonight!

It’s not too late if you would like to come along to the Network’s end of year gathering tonight. It’s called " the lighter side of visualisation" - learning how to draw all your favourite Xmas characters such as Santa and Rudolph - and maybe even your partner, family, or boss - inspired with a glass of Christmas cheer. We'll be creating our own cards. Are you game?

Prizes for the best and not so best cards...

*Delectable Christmas nibbles and bites, bubbles and juice. $25per head (pay on the door) or click here to contact Sarah Perry at SnapComms.

Doing more for less - 20th Oct meeting

Our speaker for this meeting is Martin Coates.

This presentation will cover the need to communicate effectively, the 4-stage Visualisation process, and the benefits of using this approach. As you might expect, a presentation on Visualisation will have loads of pictures, based on real life examples and success stories. Martin aims to make this a fun and interactive presentation, so remember to bring your pencil and paper in order to unlock your own creative "right brain" potential!

Tuesday, 20th October, 5:30 - 8:00pm (6:00pm start)
Committee Room 1 at the ARC (Auckland Regional Council) Office click here to register.

Free Workshop Offer for Melcrum SCM Sydney

Since SnapComms are a global sponsor of Melcrum this year, there is a special offer for 'Friends of Snap'

Enter the keyword “Snap” when you sign up and you’ll get the pre-conference workshops for free. (The Workshops Package is usually AU$3,195 + GST, but friends of Snap can attend for AU$2,395 + GST.)

If you have stumbled on this but are not currently a 'friend of Snap', feel free to drop your contact details to us here and we'll be your friend (and add you to our mailing list - it's about 3 emails per year and of course you can unsubscribe!)

Great to see old faces and new last night

Great night at the Internal Communications networking event last night. Some new faces, good wine and great discussion (plus a few name plays on the word Twitter which kept us all giggling...!)

The consensus at the end seemed to be – “Surely, if Twitter is useful as an internal communications tool, we wouldn’t need to dig so hard to find compelling strengths to overcome its weaknesses...”

The next meeting on the 15th Sept will be focusing on measuring internal communications.

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