The past decade has witnessed transformational change in areas ranging from geopolitics to teenage leisure pursuits. But one of the most dramatic shifts has been in communication as digital technology, social networking and 24 hour news have become dominant forces in the transfer of information from business to business, from business to consumer and from consumer to consumer. The new dynamic has forced every business function to adapt, perhaps none more so than corporate communications.
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Archives for November 2011
Media Bloopers
News reporter goes crazy
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Media Moments Quiz: December 2011
Win a copy of Sideshow: dumbing down democracy by entering our two minute Quick Quiz.
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Commonly Misused Words: sanguine
Do you know what sanguine means?
“He is sanguine about prospects for the global economy”
“The committee takes a more sanguine view”
Books: December 2011
Sideshow: Dumbing Down Democracy By Lindsay Tanner
When Lindsay Tanner resigned in 2010 as the ALP’s federal minister for finance and member for Melbourne, having had an 18-year career as an MP, he notably managed to retire with his reputation for integrity intact. In Sideshow, he lays bare the relentless decline of political reporting and political behaviour that occurred during his career. Part memoir, part analysis, and part critique, Sideshow is a unique book that tackles the rot which has set in at the heart of Australian public life.
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Staff profile: Ann Buchner
Ann Buchner is a highly regarded and award-winning senior journalist, television producer and media trainer with 20 years’ experience in the media. Ann has been an Executive media trainer at at Media Manoeuvres for the past five years and has worked extensively with senior executive spokespeople from major players in the finance, health, banking, construction, retail, management consulting and manufacturing sectors.
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