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Should you fear the internet of things?

Neustar general manager for Australia, Robin Schmitt, spoke to Bluenotes ANZ about the security risks around IoT devices. “As IoT evolves, collaborating openly and adopting standards and certifications will strengthen […]

Filed Under: Client News, Coverage, Digital

Fuji Xerox Printers Australia updates partner program

Fuji Xerox Printers Australia has announced some updates on its Partner Program. Fuji Xerox Printers Australia general manager Tony Grima said: “As a 100 percent channel business, we are dedicated […]

Filed Under: Client News, Coverage, Digital

Changing Forms of Journalism

Over the last few years, it’s been impossible to avoid hearing the speculation about the life of Journalism, particularly in print media. Despite much talk to the contrary, it seems […]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Anna Blackie, Blackie McDonald, BMcD, BMcD Digital, Elite Media, Journalism, Leigh Sales, Malcolm Turnbull, Mumbrella, Politics, Public Relations

Dan Pink Answers Our Questions on To Sell is Human

A week or so back I posted a PR person’s perspective on Daniel Pink’s latest book To Sell is Human.  Subsequently we had some questions for Dan which he kindly […]

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Business Communicators Should Learn the New ABCs

When I first heard Daniel Pink, author of To Sell is Human contend “we’re all in sales now” I confess to thinking, somewhat wearily, “welcome to my world”. When viewed […]

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What is Business Communication?

If you look up business communication on Wikipedia you get a definition that encompasses everything from marketing, brand management, advertising and consumer behaviour to public, community and internal relations to […]

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Some Ideas For Building Up the Australian Manufacturing Sector

Let’s face it, Australia’s manufacturing sector needs help. There are certainly many great things going on with innovative products and services being developed, and with the dollar at rock bottom, […]

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Here’s to Better Quality Words and Fewer of Them

My naturopath* of some 25 years is of Italian extraction. I wouldn’t mention it except that her attitude to the consumption of wine as it relates to one’s health is […]

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Manufacturing the Small Business Way – Innovate or Die

There is a growing realisation that Australia’s economy could become a sequel of Back to the Future. The closure of Australia’s motor vehicle manufacturing industry with the departure of GM, […]

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Incivility is a Bottom Line Issue

In Season 1 of The Newsroom, the latest series by Aaron Sorkin of West Wing fame, the uber-intelligent, talented, opinionated and really cranky anchor of the fictitious Newsnight, Will McAvoy (played by […]

Filed Under: Blogs Tagged With: Blackie McDonald, Business Communication, Choosing Civility, Christine Pearson, Christine Porath, Cisco Systems, incivility, Innovation, mission to civilize., P.M. Forni, rudeness, The Cost of Bad Behaviour, workplace health and safety

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News and Blogs

Have your phones stopped ringing? This may be why

December 1, 2019

Today, while our phones are never out of reach, we largely avoid talking on the phone. Ironically, … More...

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