Category: Communication

The Best Ways to Get Constructive Feedback

Gathering feedback is essential for improving stakeholder membership engagement. KEY POINTS Leaders often fall prey to cognitive biases that prevent them from incorporating feedback from...

Report finds 5.6M Aussies without video streaming access

A new report has found at least 5.6 million Australians can’t access video streaming. The modelling conducted by Deloitte showed 22 per cent of the...

ACMA slaps Aussie Broadband with $213k fine over ‘safety risk’

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has fined Aussie Broadband for potentially putting the safety of thousands of customers at risk during a crisis....

Twitter to launch widely desired edit button for paid subscribers

Twitter Inc will launch a hugely demanded edit button for its paid users in the coming weeks, announced the social media platform. Users of the...

NSW opp leader to restrict use of gadgets in schools

Students’ access to gadgets will be limited in NSW public schools if a Labor government is elected next year. Opposition Leader Chris Minns said he...

Young Mentors to help enhance Aussie elders’ digital literacy

Australia has launched an innovative intergenerational program to enhance the elders’ digital literacy and skills by pairing them with youth mentors. The program is called...

ACMA fines company for breaching spamming laws

The Australian Communication and Media Authority (ACMA) has fined a finance company for breaching spam laws more than three million times. Latitude Finance Australia was...

Tech giants ordered to show actions against child abuse

Global tech giants including Apple and Facebook have been ordered to show Australian authorities what they are actually doing to stop child abuse on their...

Unfiltered: A shot at boosting your brand’s authenticity with BeReal

Have you looked into the opportunity of boosting your brand’s authenticity with the new social app that’s taking over the internet? BeReal, the rising app...

Love and the Communication Myth

Which comes first, communication or connection? One of the great myths of pop psychology is that communicating better makes good relationships. It’s the myth that...

Musk subpoenas Twitter whistleblower for spam, security details

Elon Musk has subpoenaed a Twitter whistleblower, seeking documents and communications on the company’s spam and alleged security vulnerabilities as he battles to end an...

Communicating with Prospective Clients

In this featured piece, award-winning career coach Marty Nemko shares a sure-fire way of communicating with prospective clients. My website encourages prospective clients to email...

Two in three Aussies back junk food ad ban, says survey

Two in three Australians back a junk food ad ban during children’s viewing hours, a poll indicates. One of Canberra’s newest additions is using the...

New report to shed light on rise of far-right extremism

The growth of far-right extremism in Victoria and how the COVID-19 pandemic influenced it will be explored in a new report. Victoria’s Legal and Social...

Ex-security chief exposes Twitter’s cybersecurity misrepresentation

Twitter Inc misled US federal regulators about its defences against hackers and spam accounts, the social media company’s former security chief Peiter Zatko says in...

6 communication fun facts you probably didn’t know

Fun facts help people break the ice when initiating conversations. A dose of informative and mind-boggling facts makes any chat, no matter how formal, lighter....

How Decoding Body Language Can Improve Your Life

With some practice, you can learn to control how others see you. KEY POINTS: Developing a better understanding of body language can help us to...

Keeping up with supply chain comms ft. Elyse Glenn of Schneider Electric

Communications used to be such an underappreciated element in supply chain management. But with the pandemic disrupting the way we do business, came the improved...

Anti-tobacco smoking campaigns take a back seat to vaping

Anti-tobacco smoking campaigns are running out of puff, with a new report indicating a shift in public health campaign funding and attention to e-cigarettes. A...

High Court decision on Google shocks defamation lawyers

In a huge win for internet giant Google, the court found the search engine was not legally responsible for defamatory news articles as it was...