Many organisations use workshops or large group meetings to resolve difficult issues, brainstorm and create new ideas, or develop strategies to guide their work. Getting the most out of a...

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Senate Communications

  • Reputation
    Are you "on a journey, moving forward"?

    Technical language has its place in communication, but the overuse of jargon and clichés by business people is turning audiences off, writes Senate Partner Raphael Hilbron.

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  • Media
    Who else knows how to tap phones?

    Time to revisit the News of the World debacle.  Or, more correctly, the controversy surrounding its owners, News International, now that the paper is dead and a series of hearings are going on in London into the wider behaviour of the media.

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  • Social Media
    Social media: Just because you can, does that mean you should?

    What, how and why – three questions every organisation needs to ask before using social media. Senate’s social media enthusiast Mark Dittmer cuts through the hype and explains what’s involved and the opportunities for organisations seeking to answer the question, ‘should you?’

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  • Politics
    Government Sorted

    This has been the most orderly of new government formations under MMP.

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  • Social Marketing
    Campaign for Action on Family Violence
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  • Finance
    Financial matters

    It might seem to be about numbers and money, but success and failure of financial endeavours depend on trust and communication.

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  • Change
    Communicating for change

    We know what makes people tick – and what things will help them engage with organisational change.

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