“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” – John F Kennedy Currie is proud to have a long-standing partnership with the Asylum Seeker Resource Centre’s Mentoring Program. The program brings people seeking asylum together with volunteer mentors from vocational, professional and business sectors, exposing them to professional networks that can…
Popularity of influencer marketing is a rich seam for brands and PR reps but greater transparency is now needed to enhance trust and credibility, writes Owen Cullen. It seems hard to believe now but there was a brief flicker of time, quite a few years back, when people weren’t sure if social…
A couple of years ago we decided to mix it up a little at our Currie Christmas party and headed to Clip’n’Climb in Richmond. Very busy until our Uber arrived, I did not have too much time to project myself into abseiling mode. On arrival, we were confronted with climbing…
Why ‘break bread’ when you can ‘cut cake’? It’s a rhetorical question one can imagine famed 19th Century Irish poet and playwright Oscar Wilde asking. As you may know, it was Wilde who is quoted as saying: “Life is short. Eat dessert first.” At Currie we cut cake this week….
In the lead up to school exams in the country, it was commonplace to hear someone scrunch a piece of paper, toss it at the bin and exhale “It’s fine, if I fail I’ll just go back on the farm.” ‘Ag’ was the ‘bludge subject’; the one kids usually took…
In the quest for a positive impact on the world, Currie Communications and many of our clients voluntarily hold ourselves to a high standard of governance, transparency, environmental and social impact. We prove this as a certified B Corporation. A large aspect of B Corp certification is using the power…
I first learned about B Corp when I was researching Currie Communications; before I met with Susan and Mark to discuss possibly joining the team. I was impressed by what I learned. Currie’s B Corp certification shored up my opinion that I wanted to work with this team. It shows…
Wasn’t the ABC TV War on Waste program fantastic? If you weren’t one of the 2.6 million-plus viewers of the program, then you may be wondering what is behind the recent surge in people converting to reusable coffee cups and ditching plastic bags. The Banksia Awards-winning show (it won the Currie-sponsored…
With 2018 now in full swing, some of us are assessing how we’re going with our New Year’s resolutions. If your personal pledge was to give up Facebook, you wouldn’t have been alone. In fact, more people wanted to quit social media in 2018 than smoking. It’s part of a…
After five and a half years as a journalist for agricultural newspapers, two months ago I switched to the dark side (ie: communications). It has been fun and busy, and I’ve learned a lot. Some of that learning has dispelled preconceptions held by many – including me – about PR.
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