Gladwell’s three roles in spreading ideas

Malcolm Granwell, author of The Tipping Point, defines the three roles important to the spread of ideas… Read More

Creating change: facilitating with confidence

If bad meetings are a malady, effective facilitation is the remedy. That is what this workshop with social change communications expert, Les Robinson, was about…Read More

Communicating for change: a most useful workshop

We write. We speak. We encourage. Sometimes, we cajole. But all too often nobody listens. Even when they do listen they will not act. This is disappointing and when it happens time after time it discourages us. Master Communications for Change showed us how to communicate better…Read More

The OM1 — a photographic tool for the mountain walker

Twice now, Olympus has solved the camera weight and bulk issue for bushwalking photographers…Read More

The citizen photojournalist: here’s the manual

WHO BETTER than a multimedia photojournalist and blogger whose work has also been picked up by old media’s newspapers and TV to write a book on citizen journalism? After all, Carlos Miller has pioneered this new field of independent journalism and popularised it in his blog, Photography Is Not A Crime.Read More

Enforcing accountability with cameras

Paul Kitano explains how to improve civil accountability through cameras and photojournalism…Read More

How photography saved the wilderness

The camera and the bush… they have more in common than you think…Read More

Science commentators clash on communication

IF WHAT an article in The Conversation claims is true, then I’m surprised. Surprised that someone of Tim Flannery’s standing appears to know so little about effective advocacy communications.

What’s all the flurry about? It’s an article by Rod Lamberts, … Read More