Less Chatter, More Matter: The Communications Podcast Mel Loy

Strategic storytelling is a skill as old as time… literally. As in, most of the world couldn’t read or write until the 1980s, so how we communicated was through verbal storytelling. This, however, has become less used over time with the introduction of length presentations and the infamous dot-point; but can we really say that those are more effective than a story?No, we actually can’t. Which is why this week’s episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast is centred around the neuros...

We're getting close to the end of financial year here in Australia, and with it comes the age-old debacle: how do we communicate our results to varying audiences?Well, this is where communications professionals come in, and it's also why this time of year isn't just stressful for the finance and investor relations folks. This time of year can include a variety of comms requirements, from the communication of results to shareholders and investors, through to employees and news - it's all about...

Another week, another filled-with-free-insights podcast episode and another incredibly insightful guest! Welcome to our latest guest, Kate Norris, from Presentation Boss - a business dedicated to teaching data visualisation, interpretation and how to communicate your data and findings in a way that resonates with your audience.Why? Because one of the most common mistakes we see in communication is when people don't take the time to make complex ideas and data simple and easy for their au...

This week on the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast we've diving into change messaging and how you can make sure yours is effective, inspires action and resonates with your audience.Generally, we've seen a lot of change messaging filled with corporate language, jargon and a lot of inpersonal content. All of which doesn't inspire anyone to do anything, nor does it influence people to know, feel or do something that they have traditionally done a certain way for a long time.So, using experience,...

216 million is the amount of emails that are sent, on average, every day. 15.5 hours is the accumulated time for an average office worker to simply manage these emails, and 40 is the amount of emails we actually send ourselves on the daily. With numbers like these, it's a wonder how we find the brain space or time to remember the important things that the comms we receive are actually telling us.Well, a lot of us actually don’t. Which is why our newest episode of the Less Chatter, ...

How do you communicate about the tough topics?More importantly, in a world of upheaval and an ongoing barrage of information and news - how do you communicate about the important things in a meaningful way, with a positive outcome?In this week's episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast, we dive head first into exactly this; how to navigate the complexities of a world in upheaval, and what you can do to communicate it in a way that is empathetic, and impactful, in all the right ways.Tu...