Episode 3 features Mama Hooch survivor, Sophie Brown. She decided to bring her darkest moments into the light by forging the name suppression she was entitled to.
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Episode 2 features former ward-winning CEO turned executive coach and now author, Mike Bennetts. The man behind Z Energy for 13 years shares how you successfully do something that’s never been done before.
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Episode 1 of @AmandaMillar’s podcast am&courageous conversations features Wellington’s Mayor, Tory Whanau. It’s a raw and very real insight into her first year in office. Unflinching and upfront and going far deeper than the dog and the dinner.
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You need: Your team to all be on the same page when it comes to communicating with the media or giving a presentation. They need to know what reporters and audiences want. You also need to know the best way to deliver that content while keeping focused and safe.
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I know that if the person I was interviewing was prepared and clear about what they wanted to get across - it barely mattered what my questions were. They had all the answers. They had all the control.
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What does good leadership look like when the pressure is truly on? In these first months of 2023 we’ve seen all kinds of examples, from the capable and credible to the careless and cringeworthy.
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As a team of former journalists the am&co crew spend most of the year devouring news; but the summer break is a time to switch off from the news cycle and relax. Here's a taster of our top choices for summer reads and podcasts. Keep an eye on our social media over the silly season for everyone's full lists.
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The irony here is not lost on me. On our website I’m referred to as ‘The Zen One - the calm you’ve been craving’. I coach clients on how to manage stress and anxiety. I have all the tools to keep it altogether. Do I all the time? Absolutely not. I’ve been a walking, talking example of overwhelm.
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It’s funny, seeing as we communicate everyday, so the opportunity to practice is always there. But the team at amandamillar&co find once you see how you speak, listen and behave when you’re trying to make a point and really analyse how that comes across, most people want to nail it, every time.
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“Webinar” - what a yawn kind of word. The smashing together of seminar and web - hardly an inspiring start. Anything with a ‘nar’ attached wouldn’t usually sit with our positive ethos! So we’re webi-yeah types - we need to be. When farting is more socially acceptable than sneezing, things have to evolve.
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amandamillar&co isn’t about spin or PR. It’s about creating confident and real communicators. When you come across as confident in what you say, and how you say it, that builds trust.
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It has to be said that anyone who works in the world of ‘comms’ will say they often feel like the whipping boy for just about any organisational failure. Unhappy customers? Probably a failure to communicate. Stakeholders rebelling? The comms team stuffed the engagement. Getting bad news headlines? Well, you get the point.
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We know through our work supporting CEOs and executives, that being a leader is complicated and demanding with massive pressure.
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Yet for the consistent contribution and massive personal sacrifice Super-Siouxsie provided, she was vilified and ridiculed on social media and in emails. Why? Because she has pink hair.
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Scrub up. This is the new normal. For both media interviews, conferences and internal communication, it’s now up to you to get you and your platform sorted to ensure you’re looking, sounding and being your best.
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You’ve asked for her so you’re getting her. CELIA, the feature-length documentary on the life and work of social advocate and story teller, Celia Lashlie is coming to a cinema near you on February 28th, 2019.
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There are too few leaders and advocates who truly give truth to power. We look to those people whose vision isn’t some template or abstract concept. If we’re to change, we need inspirational communicators who truly lead us. Who hear us. Who get us. Who speak to us.
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After a three-year labour of love, Amanda's documentary about author, social advocate and world-class storyteller Celia Lashlie, is hitting the big screen!
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If only there was an Oprah around when I was a 17 year-old cadet reporter decades ago. Her words would have given me the power to shut down and report a predatory boss.
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I thought I’d seen a lot of suffering and social ills in my work as a TV current affairs reporter and documentary maker but Celia taught me so much more about listening, compassion, advocacy and integrity. It’s an over-used word but if ever one person represented integrity, Celia Lashlie was it.
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