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30/12/2023

This is worth reading.

Shopping dockets? You are probably better off not handling them. Microwaving food in plastic? That is also not advised — and it is because of the 'disrupting' chemicals, which experts say are affecting vital systems in the human body.

18/12/2023

Keith Richards and Playing For Change - excellent!
https://www.playingforchange.com/videos/words-of-wonder-get-up-stand-up-song-around-the-world?fbclid=IwAR2RdljCmoJVJmjxCTeSaL2q4qRfiF2KbqbrbmwMV0OL4ygw30C1AS8pye0

This PFC Song Around The World features Keith Richards in collaboration with Roberto Luti, T**i Tsira and a number of worldwide musicians on a rendition of his reggae song, "Words of Wonder," off 1992's Main Offender. This video also leads into a cover of Bob Marley's "Get Up, Stand Up," featuring.....

13/06/2023

Here is the latest on Conversations on Communication

Brooke Summers from Cotton Australia talks to David Gilchrist about the unprecedented task of communicating the changes it is developing along the cotton supply chain from Australian farmers to garmen

25/05/2023

Here is the next episode of Conversations on Communication podcast. This episode features great insight from prominent crisis communication specialist Jonathan Hemus from London-based crisis communication agency Insignia.
https://www.coffeecreative.com.au/conversations-on-communication/facing-crises

10/05/2023

Don't miss Coffee Creative's new podcast done in collaboration with the University of Queensland, Conversations on Communication. In our first episode, David Gilchrist talks to award winning academic and journalist Dr John Harrison about AI, education innovation, press freedom and more. If you work in the communications, public relations or journalism sectors then listen in.

Dr John Harrison brings several decades of professional practice in journalism and communication to his work at the University of Queensland. He has worked in print, radio and television as a journalist, editor, and producer, and has won awards for his journalism and teaching. At UQ he teaches bot

09/05/2023

Coffee Creative is very proud to start a new collaboration with the University of Queensland - our podcast for the communications, public relations and journalism industries called Conversations on Communication. Our first episode drops on Thursday, May 11 at 9am

24/02/2023

Enjoy the latest article from David Gilchrist on LinkedIn talking about the role of PR, Journalism, and Dr Seuss.

One Autumn morning, I sat at a new coffee shop talking to a Communications student from the University of Queensland. The coffee shop and the student were still figuring out what they had to offer.

26/01/2023

Here is a contribution to the New England Times about the Health Crisis for Rural GPs. It was written by Coffee Creative's David Gilchrist

A new innovation in GP training may offer hope to the New England by allowing GP registrars, or trainee doctors, to work in short-staffed communities and be supervised remotely.

18/11/2022

I have been thinking lately about what it is to be the best version of myself and why that matters. There is a suggestion that being able to call oneself a journalist, documentary filmmaker, author, marketer, communications specialist, and perhaps humanitarian is enough.

06/11/2022

Coffee Creative's David Gilchrist shares his thoughts about Twitter and what the job cuts might mean for advertisers on Coffee Creative's Morning Coffee.
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It is said that content is king – and so it is. The trouble is, it’s king in an online realm were fake news stories and provocative, derogatory content are ever-present. The content king resides in an online world that can be quite a toxic environment. There’s the rub. Placing advertising in a...

10/10/2022

As a Public Relations Institute of Australia - The University of Queensland mentor David Gilchrist recently referenced super shoe brand Nike's Just Do It advertising catchphrase offered a way to show a young undergraduate how to build a career in marketing and communications.
Building a career in marketing and communications seems sort of straight forward. Just the same, the idea of finding the right path assumes that there is only one right path, and a myriad of wrong paths. However, David Gilchrist suspects that there are no wrong paths. That the only wrong choice is to not set out on your journey, to not take the risk of failure, the risk that you might find a way to become the best marketer, the best communicator, the best content creator. This is how to just do it and succeed. To find out more click on the link.
https://bit.ly/3rGuWZx

23/05/2022

Coffee Creative founder David Gilchrist has been named as a finalist in Outstanding Leadership Awards. These awards are about championing leaders across organisations who make diversity, inclusion, and kindness part of their day-to-day culture. They are leaders who have courageous conversations and strive to lead by example. They are leaders that make employees happy to come to work each day and above all, they are leaders who others strive to replicate. These are leaders who are changing the face of leadership and it’s important that we celebrate and honour them. David said that it is humbling to be named among the best of Australian SME leaders.
Public Relations Institute of Australia