News and resources

Span on the move

Tuesday October 10th 2006
A "Tree Change" is in the wind! Span Communication's Principal, Jo Curkpatrick is now established on her 20 acre property at Wattle Flat near Ballarat.

Communicating beyond the city fringe

Tuesday June 13th 2006
Span Communication Principal Jo Curkpatrick held a pre-conference workshop at the Melcrum Strategic Communication Management Summit in Sydney in May.

NVT Online: Finalist 2006 iAwards

Tuesday May 9th 2006
NVT Online delivers information to farmers about crop varieties when they need it. Span Communication has worked on this project since 2001 and now it is delivering useful data.

Span Communication support the Gutsy Group

Tuesday May 9th 2006
Span Communication is providing pro bono public relations services to the Gutsy Group, a foundation dedicated to raising money for research into Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis.

Jo Curkpatrick judge at IABC Awards

Friday March 10th 2006
Span Communication’s Jo Curkpatrick headed to Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia in February to judge the 2006 IABC Gold Quill Awards for the Asia Pacific Region. Jo joined an international judging panel reviewing some of the very best work in business communication from across the Asia Pacific Region.

What makes workers cringe?

Friday December 2nd 2005
UK workers have named cheap toilet paper as the object they hate most in their office - from The Business Communicator.

Employee Communication – new research yields surprise results

Tuesday October 25th 2005
Research released last month has found that only 37% of companies have successfully aligned employees with their business strategy.

Are employee publications dead? (PDF 120kb)

Tuesday June 14th 2005
Span consultant, Belinda Schmidt discusses why print publications still have a place in a world of new technology. Published in CW Bulletin, June 2005.

Jo Curkpatrick gains international accreditation

Saturday April 2nd 2005
Span Communication Principal, Jo Curkpatrick has been internationally recognised and awarded the title, "Accredited Business Communicator", by the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC).

Mel at her desk