Black Belt Dojo (Australia)

Black Belt in 2009

Hi all,

The dates for Black Belt in 2009 are now available. The four day Internal Communication course will be held:

7-8 April and 4-5 May, UNSW CBD Campus, Sydney
5-6 August and 19-20 August, MBS Carlton Campus, Melbourne

In response to feedback from participants, this year, the course is not residential. We hope this makes the course more affordable for some people who have been keen to attend but have been held back by budget restrictions.

There are also a number of Masterclasses being held during 2009.

The "Making Managers Better Communicators" Masterclasses were held in Feb (and you can view my blog for an overview on what happened there).

Writing and Editing will be held in May in Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne.

Communicating Change will be held in June/July in Brisbane, Sydney and Perth.

Check out Melcrum for all the details.

You can also see Adrian and I presenting at the Change Communication Conference in Melbourne in April. We'll be running a workshop and a session during the conference itself.

Hope to see you sometime this year and for all our Melcrum alumni, give us a shout to let us know how 2009 is unfolding for you!

Cheers, Melissa

Who moved my chair

Hi All,

Well I am not sure what is happening around the world, but here in Australia everyone seems to be relocating their companies. Now be it cost associated with lease arrangements or a nice new environment to inspire employees (yeah right!). with it, comes some very clear examples of a need to start communicating change early.

I am surprised how many companies think that relocation change is being supportive, by providing the right amount of boxes for staff to pack their stuff in.. How wrong they are! I did hear moving is one of the biggest stresses, yet i am finding companies consider change communication during the actual move, and not in the strtaegic planning phase of the relocation project...

As communication professionals we must be involved in the loop, much earlier than, only when the communication issues appear.. I think it is called proactive change communication.