Business advisory firm Archer Gowland Redshaw has featured public relations expert Margaret Lawson in the July edition of the company’s Building Your Business podcast. Margaret discusses with AGR’s Executive Chairman Ian Walker and host Chris Lewis the critical considerations for business owners in building a reputation management strategy. Listen to the podcast here and download the presentation on protecting your business’s reputation below. As an award-winning public relations professional, Margaret has more than 20 years’ experience supporting private and listed organisations and their adv ..read more

Platinum award-winning communications and branding agency Cole Lawson has appointed Kyra Shakspeare from Haystac and Kirstin Payne from News Corp to senior leadership positions. Ms Shakspeare, formerly senior account director with Haystac Brisbane, joins as group general manager, responsible for the firm’s operations, client service, account team and new business. Ms Payne, who was most recently deputy chief-of-staff at The Gold Coast Bulletin, joins as head of media, communications and content, heading up a team of staff responsible for earned communications including media relations. Cole La ..read more

Communications agency Cole Lawson is celebrating after winning four awards, including three top national nods, at the Public Relations Institute of Australia’s (PRIA) prestigious Golden Target Awards on Thursday The awards, which are open to all communication agencies and teams Australia-wide, were judged by an elite group of communication leaders including executives from Facebook, Amazon, Lendlease, Atlassian and Tourism Australia, alongside high-profile agency CEOs. Cole Lawson scored two gold national awards for excellence, the highest honour, for the agency’s work designing and running th ..read more

Design and web development agency Ruby6 has been acquired by PR agency Cole Lawson, forming a new, mid-sized public relations firm. Cole Lawson Group managing director Margaret Lawson said the merger of the independently successful and complementary businesses was expected to bring significant synergies and growth opportunities to the company that she founded in 2008. “We plan to operate Ruby6 as a the key creative agency of the group with no changes to the brand,” Ms Lawson said. “For clients, there will be the addition and streamlining of services and resources on their accounts, but no disr ..read more

Cole Lawson Managing Director Margaret Lawson has been recognised for two decades of excellence in public relations with a fellowship of the Public Relations Institute of Australia (PRIA). PRIA, which is the national industry body for Australian public relations and communication professionals, commended Margaret for “combining a strong social conscience with astute business acumen and financial understanding”. The institute also recognised Margaret’s community service, especially her promotion of social justice causes and her efforts to highlight domestic violence awareness and prevention. Th ..read more

Queensland’s Women’s Legal Service (WLS) plays a critical role in providing legal and social services to women, so it’s an honour for Cole Lawson to be supporting the organisation’s major fundraiser, Dancing CEOs. The event, for which we’ll be helping coordinate media relations and publicity, will see Brisbane CEOs lace up their dancing shoes to raise funds for the prevention of domestic violence. Featured on the night will also be an original song composed by Cole Lawson managing director Margaret Lawson. The song, ‘Speak the Truth’, will be performed by Brisbane artist Montana Lara. The 2019 ..read more

Cole Lawson’s “Make a Farmer’s Christmas Special” campaign for rural charity Aussie Helpers exceeded all expectations when the appeal hit its limit of 1,000 hampers donated for farming families in two weeks – double our original target in one third of the time. Cole Lawson managing director Margaret Lawson said the team welcomed the opportunity to help organisations that helped others. “Aussie Helpers does an amazing job to brighten the lives of so many farming families and alleviate need and suffering year-round,” she said. “The ‘Make a Farmer’s Christmas Special’ campaign, conceived and deve ..read more

While most of us were opening presents and enjoying family time over the holidays, the marine pilots at the Port of Brisbane were hard at work, keeping our waterways safe and Queensland’s economy ticking. Brisbane Marine Pilots’ (BMP) team of highly skilled pilots work around the clock, every day of the year, boarding large vessels in often difficult and dangerous conditions, bringing them in and out of the Port of Brisbane. BMP’s pilots also protect recreational craft, expertly piloting container ships and cruise liners through the Moreton Bay Marine Park, a protected and biologically diverse ..read more

After 12 months of working hard to build member support for bcu’s proposed $6 billion merger with P&N Bank, Cole Lawson is proud that 87% of credit union members who voted said yes. This was one of the biggest credit union mergers of 2019, and involved Cole Lawson leading the development of stakeholder research and strategy, media relations, and creative direction and execution of collateral and advertising campaigns. Thanks to this successful project, bcu and its merger partner P&N have now formed one of Australia’s largest member-owned banking institutions, with 150,000 members in Ne ..read more

Announcing the Cole Lawson scholarship winner – Laura Kane. After winning the scholarship and an internship with us, she is now a permanent part of the team. Second or third year PR students from The University of Queensland should keep an eye out for this year’s scholarship, with applications opening later in the year. The post Cole Lawson Communications scholarship winner for 2018 appeared first on Cole Lawson Public Relations ..read more