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How Businesses will benefit

admin — Wed, 11 Sep 2019 19:41:39 +0000

How businesses will benefit from the Millennial workforce

Earlier this year we wrote a series of fascinating articles for Open Universities Australia (OUA). Here’s one example. (Full disclosure – while I’m close but not strictly a Millennial, I loved writing these articles! I identified with this group and learned so much!)

A not-so-fun (but critical) topic for this finance company

admin — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 02:50:00 +0000

Thinking of leaving your husband? Read this first.

It’s not often we’re asked to cover separation or divorce information – especially in regards to finance. It’s an uncomfortable topic to research and not really a lot of fun to write about. But so, so important too.

Usually I sign off these posts with something along the lines of “I hope you enjoy this” but that is just not suitable here. So, please have a read and I hope it’s something you never have to utilise.

Time moves so fast!

admin — Tue, 07 May 2019 03:05:11 +0000

I’m not sure that I’ve found this article and posted it previously. In fairness, we are starting to head towards the #500 jobs mark, so sometimes it is hard to keep track. Ok, it’s very hard to track and we’re often so busy in the ‘now’ or looking forward to the next job, that we don’t take the time to celebrate what we’ve done!

So here’s me, taking a moment to appreciate how far we’ve come and how much we’ve done; for the amazing clients we’ve written for and the experiences or opportunities that have opened up for us. And to briefly reflect on how we balance children, work, home, friends, family and everything else in our lives.

Ok. That’s enough time. Back to work writing for me now (before the kids need to be picked up from school, taken to netball and football and life moves swiftly on again).

Enjoy this story from BUPA, written back in 2017. The article, as well as the period of my life it describes, feels like a lifetime ago.

Natasha

Let me entertain you

admin — Thu, 11 Oct 2018 20:41:12 +0000

I read something interesting recently. It was a small excerpt from a Masterclass conducted by the inestimable Margaret Atwood, writer of Handmaid’s Tale (amongst a plethora of other much loved gems). She was talking about choosing somewhere different to start your story, giving the example of: “It was dark inside the wolf.”

Fabulous isn’t it?

It resonated strongly with me, as I’ve been trying to write a piece – primarily for myself – about the losses I’ve experienced over the last 12 months. (I even hate the phrasing of that as it puts me in the centre of those stories, whereas I am really just a side character.) So while I cast these painful events to one side for now to muse on later, bear with me. I’m going to try this exercise to entertain you (and get out of my head).

See if you recognise this one.

The wind howled around us as my brothers and I huddled in the living room. Each fresh gust had a way of snaking its way under the doors and down the chimney, filling each small room with a fetid stench. We kept well away from the windows and hoped that the strong walls would hold.

So far so good, but my brothers hadn’t been so fortunate.

My brothers had arrived on my doorstep earlier in the afternoon with tales of cyclonic conditions which reduced both their houses to rubble. Of course I welcomed them in quickly before the winds arrived to take their aim at my abode. I tried not to gloat, but secretly wondered as to how they each came to the decision to use such lightweight materials to construct their houses.

The wind eased for a moment outside, as the wolf took another breath. “I’ll huff and I’ll puff and I’ll blow your house in.”

As the winds swirled around us again, my brothers squealed with fright. I hoped that the house I had carefully crafted from bricks would continue to hold.

Defence Health – The choice: glasses vs contacts

admin — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:09:44 +0000

An eternal battle for many, this article for Defence Health (written by the lovely Bryony) discusses the choice between glasses and contact lenses.

The choice: glasses versus contacts

Defence Health – Chronic disease management plans

admin — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 02:03:31 +0000

This is another of the many interesting articles we’ve written lately for Defence Health. This one is one that I hope you’ll never need – about Chronic disease management plans.

Chronic disease management care plans

Indue – Securing yourself against credit card fraud

admin — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:58:42 +0000

Finance this time, for Indue, who has recently released their New Payment Platform (NPP). This is infrastructure to support the new 24/7 digital economy in Australia (why yes! How kind of you to ask! We did indeed write about this fascinating topic!)

Here’s another, related article we wrote for Indue that applies to ANYONE who uses a credit card.

Securing yourself against credit card fraud—advice for cardholders

Vocus – What Lego has taught us about networks

admin — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:55:25 +0000

It’s been a while since we posted and that is for one very good reason. We’ve been so very, very busy!

So in case you’ve been missing all the interesting topics we’ve been covering for some of our clients, here’s another one we really enjoyed writing for Vocus (and yes, with small children, we had more than a little personal experience to draw from!)

https://www.vocus.com.au/news/what-lego-has-taught-us-about-networks

Vocus – Creating an anytime workplace

admin — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:54:15 +0000

Creating an anytime workplace is essentially exactly what we do at Your Write. So we jumped at the chance to write up this article for Vocus.

https://www.vocus.com.au/news/creating-an-anytime-workplace

Vocus – United Communications: the new productive workforce

admin — Wed, 10 Oct 2018 01:53:10 +0000

UC. Guaranteed you know of them, even if you don’t know them by name. Here’s a great article we wrote on United Communications (or UC to those in the know… which now includes you.)

https://www.vocus.com.au/news/the-new-productive-workforce