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Melbourne Cup – The day that stops a nation
Held each year on the first Tuesday in November, Melbourne Cup is followed by millions of people across Australia and many more worldwide. With Kirsten Bruce, Founder of VIVA! Communications, and Paul Jans, VIVA! Communications Managing Director, being from VIC, Team VIVA! celebrated in true Melbourne Cup style on the day marking the race that…
Read MoreVIVA! Communications clinches best PR Campaign at premier pharmaceutical industry event
Last week we were honoured at the peak pharmaceutical industry ‘PRIME Awards’ with a highly-coveted Public Relations accolade. Together with our client, bioCSL, we won the best ‘PR Campaign’ award for our highly innovative and integrated travel vaccines communications campaign entitled ‘Urging globetrotters, health professionals and travel consultants to prioritise travel health.’ We also featured…
Read MoreNewcastle the starting point for stronger epilepsy support
Newcastle is among the nation’s first communities to benefit from DisabilityCare Australia, the national disability insurance scheme, kicking off with an epilepsy forum today. Novocastrians living with disabilities and epilepsy, their families and disability organisations will have the opportunity to participate in the ‘Epilepsy Know Me, Support Me’ program to be canvassed at Noah’s on…
Read MoreGetting thrown into the deep end, hoping to swim!
Getting thrown into the deep end, hoping to swim! My first two weeks at VIVA! have shown me some of the specialist skills required to operate in health + wellness public relations. I was thrown into the deep end as my previous communications internships were in consumer-driven environments. By the end of my first day…
Read MoreHealthcare providers and patients come together online
Following on from last week’s blog about good tweeting, VIVA! Communications thought we’d continue the discussion about healthcare and social media. We stumbled on an article from online publication, thesocialmediahat.com in which they cited some research undertaken by editors at a US health administration education institution into healthcare and social media. What they found was…
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