120 Australian & New Zealand Public Relations peeps on Twitter (and counting)

OK, we've seen lists of Oz journos on Twitter (thanks Dave Earley and Laurel Papworth), so I thought we'd even up the score a little and post tweeting Aussie & Kiwi PRs. Hopefully, we'll all get along just nicely in the Twitter sandpit...

I realise that this list may be a mere drop in a proverbial sea of twitterers, but hey, you have to start somewhere.

If you're on the list and would prefer not to be, please let me know and I'll remove you ASAP (I've only used publicly available information, and references from other people on the list to put this list of names together). Also, if you are on the list and would like your description updated, please leave a comment and I'll clean it up.

If you're NOT on the list and would like to be, please leave a comment and I'll attempt to get you on it. Finally, if you have suggestions on improving the list, let me know that too.

Thanks to everyone who retweeted my request for help and DMed me with additional names for the list. Special thanks to PR Warrior Trevor Young for supporting the idea and RTing all over the place!

Australia:
A
Sarah Allen Sarah Allen Consulting Marketing, Comms, PR, Social Media, Sydney

B
Johanna Baker Dowdell Strawberry Communications, Central Coast NSW
Natascha Balducelli Cookie Creative
Jo Balfour Tech/online PR running Progressiva
Jenni Beattie Director, Digital Democracy
Emily Birks PR Consultant Pulse Communications
Laura Blasdale from WordStorm PR, Sydney
Jillian Bowen, Director Entertainment PR, Melbourne
Bonnie Bullock Director of Saranac PR

C
Will Clark Tech PR, Melbourne
Michelle Carter Spectrum Comms, Sydney
John Cooke Perth
Bob Crawshaw Maine Street Marketing, Canberra
Sarah Creelman PR & Marketing Manager, CBS Interactive, Sydney
Renee Creer New Media Director, Stellar* PR
Jen Crowcroft Upstream Australia, Sydney
Gemma Crowley Dennis Rutzou, Sydney
Roger Christie Sydney

D
Melissa Dark Internal comms consultant, Melbourne
Julie Delaforce Network PR, Sydney
Keith De La Rue AcKnowledge Consulting, Melbourne
Dennis Rutzou PR
Kya de Rome PR Consultant, Kinetics Sydney
Kelly Drew General Manager, Haystac

E
Jenny Eather Sydney-based consultant
Scott Eathorne Entertainment Publicist, Melbourne
Peta Ellis City Publicity
Geoffrey Emerson Head of Digital PR @ Zing, Sydney
Tim Entwisle Madrigal Communications, Sydney
Cassandra Erbs - Marketing Manager, St Aidan's & freelance consultant, Brisbane
Karalee Evans Communications & Partnerships Manager, Melbourne

F
Simon Fitz Taurus Marketing, Sydney
Ofa Fitzgibbons Tech PR gal, Sydney
Corrina Frankham PR at WriteAway, Sydney
Con Frantzeskos Social Media Strategy Consultant
Campbell Fuller Ex-News journalist/dep-ed,Head of corporate/financial communication with Porter Novelli Sydney

G
Richelle Gillett, Spectrum Communications Account Director, Sydney
Ang Graham Digital PR manager, Amnesia, Sydney
Brian Giesen Director of Digital Strategy, Ogilvy Sydney (fresh import, happy to claim him as our own for this list!)
Tara Grimshaw V/radio journalist working in PR, Sydney

H
Mat Hardy In-house NetComm PR manager Wanted Digital, Sydney
Michael Hendo MD, Spectrum Communications & Max Australia
Donna Hogan Sydney
Jocelyn Hunter Director BenchPR

I
Rob Irwin Media & Online Specialist, Network Communications, Sydney

J
Sharmin Jassal Biz Tech Comms specialist, Sydney
Polly Johnson Sydney tech PR flack for Kinetics
JoJo at Dennis Rutzou PR

K
Christine Kardashian DashPR
Keep Left PR Melbourne
Stella Katsaros Little Miss Stella PR

L
Drew Lambert Publicity Director, Mark Communications, Sydney
Kim LaRochelle at Dennis Rutzou PR
Derek Lau PR guy, Sydney
Jemma Lee Verve Communications, Sydney
Kimberley Lee Sydney
Hayley Lettoof, Account Manager, Stellar* Concepts
Gareth Llewellyn Oracle Flack, Sydney
Anthony Lowe Principal of Porter Novelli's Sydney technology practice

M
Catroina McGauchie The PR Group, Melbourne
Kenny McGilvary Sydney PRer and Dry Julyer
Lindsay McHugh Philly girl in Melbourne
Casey Macneil Director, Macneil Marketing & Communications, Queensland
Fleur Madden-Topley MD, RedPR Brisbane
Dylan Malloch Sydney
Phoebe Mapperson Primary Communication, Sydney
Andrea Matthews Corporate Affairs Manager, GM Holden, Adelaide
Shannon Molloy ex-journo, Brisbane
Susan Moore Asia Pacific PR for Gartner
Carrie Morgan PR Consultant, Melbourne

O
Jane Outen, Senior Account Manager, Stellar* Concepts

P
Emily Patterson The Unknown Citizen, Perth
Lani Pauli Account Manager, LapePhelan Marketing Communications
Tracy Pendergast Pentica PR, Sydney
Lukas Picton Text100, Sydney
Janine Pittaway Director Bright Communications, Perth
Catriona Pollard Director CP Communications
Melinda Porteous, Account Director, Stellar* Concepts
Clare Preskett Freelance consultant

Q
PruQ Einsteinz, Sydney

R
Louise Roberts Director, Sphere Public Relations, Sydney
Jacqui Rudd
Scott Rhodie Online PR specialist, former-journalist, Senior Account Manager, Zing Sydney

S
Teri Sawers Communications for Insights, Sydney
Tara Schwarze Spectrum Comms, Sydney
Johanna Scott, Account Executive, Stellar* Concepts
Victoria Sennitt Sydney
Melissa Shawyer Director, The PR Group
Caroline Shawyer Owner, The PR Group Melbourne
Saxon Shirley Associate Director, Spectrum Communications, Sydney
David Sims Howarth, Sydney
Brooke Simmons Pursuit Communications, Central Coast NSW
Annette Slunjski GM at Lucidity Marketing Communications (B2B marcomms)
Dr Greg Smith PRLab, ex print journo
Becci Stalker consumer PR specialist, Melbourne
Stellar* PR
Tanya Steinbeck Director Limelight Communications, Perth
Jo Stevens Kramer Head of Corp Comms Microsoft Australia, Sydney
Sarah Stokely Tech journo turned PR, Melbourne
Susan Swan

T
Peter Taliangis Perth
Rebekka Thompson PR practitioner at Zing, Sydney
Marissa Tree Brisbane Team Leader, Red Agency

V
Dena Vassallo Professional Public Relations (PPR), Adelaide
Lars Voedisch Asia Pacific PR for Dow Jones

W
Annalise Walliker Haystac in Melbourne
Martin Walsh Group Manager Digital Marketing @ Microsoft, Sydney
Wes Ward PR, social media, virtual reality at ExitReality and Wadimedia
Emily Wearmouth, Executive director at Kinetics PR
Graham White MD Howorth, tech & business PR firm, an Ogilvy PR company
Lesley White Head of Consumer Digital, Network Communications, Sydney
Emma Wiliams Opera Australia's inhouse publicist

Y
Trevor Young parkyoung, The PR Warrior


New Zealand:

A
Hamish Anderson Creo CEO, Auckland
Catherine Arrow Auckland

B
Sharon Buckland Auckland
Jennifer Boyes Intermediary PR, Auckland
Peter Boyes Perception management counsellor & PR adviser, Auckland

C
Simon Clark Account Manager at Network PR, Auckland

D
Joss Debreceny Communications Advisor at Ministry of Education, Wellington
Jane Dodd GM, Network PR, Auckland
Donovan Boyd Communications Auckland

E
Michela Enna Creo

F
Sam Farrow
Solange Francois

G
Steve Grbic Auckland

H
Campbell Hodgetts Tech PR consultant Auckland

J
Jacky James Director of Shine PR, Rotorua
Anna Jobsz PR

K
Stephen Knightly Auckland

L
Julie Landry, PR consultant in Auckland

M
Paul Matthews Bullet Points, Auckland
Angela Moriarty Wellington

N
Network PR Auckland
Nicholas O'Flaherty BulletPR

P
Paul Pursuit Pursuit PR, Auckland

S
Toni Skiffington Harcourts NZ Communications Manager, Auckland
Jordan Small Network PR,Wellington

And for good measure:
Public Relations Institute of Australia (National) managed by Lloyd Grosse
Public Relations Institute of New Zealand - Events

(Credit for the tweet image above here)

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Event: Public Relations Conference, Brisbane Australia

Frocomm's 4th Annual PR & New Media Conference 2009 will open it doors in Brisbane in early June. The two major streams are themed around "Welcome to the New World Of Communications" and "How the new media revolution is changing communications".

Here's a taste of some of the speakers presenting:

Sandi Logan, National Communications, Manager, Department of Immigration
The opportunities for public relations practitioners to deliver their messages are so much broader than ever before: reality TV series, internal IPTV broadcasts, web and social media platforms are just a few of the new world of communications options available: how should PR professionals approach these opportunities, prove their value to their organisation and prove a measurable return on investment?

Brian Giesen, Digital Specialist, Ogilvy 360 Digital Influence
Brian was recently head of digital at Ogilvys Washington USA office. He's relocating to Australia. Brian will discuss the Lessons from the US and Queensland digital elections.

Ross McSwain, Director Media and Communications, Queensland Corrective Services
Ross will be on the panel discussing issues management and crisis communications

Josh Deckard, former Press Office staff to George W Bush, Managing a hostile media environment
Lessons from the front line: Josh Deckard has served as President of Forward Thinking Strategies since March of 2008. Prior to founding Forward Thinking strategies, Deckard was the Assistant Press Secretary to President George W. Bush at The White House. He was the longest serving member of the Press Office staff, spanning from 2002-2007. During his time at The White House, Deckard oversaw White House media operations, including major international summits, addresses to the nation, as well as nationally televised press conferences at The White House, Camp David, and abroad.

Luke Worth, Director of Change, Capital & Coast District Health Board, Wellington, New Zealand
Healthy Communication: why are the media and Opposition political parties so keen to label communicators as Spin Doctors? What can we as communicators do to prove our value.

When: Tuesday 2nd and Wednesday 3rd JUNE 2009
When: The Stamford Plaza, Brisbane, Queensland
Price: $995 (+gst)
More info: www.frocomm.com.au

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