The Fenton blog is a multi-author, multi-purpose playground: you’ll find thoughts on the latest issues affecting the sectors we work in, personal interest stories, and practical communication tips.
We’re proud of our history of creating communication that can be accessed and understood. We believe accessible communication should be more than an aspiration. Not only is it foundational for effective awareness and behaviour change, it’s also a human right.
As countries across the world navigate second and third wave resurgences of COVID-19, we looked at a selection of communication responses from Australian state and territory governments to consider some options for future campaigns.
There comes a time in every crisis when communication must move from crisis to recovery mode. This time is hard to identify but is usually before the crisis is over.
Pictograms, icons and symbols have been part of our culture for thousands of years. They have allowed us to transcend the limits of language and are a feature of public spaces across the world; quietly instructing, explaining, warning us.
Manspreading. Oversharing. Staring. Coffee-breath yawns. All are acceptable at home and often perpetrated in workplaces, but in the taut, increasingly crowded confines of a train we experience these kinds of behaviours far more intensely.
