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Mandi Bateson
Mandi Bateson
 

Prior to agency life, Mandi was often the sole member of sales focused marketing teams, working closely with sales and account management teams to drive acquisition, growth and retention.

Mandi’s industry knowledge includes tourism, home entertainment, professional and advisory services, defence, learning and development, health and medical devices, hospitality, telecommunications, human resources, business improvement and real estate.

In her previous role, she managed the award winning 7 Days in Sydney campaign for Tourism NSW, an integrated social media campaign that required content generation, video production, talent management and community management.

Mandi has just been appointed as Director, Digital at Hill and Knowlton

Mandi has a passion for social media and technology, fascinated by the way they are evolving, clashing and collaborating.

Presentation - Measuring Social Media Effectiveness

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Jason Richardson

 

Jason Richardson is Corporate Communications Manager for Leeton Shire Council. Prior to joining Leeton Shire Council last year, he worked as a Communications Officer for the Murrumbidgee Catchment Management Authority, a web editor and project manager for Charles Sturt University and as a section editor on the Canberra Citysearch website. He holds three university qualifications, has recorded five albums and maintains four Twitter accounts, 10 blogs and one Facebook profile.

Presentation -  Case Study - Increasing Digital Capacity

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Kat Szuminska

Kat Szuminska is one of the directors of the Open Australia Foundation, the charity behind http://planningalerts.org.au  and the newly created http://www.electionleaflets.org.au . She's also a volunteer gardener around the Blue Mountains where she lives, and now only occasionally squeezes in a bit film VFX supervision. She dreams of an LGWebNetwork Hackfest.

Presentation - Breakfast Briefing  - Planning Alerts and Your Council

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