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Barbara Ryan is listed as Anything community engagement, communication and natural hazards. at Cicada Research and Communication, based in Toowoomba City, Queensland, Australia. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at usq.edu.au and a matched LinkedIn profile for Barbara Ryan.
Barbara Ryan previously worked as Manager at Cicada Research And Communication and Volunteer Member - Rural Fire Service Advisory Committee at Rural Fire Service Queensland. Barbara Ryan holds Phd (Built Environment), Disaster Information Seeking from Rmit University.
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I'm a communication and community engagement researcher and practitioner who specialises in disaster but has wide experience across industries from mining, to government to education. I'm about to move on from the University of Southern Queensland and I've not long finished with Queensland State Emergency Service co-designing a community engagement training package with and for SES volunteers.My particular skills are facilitating collaboration, writing and research, especially building connective and motivating campaign creative and key messaging from what the data shows us. In 2020, I was made a Fellow of the Public Relations Institute of Australia after 35 years in PR practice and teaching.A career highlight was a recent Natural Hazards Research Australia project with QUT and Macquarie: we learned of the devastating and ongoing impact of the 2022 floods in Queensland and Northern NSW. In another key project, I worked with Prof Kim Johnston and Prof Maureen Taylor to develop a specialised model of community engagement for emergency management - no more IAP2! We did this by mapping emergency agency practice and aspiration in community engagement for preparedness in Australia. It links community engagement techniques to specific community types. My role at Queensland State Emergency Service filled the gap between the research and the practice in this area, and it was certainly great to use my knowledge of flood preparation and recovery in that role. My PhD was on how people look for information when their community experiences a disaster (ie channels and sources) and done localised research on community engagement to motivate people to get ready for bushfire.I have 35 years experience in journalism and communication management, including local government, Bayly Willey Holt (part of global firm Porter Novelli), The Big Event Company, and various positions managing the PR function, specialising in writing and organising. As well as a CPRA Fellow, I'm a founding Fellow and former Chair of Emergency Media and Public Affairs.
Listed skills include Strategic Communications, Crisis Communications, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, and 15 others.
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Near Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
My focus is disaster research and the translation of the results into useable information for practitioners across all fields of research. I'm also a communicator working on projects, mainly for not for profits and the emergency sector.
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
One of nine Rural Fire Brigade volunteers drawn from across Queensland to advise the Rural Fire Service senior management team on cultural, operational and capability issues and ideas.
Queensland, Australia
I've been a member of the PRIA almost continuously since 1992, and was a Queensland Councillor in 2004 and 2005.
Australia And New Zealand
I'm currently on the board of EMPA, having led it 2019-2023 through major change and development and into its new focus as a community of practice for emergency communicators and community engagement practitioners. I've very proud to have watched the industry change in practice since 2007, from focusing on counts and amounts to setting brave new objectives that relate to community safety. EMPA played a role in this amazing transformation.Check out the website at http://www.emergencymedia.org.auIt has annual conferences in Australia and New Zealand in March and June and includes new research and latest experiences and innovation, as well as a sharing lessons learned.
Toowoomba, Australia
I taught a range of courses including:PR campaignsCommunity engagementDigital PRChange communicationDisaster communicationWriting for PRCrisis communicationI led my discipline team and drove regular collaboration with practitioners to keep courses updated - I creatively used these sessions to keep my knowledge of community engagement techniques up to date. I kept my skills current by leading students in client campaigns - these included hypothetical recruitment of volunteers for State Emergency Service, the first campaign for app start up Animal 360, and Getting Ready for Bushfire for our client, Toowoomba Regional Council.I also researched disaster communication and behaviour and have completed projects for Queensland Fire and Emergency Services, Toowoomba Regional Council, Natural Hazards Research Australia, and the Bushfire and Natural Hazards Co-operative Research Centre.
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Codesigning the community engagement training package for SES volunteersDeveloping 10 modules within the packageEstablishing frameworks for SES community engagement
Toowoomba, Australia
Mapped community engagement for preparedness practice in Australia and emerged with a more practical model for agencies to work with, with Dr Kim Johnston, QUT, and Professor Maureen Taylor, University of Tennessee. The model is one that can support training of volunteers with no previous experience of community engagement - we're very excited about it!
Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Managed a team of four and undertaking media relations, campaign planning and implementation, major events, crisis communication, community engagement, corporate communication such as the annual report, policy etc. Achievements : Planned and managed PRIA award-winning Centenary of Toowoomba City – directly organising ten events and co-ordinating a program of about 50 partner community events. One third of Toowoomba (50,000 people) attended these Centenary events Worked with the planning team on extensive engagement for 30 year strategic plan - my team developed communities matrix (then conducted research focus groups, interviews and workshops) then worked with planners on world cafes, street popups, leaders' forums, charettes, mapping workshops, youth council and range of other techniques. Facilitated collaborative, cross-organisational development of the TCC communication style guide with a team of contributors across the organisation, with roll-out and training Developed and trained crisis communication plans for Council Seconded to Toowoomba Counter Disaster Committee during the 2002 bushfires: a four day disaster saw my team deal with 14 local, state and national media. The team of four generated 54 media releases and ensured regular interviews (sometimes half-hourly) with local, state and national media Established new and strong corporate identity for Council, particularly in the publications area Planned and implemented new team processes to ensure quality of work was assured despite a 100 per cent increase in workload in three years.Developed and implemented formal planning and evaluation for the communication team, allowing success to be measured.Developed and implemented the ‘Let’s Slow the Flow’ communication campaign that successfully reduced summertime water use by 14% despite drought in The Garden City in its first year. Coached executive team and councillors during operational issues management.
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Worked with a wide range of clients on media strategy and publications, events, investor relations, community engagement. Clients came from construction and major infrastructure, agriculture, property, agriculture and value-adding, retail.
Activities and Societies: Received Dean's commendation for GPA of 6 or above.
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Barbara Ryan is listed as Anything community engagement, communication and natural hazards. at Cicada Research and Communication.
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Barbara Ryan is based in Toowoomba City, Queensland, Australia while working with Cicada Research and Communication.
Barbara Ryan has worked for Cicada Research And Communication, Rural Fire Service Queensland, Communication & Public Relations Australia (Formerly Public Relations Institute Of Australia), Emergency Media And Public Affairs Ltd, and University Of Southern Queensland.
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Barbara Ryan holds Phd (Built Environment), Disaster Information Seeking from Rmit University.
Barbara Ryan is listed with skills including Strategic Communications, Crisis Communications, Corporate Communications, Public Relations, Press Releases, Community Engagement, Media Relations, and Internal Communications.
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