John Watson Email & Phone Number

Auckland, New Zealand

Good Mahi provides 'good comms for good work', helping for-purpose organisations to increase their influence and impact.

Leadership, planning and strategy: Creating and collaborating in strategic planning, creating organizational positons and policy, creating templates and processes, translating organizational and campaign goals into objectives and tactics. Internal and external communications: Tone of voice, collecting and creating compelling content and stories, using best-practice fundraising methods, identifying and utilizing influencers, strategy and implementation through a variety of channels… Show more Leadership, planning and strategy: Creating and collaborating in strategic planning, creating organizational positons and policy, creating templates and processes, translating organizational and campaign goals into objectives and tactics. Internal and external communications: Tone of voice, collecting and creating compelling content and stories, using best-practice fundraising methods, identifying and utilizing influencers, strategy and implementation through a variety of channels including digital and traditional to reach target audiences. Team management: recruiting, setting team culture, co-creating performance goals, supporting achievement, delegating and managing workloads. PR and media: relationships and engagement, monitoring, issues management and crisis communications, media briefing and training, spokesperson, reporting and analysis. International affairs: international assignments to seven countries including fragile disaster contexts. Hosting celebrity ambassadors, film crews and journalists in such contexts while safeguarding those we work with including partner development-organisations from criminal networks and local governments.Stakeholder management: Managing key relationships with internal and external stakeholders. Continuous improvement, upskilling and professional development Show less

I investigated, wrote, produced and presented stories to do with New Zealand’s rural sector. I worked to daily deadlines and as well as being out in the field doing news packages I conducted phone interviews and wrote stories for the evening news bulletin. I also produced more investigative pieces such as regional council’s double-standards on waterway pollution, rural depopulation and a court case, which have earned me two journalism awards from NZGAJ. On top of my reporting duties I… Show more I investigated, wrote, produced and presented stories to do with New Zealand’s rural sector. I worked to daily deadlines and as well as being out in the field doing news packages I conducted phone interviews and wrote stories for the evening news bulletin. I also produced more investigative pieces such as regional council’s double-standards on waterway pollution, rural depopulation and a court case, which have earned me two journalism awards from NZGAJ. On top of my reporting duties I produced and hosted the show ‘Point of View’ in which I conducted in-depth sit-down interviews with various politicians and agricultural experts. In this role I interviewed the Prime Minister, Leader of the Opposition, and the Minister and Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, among others. I also filled in as news anchor as required and join Mark Leishman in a studio chat every Friday to discuss the week’s stories and issues facing the rural sector. Show less

Mediterranean, Morocco, San Francisco, Thailand

While travelling around Asia, Europe, North Africa and the U.S I wrote freelance travel stories, worked on boats, and wrote and recorded songs—later releasing them in a debut folk album.

Attempted to ensure the smooth running of the newsroom at 3 News Bureau in Wellington (now newshub). Produced and reported on stories; the most memorable of which was a piece I did on New Zealand’s Freemasons. I also spent time in parliament attending the Prime Minister’s weekly press conferences and interviewing ministers and various other MPs as well as conducting interviews for reporters based in other parts of the country.

Ponsonby

Interviewed someone topical or interesting each month. Subjects included the Project Director of the company behind Soho Square, New Zealand’s only harpsichord luthier and Ponsonby’s oldest person.

Pr Strategy And Planning

Activities and Societies: A one-day course dedicated to creating and implementing award-winning PR strategies. A one-day course dedicated.

Issues Management And Crisis Communications

A one day course dedicated to avoiding, mitigating and responding to issues and crisis situations from a communications point of view.

Inspiring And Motivating Individuals, Team Leadership, A+

Integrated Marketing Communications, Marketing And Communications, A

Activities and Societies: Online course in integrated marketing communications Integrated marketing communications including PR.

Leadership Circle, Personal And Professional Development

Activities and Societies: Imrpoving leadership competencies

Bachelor Of Communications, Journalism

International Certificate, Journalism

Activities and Societies: Travel writing, investigative journalism, print and tv. Learned how to tell a story