Less Chatter, More Matter: The Communications Podcast

May 15 2024

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Communications expert, business owner, group fitness instructor...that's your podcast host, Mel Loy! And in the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast, Mel shares tips on how to improve your communication skills, and interviews with the experts.

In 2020, after almost 20 years in corporate communications, Mel (happily) took a redundancy from her full-time, executive corporate job and went out on her own, founding her communications agency, Hey Mel! Communication & Training.

These days, she's a sought-after speaker, workshop facilitator, and consultant, working for some of the biggest brands in Australia and popping up on speaker line-ups at conferences world wide.

Expect short, entertaining episodes packed with valuable tips that will inspire you to try new things. Communication tips to improve your relationships at work, navigate crises, internal communication, and deliver change are top of the agenda.

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#67 Inspire change with these key messaging tips

May 15 2024 17 mins

This week on the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast we've diving into change messaging and how you can make sure yours is effective, inspires action and resonates with your audience.Generally, we've seen a lot of change messaging filled with corporate language, jargon and a lot of inpersonal content. All of which doesn't inspire anyone to do anything, nor does it influen

#66 5 secrets to persuading your audience

May 08 2024 22 mins

216 million is the amount of emails that are sent, on average, every day. 15.5 hours is the accumulated time for an average office worker to simply manage these emails, and 40 is the amount of emails we actually send ourselves on the daily. With numbers like these, it's a wonder how we find the brain space or time to remember the important things that the comms we receive are a

#65 What in the world is happening? How to communicate in a world of upheaval

May 01 2024 13 mins

How do you communicate about the tough topics?More importantly, in a world of upheaval and an ongoing barrage of information and news - how do you communicate about the important things in a meaningful way, with a positive outcome?In this week's episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast, we dive head first into exactly this; how to navigate the complexities of a world in

#64 The process behind creating and embedding an EVP

Apr 25 2024 24 mins

Welcome back to another episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast. This week, we dive into part two of the EVP-explained series where we explain all things EVP, why it matters and how it matters to a comms pro.For this episode, we've uncovered the process behind creating your EVP, step by step, alongside how you can embed it. We then give you the nitty-gritty details beh

#63 What is an EVP and why is it important?

Apr 17 2024 19 mins

On today's episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast, we cross the bridge from comms land into HR land a little to unpack the infamous Employee Value Proposition, or EVP, as it's more commonly known. Why, you ask? Well, from an internal comms perspective, particularly, and even a recruitment comms perspective, we need to make sure that the business' EVP is woven

#62 What is thought leadership and how do you use it?

Apr 10 2024 19 mins

On this week's episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast, we're starting with a jargon-busting episode dedicated to detailing out exactly what the term "thought leadership" means.As a comms pro, you've likely heard the term "thought leadership" a million times and wondered to yourself: what does that even mean?Not to worry! This episode is her

#61 Do the right thing: communications edition

Apr 03 2024 19 mins

Today we've covered a new topic that has been briefly touched on in previous episodes, but we are hyper-aware that if we called it exactly what it is... nobody would listen to it, because the topic is tiresome.However tiresome, it's still important - if not more important than a lot of others, and that is: the legal and ethical parts that comms pros need to adhere to, or be

#60 Showing up on social media (ft. Rachael Gough)

Mar 27 2024 28 mins

On this week's episode of the Less Chatter, More Matter podcast, we've dived into the fun topic of: social media.We interviewed Rachael Gough, a Brisbane-based, award-winning certified personal stylist, content creator, and mum of two who is committed to showing women of all shapes and sizes, how to embrace their now and find their love for fashion, beauty, and life at all

#59 The role of leaders in communicating change

Mar 20 2024 16 mins

Communication is important in a change, but comms itself does not make change happen. Leadership is how a change gets across the line effectively and successfully across a business, and when you combine the two - you get ownership and accountability driving your change ahead.So, in this week's episode, we've dived into the role of leaders during a change aside from role mod

#58 All things change communication (ft. Prina Shah)

Mar 13 2024 25 mins

This week, we've turned the tables on Mel and instead of being the interviewer... she's the interviewee! Prina Shah has stepped in again this week to do a second week of absolute comms gold, interviewing Mel to discuss all things change communication.From how stakeholders receive change comms, through to how we, as comms pros, communicate change in a way that is both effect