There was a time when people went out to dine, dance and be entertained on the Gold Coast. In the 70's this type of entertainment scene on the Gold Coast was at its peak. Les Girls and Tahiti By Night were billing at the Broadbeach International Hotel, Paul Sharret had his Music Hall in the heart of Surfers Paradise and The Young Polynesians were housed at Quality Inn’s Illuka. I was one of The Young Polynesians. I like to think that we were entertainers rather than just sing

In business trusting in your own capabilities can be extremely difficult particularly if you have had your confidence shaken from a past experience. This last week I looked to the wisdom of Golda Meir to help me get through the week. Golda once famously said ... "Trust yourself. Create the kind of self that you will be happy to live with all your life. Make the most of yourself by fanning the tiny, inner sparks of possibility into flames of achievement." I am still fanning t

With the forever changing sands in the media landscape, print media is often considered a dying medium, with continued reports of falling advertising revenue and dwindling readership figures placing weekday mastheads under threat. So, unlike many, I wasn’t surprised when recent statistics showed The Australian, The Daily Telegraph and The Herald Sun have all increased their weekday readership (Roy Morgan Research). In an industry where we are quick to decry the benefits of tr

Last year may seem like old news now, but let me refresh your memory in respect to those hours you think you spent work versus time spent with media. Roy Morgan Research data has revealed that not only do Australians spend more time watching traditional broadcast television (18.7 billion hours) in 2016 than working (17.7 billion hours), but we spent 15.1 billion hours listening to radio and 13.6 billion hours online at home. On average, each Australian went out for food or dr

Charities play an essential role in Australian society, delivering necessary services to our communities and to provide support to those who need assistance, often in places that government funding may not reach. For many, the causes that they support embody their personal beliefs (or aspirations) or represent essential needs and services the donor believes everyone should have access to. Further, the propagation of information available, thanks to the internet, means that ca

In my last post I discussed the importance of charities in the Australian market. A new piece of research on the Australian charity and not-for-profit sector that I have championed within Chaos Media was released this week. It is both humbling and gratifying when the media pick up on your work and bring it into the public arena. I am incredibly thankful to so many of the news media that I have spoken to over the past week. If you are interested in learning more you will find

Media has a significant influence over how potential donors give to a not-for-profit or charitable organisation. Glenda Wynyard has champion

Early on in my career I was privileged to spend time with American creative director, Stan Freyberg, who was so passionate about radio advertising that you just couldn't help but become more engaged with the medium. Stan's ability, on behalf of his clients, to utilise radio as an audio based 'visual' medium effectively was a wonderful gift to the advertising industry. Radio, in Australia, now is a multi-platform medium accessed through analogue and digital broadcast receiver

If you like a really good quality, British crime drama (that isn't full of American cop show car chases) then The Fall is a television series that is well worth viewing. Filmed and set in Northern Ireland, the series which was created and written by Allan Cubitt, stars Gillian Anderson as an incredibly complex and layered DSI Stella Gibson. Jamie Dornan plays the equally complex family man come serial killer, Paul Spector, disturbingly well. The title is apparently a referenc

Did you know that the first feature length multi-reel film was a 1906 Australian production? Today, Australia hosts a raft of blockbuster movies and the country's screens have just hosted blockbuster franchise Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Strange is soon to be followed by Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 and Thor: Ragnarok in 2017. You can read my commentary on the reinvention of cinema thanks to the likes of Marvel's success is over on the Media Precinct blog. #Cinema #GlendaWynya