Our blog
We believe in sharing the knowledge and learnings we capture through our work with people and organisations across the health and social services sectors.
Our blog consists of thoughtful and practical content and insight across a range of topic areas that aims to better enable people and organisations to plan, design, implement and evaluate their work.
Student reflections on Master of Public Health Placement at Beacon Strategies
Charli and Alex spent 13 weeks with our team as part of their Master of Public Health placement through the University of Queensland. We asked them to write about their reflections on their time with us, which includes lots of helpful insights for anyone early in their career.
Meet Bella, our Marketing and Communications Coordinator
Meet our Marketing and Communications Coordinator Bella McIntyre! Bella has joined us all the way from New Zealand, bringing her experience in communications and social media spanning stints within the professional services and not-for-profit sectors…
Welcoming Alicia Bruce, Beacon Strategies Consultant
In April this year, we welcomed Alicia Bruce to the Beacon Strategies team! It’s very exciting to have another highly capable set of hands with lots of PHN experience now settled into our team. Read on to learn more about Alicia!
Meet our Cairns Senior Manager (Suicide Prevention), Gill Townsend
Meet our Cairns Senior Manager (Suicide Prevention), Gill Townsend. With a background in social work, community development, community education and human services, Gill is very passionate about social justice and deeply invested in work that has an impact. Read more in our Q&A.
A reflection on my Public Health Placement at Beacon Strategies
Our Public Health student placement reflects on her time at Beacon Strategies.
Meet Sarah… The engineer, traveller and Beacon Strategies Analyst
Sarah Crisci has joined our team as an analyst who originally lived and studied in America before moving to Darwin and working as a consultant. Her passion for the health and social service sector stems from her travels in Thailand, where she completed volunteer work in youth and community development. Sarah has already proved to be a valuable asset to the team and we think it’s about time you learnt more about what she has to offer.
What happens when you combine Data Craftswoman and People-Person? Let Nicole Hare tell you!
Fortunately for Beacon Strategies, at the tail end of 2020 we were able to take the time and invest resources into expanding our team once again. During this expansion we hired two new wonderful analysts who have now settled in and are working alongside the rest of the Beacon Team. One of these analysts is Nicole Hare.
Everything you need to know about completing placement in the health industry
From August to November of 2020, Beacon Strategies were lucky enough to have Navi & Manuel join us in the office two days a week. Navi and Manuel were both completing their Masters of Public Health, undertaking their student placement with us before graduating at the end of the year. Their 12 week placement flew by and before they left, we wanted to give them the opportunity to share their thoughts and opinions of their internship experience during the weird and wonderful year of 2020.