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[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”noelene” name=”Noelene Gration” position=”Director” image_url=”https:\/\/www.agilitycommunication.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ascend-11.jpg” animation=”fade_in” facebook_url=”https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AscendPublicRelationsandCommunications” twitter_url=”https:\/\/twitter.com\/noelene_gration” linkedin_url=”http:\/\/au.linkedin.com\/in\/noelenegration” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_margin=”|||” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px”]<\/p>\n
Agility\u2019s Director, Noelene Gration already had a long and rich history helping agencies tell their story. Now she has an opportunity to further practise the work that she loves. Helping agencies who work with vulnerable people in our community to craft positive and engaging messages; plan their communications; increase their connections; focus on reputation management and ensure staff retention and attraction in a time of scarcity of qualified and experienced staff in the health, aged care and disability sectors.<\/p>\n
Most importantly, to ensure that people on the receiving end of messages understand them and are empowered to make informed and critical choices about their health care and support.<\/p>\n
Noelene\u2019s 25 years managing communications campaigns and extensive experience in the disability, health and aged care sectors means that we know how to craft your message so that it is heard, understood and where required, acted upon.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”maureen” name=”Maureen Gleeson” position=”Senior Consultant” image_url=”https:\/\/www.agilitycommunication.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ascend-08.jpg” animation=”fade_in” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px”]<\/p>\n
Maureen Gleeson helps Agility\u2019s clients better understand the changes that the health, aged care and disability sector faces today. She stays on top of rapidly changing health environments to help clients remain at the forefront in their industry. Beyond this, she draws on her management and nursing background to find creative angles for traditional and new players in the health sector.<\/p>\n
Prior to joining Agility, Maureen worked in health management in a dynamic rural health service. Experienced in attracting new funding and writing submissions she takes health workers through the process of change by being inclusive and enthusiastic. Previously she worked in not -for-profit and public health in Australia, England, Ireland, Sudan and India.<\/p>\n
Maureen started her career as a nurse and midwife and moved into community health, health promotion and primary care and has worked in rural, remote and major city hospitals. She has a strong interest in social justice and is enthusiastic about positive change in the health sector.<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”sarah” name=”Sarah Hines” position=”Administration Assistant” image_url=”https:\/\/www.agilitycommunication.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ascend-05.jpg” animation=”fade_in” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px”] Sarah combines our administration work with our communications work. She has more than 15 years\u2019 experience as a Flight Attendant where she learnt a lot about people, communication and customer service. [\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”Manni Button” name=”Manni Button” position=”PR Assistant” image_url=”https:\/\/www.agilitycommunication.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ascend-02.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px”] Mannie is a skilled and qualified marketing and communications professional with significant experience in the advertising industry and event management. When she is not working for Ascend, Mannie is running her own day spa and massage business. [\/et_pb_team_member][et_pb_team_member admin_label=”issy” name=”Isadora” position=”Mascot” image_url=”https:\/\/www.agilitycommunication.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/Ascend-17.jpg” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_color=”#f5f5f5″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” custom_padding=”20px|20px|20px|20px”] Isadora, or more commonly Issy, is our team mascot and all round smoocher. Her main jobs are to greet people and look beautiful. She does both with great success [\/et_pb_team_member][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″][et_pb_text admin_label=”Testimonials” text_orientation=”center” module_id=”testimonials” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]<\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial Kim Designscope” author=”Kim Percy” job_title=”Creative Director” company_name=”Designscope” url=”http:\/\/www.designscope.com.au\/” url_new_window=”on” background_layout=”light” quote_icon_color=”#757575″ _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#757575″ custom_margin_last_edited=”on|” custom_padding=”||60px|”]<\/p>\n
Noelene is an expert on social media, PR and communications and is a delight to work with. Her clear thinking, positive attitude and understanding of her field makes her an obvious choice for our company and our clients. <\/span><\/p>\n
Designscope strongly recommends Noelene.<\/span><\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial Mary-Faeth Chenery” author=”Mary-Faeth Chenery” job_title=”Program Coordinator” company_name=”Dying Well in Hepburn Shire” background_layout=”light” quote_icon_color=”#757575″ _builder_version=”3.0.64″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#757575″ custom_padding=”||40px|”]<\/p>\n
Noelene brought her terrific skills, enthusiasm and creativity to the promotion for the grant project, Dying Well in Hepburn Shire, and the excellence of her work contributed substantially to the quality and impact of the program. <\/span><\/p>\n
For any program I work on in the future, I hope to have the help of Agility and Noelene.<\/span><\/p>\n
[\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][et_pb_column type=”1_3″][et_pb_testimonial admin_label=”Testimonial Norma Morton” author=”Morgan Williams” background_layout=”light” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ body_text_color=”#757575″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat” use_border_color=”on” border_color=”#757575″ custom_padding=”||35px|”] Noelene and her team bring such a wealth of knowledge and \u00a0expertise to their projects, whether it be for us or one of our clients. We can always trust that new \u00a0clever ideas and strategies will emerge via close collaboration and in depth analysis. Looking forward \u00a0to our next project! [\/et_pb_testimonial][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section bb_built=”1″ admin_label=”section” background_color=”#f5f5f5″ _builder_version=”3.0.47″][et_pb_row admin_label=”row” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”][et_pb_column type=”1_2″][et_pb_blurb text_orientation=”center” module_id=”story” _builder_version=”3.0.47″ background_size=”initial” background_position=”top_left” background_repeat=”repeat”]<\/p>\n
Agility Communication and Connections came about as a direct response to increased contact with our parent company, Ascend Public Relations and Communications<\/a><\/span> due to uncertainty amongst agencies providing services to people with a disability and people requiring aged care services.<\/p>\n
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