Belinda Vesey-Brown

  • Young Talent Time revived

      Young Talent Time is coming back to TV after 24 years. The TV program that shaped my life, and I’m sure, the life of many families, for over 20 years was the creation of host Mr Johnny Young. My daughter Donna was such a huge fan and wanted to sing and dance just like…

  • ‘Anti-endorsement’ – the clever, new marketing tactic

      It’s no secret that our world is full of product placement and celebrity endorsement. Brands pay big bucks to have their products interwoven into TV shows and movies and throw wads of cash at celebrities to wear their gear at public events. Usually things go to plan and the celebrity is a great ambassador…

  • Strategic Branding – Protecting your IP

      The most valuable assets in a business are often the intangibles surrounding reputation, brand and other intellectual property. Often these assets are the point of differentiation between competitors. When we are asked to create a brand for our clients we always advise that the mark/s we create are professionally checked for availability to be…

  • Fred Hollows Foundation – A Year in Review

    With Brio Group having just ‘smashed’ our team goal of donating the equivalent of 365 gifts of sight to the Fred Hollow Foundation we thought it would be a great way for us to cement this achievement by getting a run down on what the foundation has done over the last 12 months. So we invited…

  • May the coins be with you

      A little entertaining news for the weekend and something to make you smile, or laugh out loud. It sure did make me do both! The force is obviously with the tiny Pacific Island of Niue, which has announced that they will release a set of 40 special coins, picturing none other then the infamous…

  • Social Media for Good & Evil

    It was the widespread availability of social media – namely Facebook & Twitter – which enabled the coordination of the recent London riots. It was also the Blackberry which made it difficult for Police to uncover the crimes as the Blackberry’s instant messaging is not easily encrypted. The majority of British youth prefer the Blackberry…

  • Brio Group celebrates Rhylee’s ‘Switch On’ Ceremony at the Hear and Say Centre

      Everyday at Brio Group our team works hard to help our clients’ businesses grow, blossom and become the best they can be. This is made possible because of our amazing team, who together become the life force of Brio. One day we asked: what if we could use our skills to help people on…

  • Semi-Permanent Brisbane a great inspiration!

    This year’s Semi-Permanent Brisbane was an awesome day packed with some really inspiring speakers. The video above, by Supervixen, formed the introduction. The concept represents the conference making an impact on which ever country it arrives at. Another of my favourite speakers was illustrator/fashion photographer, Kelly Thompson. Having developed a reputation for getting the sass out…

  • Hear and Say

    The Hear and Say Centre is one of the leading Paediatric Auditory-Verbal and cochlear implant centres in the world, teaching children who are deaf or hearing impaired to listen and speak since 1992. The Centre aims for its children to achieve speech and language in the normal range for their age by six years of…