Today, we have appearing with us Joan Westenberg, an award winning PR director, contemporary writer, and creative who is regarded as one of the leading startup voices in Australia. Joan's writing has appeared in many publications and her regular work can be found on Pizza Party, a blog about creativity, culture and technology. Joan emphasises a DIY ideal, starting something small and beautiful and diving into multiple projects at once, but not being married to them forever.
Joan Westenberg is an award winning Australian PR director, contemporary writer, and creative. She is the founder of PR and communications firm Studio Self. Her approach to messaging, communication and semiotics has built her reputation as a writer, and she has been named as one of the leading startup voices in Australia by SmartCompany.
Her writing has appeared in The SF Chronicle, Wired, The AFR, The Observer, ABC, Junkee, SBS, Crikey and over 40+ publications. Her regular work can be found on Pizza Party, a blog about creativity, culture and technology.
Joan is the creator of Transgenderinclusion.com, an open-source workplace inclusion hack, and the author of the book #DIY, a manifesto for indie creativity.
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