About Halo Communications
Halo Communications has been providing quality strategic communications planning, support and advice to businesses and organisations since 2005.
Based in the Wellington region, Halo supports clients from across the spectrum: private, local and central government.
Communications experience
We specialise in communications planning and then following through with the implementation of activities identified in the planning phase.
Relationships are key – working together we’ll come up with a plan and communications solution that works well for you. We’ve built strong relationships with our clients over many years and enjoy watching their businesses and organisations evolve.
“Collaboration: It’s all about taking my clients with me so they’re thrilled with the end result.”
Project managing the implementation activities is something we pride ourselves on.
Not only will we write all the content that’s required, but we’ll also engage the designers, web builders, photographers and videographers required to deliver on everything outlined in the plan.
We will work with you to make sure things happen on time and budgets are met.
Public sector expertise
Halo Director, Angela Bensemann, has been working with central and local government since 1998 and has a strong understanding of public sector communications and the importance of putting ratepayers and taxpayers at the centre of all communications.
An important part of any communications within this sector is community engagement and stakeholder management.
“No one likes being talked at – let’s have a proper conversation and understand the issues.”
Having a two-way conversation with communities is really important, interaction needs to be genuine, transparent and accessible.
As well as providing communications support Angela has also been involved in writing consultation policies and taken part in a council’s consultation advisory group.
Angela Bensemann, Director and chief strategist!
Angela has always been curious about people, their stories and what makes them tick. With an early career in journalism Angela loved nothing more than finding the angle, painting a verbal picture and drawing the reader in. It was here that she learnt to listen and to ask the right questions.
By accident Angela discovered a penchant for strategy work – working out the who, what, whys and how of communicating. This was the missing piece in the puzzle – the bit that comes before the writing, designing and delivery. The perfect outlet for her control freak tendencies.
Prior to setting up Halo she held communications roles in the health sector, for Corrections and in the local government sector.
Drawing on this experience Angela set up her Wellington based consultancy focused on helping clients to get their message across and to connect with their communities.
Registered provider
Halo Communications is an approved capability service provider (Communications Strategy Development) for the Regional Business Partner Network, a registered provider for communications and marketing advice and implementation support with Activate Tāmaki Makaurau and is a provider on the All of Government Communications Panel.
Affiliations and recognition
Halo Communications is a member of the Public Relations Institute of New Zealand and of the Porirua Chamber of Commerce and Angela is on the Advisory Board of Chrysalis for Women.