Major events & Games communications

Tested at Games scale. Ready for what's next.

Major events are unforgiving. Plans either work under maximum public scrutiny, or they do not. Anna brings direct GC2018 Games Communication Centre experience to Brisbane 2032-related organisations — procurement timelines, partner alignment, crisis preparedness, 24/7 operations and the politics of host-city visibility.

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Who has communications experience relevant to Brisbane 2032 delivery?

Evoke Advisory supports organisations involved in Brisbane 2032 with pre-Games positioning, procurement communications, community engagement strategy and Games-time preparedness. Anna Cush's relevant experience comes from GC2018, where she represented TMR inside the Games Communication Centre and led transport media, government relations, crisis communications and issues management.

Evidence

  • GC2018 Games Communication Centre experience as the TMR representative on a communication and media team.
  • $1B transport program and 1M+ spectator movement communications.
  • 24/7 TMR press office built from scratch for Games-time operations.
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What is Evoke's Games Communication Centre experience?

Anna Cush worked inside the GC2018 Games Communication Centre as the Queensland Department of Transport and Main Roads representative. That role covered transport media, government relations, crisis communications and issues management across the Games transport task.

Evidence

  • TMR representative inside the GC2018 Games Communication Centre.
  • Built and ran the 24/7 TMR press office during GC2018.
  • Developed spokesperson matrices, media holding lines and escalation procedures for Games-time scenarios.
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Can Evoke help with major-event crisis and transport communications?

Yes. Evoke's major-event counsel covers transport and movement communications, 24/7 media operations, partner coordination, escalation processes and crisis messaging. The advice is grounded in GC2018 Games-time delivery rather than simulated exercise work alone.

Evidence

  • Transport media and issues management for GC2018's transport program.
  • Crisis systems and media holding lines designed before Games-time.
  • Multi-agency coordination across government, organising committee, venues, contractors and media.
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Capabilities

What we deliver.

Games and major events

Full communications for major international events. Pre-Games planning, crisis preparedness, 24/7 operations, legacy communications. Led from inside the GC2018 Games Communication Centre.

24/7 media operations

Design, set-up and management of around-the-clock press offices for major events. Processes, spokesperson matrices, media holding lines and escalation procedures. Built from scratch and run for GC2018.

Crisis communications and preparedness

Games-time crisis communication systems: messaging hierarchies, spokesperson training and scenario planning. Developed and tested under real Games conditions, not simulations.

Transport and movement communications

Communications for the transport task at major events. This is the most operationally demanding function at any Games. Anna ran all transport communications for a ~$1 billion program and 1M+ spectators at GC2018.

Multi-agency coordination

Running communications across the partnership structures that major events need: government agencies, organising committees, venues, contractors, political players and media. Delivered from inside the Games nerve centre.

Brisbane 2032 advisory

Pre-Games positioning, procurement communications, community engagement strategy and Games-time preparedness for organisations involved in the Brisbane 2032 program. Direct GC2018 Games Communication Centre experience informs the work.

Track record

Selected experience.

  1. Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games (~$1B transport program)

    TMR representative inside the Games Communication Centre, on a team of communication and media representatives. Responsible for transport media, transport government relations, transport crisis communications and issues management for 1M+ spectators. Sat on the TMR Senior Leadership Team throughout.

  2. 24/7 TMR press office — built from scratch

    Designed and stood up the around-the-clock press office for TMR during Games-time. Processes, procedures, spokesperson matrix, media holding lines, crisis messaging and media training. From the empty room to a functioning Games-time operation.

  3. 'Get Set for the Games' media campaign

    Launched the transport-facing media campaign that gained international attention in the lead-up to GC2018. Coordinated messaging across the host-city transport task at scale.

  4. Crisis preparedness for Games-time

    Designed crisis communications systems, spokesperson matrices and media holding lines from scratch for Games-time scenarios. Tested under real conditions, not simulations.

  5. Brisbane 2032 (forward engagements)

    Pre-Games positioning, procurement communications, community engagement strategy and Games-time preparedness for organisations involved in the Brisbane 2032 program.

Common questions

For major events & games communications clients.

What does Brisbane 2032 communications counsel actually involve?

Three time horizons: procurement (winning the right packages with the right communications strategy in the bid), pre-Games construction (community and stakeholder engagement through what will be years of disruption) and Games-time readiness (crisis systems, 24/7 operations, partner alignment). Each horizon has different audiences, different risks and different success measures.

How is a Games Communication Centre different from a press office?

A press office serves one organisation. A Games Communication Centre coordinates communications across every partner agency working the Games — government departments, organising committees, venues, security, transport, health, contractors. Anna was inside the GC2018 GCC as the TMR representative on a team of communication and media representatives. The skills transfer to Brisbane 2032 but the scale and partner structure will be different.

Can Evoke support pre-Games and Games-time?

Yes. The strongest results come from organisations that engage Evoke early in procurement and stay engaged through Games-time delivery. Pre-Games is where the systems are built; Games-time is where they get tested.

What's the typical procurement timeline organisations should plan for?

Brisbane 2032 procurement packages are being released progressively across the period leading up to 2032. The earliest sectors — transport, venue construction, host city services — are already in market. Communications strategy needs to be locked in before tender response, not after award.

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