Brooke Maisey - Isaac Regional Council

Brooke Maisey, Senior Communications Officer, Isaac Regional Council.

In the above video I describe all the things I have learnt during the Propeller Program. And something I noticed, there is more than one pro in the Propeller Program!

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The poem I re-introduced myself to the team with

6 items about myself –

Music and language would be number one

To be honest I wish I could sing this to the tune of Hamilton

I want to be in the room where it happens, you see

So passion for work would be two AND three

Number 4, I am in the garden all the time,

number 5, as evident from this poem I love to rhyme (write words that sound similar to other words…)

And number 6 while I live and work in the sunshine state

My true jersey colours are blue, so no hate

About my council –

Now I move to Isaac Regional Council where I work

And can honestly say this program is a perk

A region the size of Tasmania, with 26 mines

Supplying half of QLDs royalties, we are sublime

We share our story, we constantly advocate

For improved funding models from the State

And for once in my life there is no analogy

For our quick and impressive COVID Recovery Strategy

My career to date –

Now my career to date is a patch quilt and I have no qualms

I have a marketing background that is not exactly comms

Working for a marketing agency, and a tractor dealer to boot,

I moved into a NSW Council, and that was a hoot.

But two years ago now, and almost to the day

I packed what fit into my vehicle and moved 1,400 km’s away

And lately I’ve grown, even though I think I’m an amateur,

I have spent the last couple months as acting manager!

How 2020 changed me –

2020 changed me in a number of ways,

I learnt how to cope with numerous delays.

Not seeing my family, and making my own

It surprises me the number of ways I have grown.

But most of all I have learnt I have plenty

And patience is the thing that most changed in 2020

My strengths and weaknesses –

I have numerous weaknesses, this I know

I talk too much, force too many jokes, and put on a show.

But when I am told I can be creative,

My strengths pour out and I am not derogative

I am fiercely loyal, often to a fault,

But out loud jokester is mostly my default.

I am looking forward to –

I am looking forward to working with you all again

And now I got my rhyme out I hope to be more zen.

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My supportive council

A big thank you to my Director, Darren Fettell, Director Corporate, Governance and Financial Services, for contributing this video to the Cook Shire Council workshop, organised by my team, Country2Coast.

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