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Hootville Communications, a PR and communications company for Australian non profits was born in 1999 offering media training, PR, website / social media development, campaigning and conference MC services. We haven’t stopped yet. Brett de Hoedt founded the enterprise with no business plan beyond straightforward world domination and the motto communications for good not evil. Both the motto and the plan remain in tact today.

Hootville has worked on issues including mental illness, youth homelessness, legalisation of euthanasia, child sponsorship, conservation, hepatitis prevention, disability employment and Indigenous reconciliation. These are tough but sure as hell beat promoting perfumes and sports drinks.


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Gone volunteerin’. See you in 2012
Hootville has closed for 2011 and will return Tuesday January 10. Brett will be spending Christmas with three friends in Sri Lanka. It was a good year for us and we hope for you also. Season’s greetings to you and yours.... More »

Brett makes change, makes colleague sick
As if Brett de Hoedt doesn’t get enough opportunities to bang his drum…... More »

Hootville editorial policy explained: no bollocks
It’s good to be independent. To us it means that no company or person will ever feature here because they paid us. That means that any recommendation we make is made because we genuinely think that the recommendation is worth making. Of course that also stands for our Hootville Lowdown... More »

pr advice: video and audio news releases
Are video or audio news releases (VNR and ANR) worthwhile? First up, a definition: A VNR or ANR is a complete news story – talent, voiceover, vision, background audio, introduction, expert and case study quotes et al that is pre-made by the publicity seeker and distributed to newsrooms to be either... More »

viral videos
Why do some videos go viral and others fail? Dr Brent Coker thinks he knows and he has (what else?) an algorithm to prove it. We personally recommend cute kittens.... More »