Our mission: helping you get the recognition you deserve

As a boutique consultancy, we want to ensure we are the right fit for clients - that they can extract real value from what we do. 

​Since establishing in 2014, we have worked with clients in Australia and New Zealand - small enterprises through to big corporates. In the past 12 months, we have:

  • Designed and implemented projects for a large client, helping it in its digital transformation
  • Run workshops on communications for corporate teams and independent schools in Melbourne (attendees rate us as "world class", based on our Net Promoter Score)
  • Shown clients the SMART™ way of setting up a DIY Newsroom™ to take control of their message and maximise the return on their communications
  • Written speeches and created high-end presentations for a CEO and her executive team, including a TEDX talk
  • Facilitated Strategy to Action days in the education sector
  • Hosted a webinar on our new book, The DIY Newsroom, to an audience of dozens of media bosses from across the world
  • Provided advice to clients on sensible and effective use of social media
  • Showcased the great work of clients by helping them with winning entries to industry awards.

As well, Director Stuart Howie has spoken at industry conferences in Australia and abroad. 

This is some of the feedback we have received about our services:

Flame Tree Media, and in particular Stuart Howie, has been a vital part of our massive transformation.
​I would not hesitate to recommend Flame Tree to any organisation needing to deliver transformational change at a strategic and structural level.
​- Sinead Boucher, Chief Executive Officer, Stuff (Fairfax New Zealand)
Great takeaways. Insightful. Eye opening. Future focused. Money saving. Motivating.
- Feedback from SMART Communicator™ workshop
Stuart was a brilliant facilitator - he was able to guide our group to ensure that by the end of the day we had direction and a plan to go forward.
- Feedback from Strategy to Action workshop
I have worked with Stu on and off for the past three years with Stu as a consultant to a number of projects. I can't speak highly enough of his vision, thoroughness, attention to detail, and passion for journalism and change. Stu recently worked closely with me on our transformation of our broadsheets to compact project and it was reassuring to have him alongside driving the change. He is a first-class journalist and editor and project manager. He is also pragmatic and has a wicked sense of humour - often needed in projects. I recommend him highly.
- Bernadette Courtney, Editor-in-chief (Newsrooms), Stuff NZ
Flame Tree Media helped us navigate the complex maze of technology, tailoring the best, sustainable communications model, internal and external, for our organisation's needs. They listened to our needs and were always clear, prompt and courteous in their communications with us.
​It's been a great and productive time working with them.
- Louise Beaton, Corrimal Region Uniting Church

Some of our clients