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25 - 29 SEPTEMBER

Introducing…CommsHero Week 2023!

This year’s week long event is going to be bigger and better than ever:

💥 Over 40 sessions throughout the week

👥 A diverse speaker line-up covering a huge variety of topics

🗓 Content on demand for 12 months post-event

💻 Virtual – 4 days of live streamed content (25,27,28,29 Sept)

⭐️ In-person – live speakers, networking (26 Sept in Manchester)

🏆 CommsHero Awards – included in the in-person event in Manchester

🦸‍♂️ Exclusive #CommsHero swag

🎟 Two ticket types available (4 day virtual access & in-person)

The speaker line-up will be announced VERY soon…

For any enquiries about the event, please contact commshero@weareresource.co.uk.

Ticket types available:

Virtual week

• Access to the week-long event as a virtual attendee
• Includes virtual access to in-person day
• Access to content on-demand for 12 months

Cost: £210 (inc VAT)

CommsHero IRL

• Hosted in Manchester on the 26 September
• Network with with fellow CommsHero folk
• Lunch provided
• First ever CommsHero awards
• Drinks reception

Cost: £210 (inc VAT)

(Please note: the ticket includes CommsHero IRL only and does not include virtual week access.)

Virtual andCommsHero IRL

• Access to all the perks of a virtual ticket
• PLUS a ticket to the CommsHero IRL in Manchester on 26 September

Cost: £330 (inc VAT)

Event sponsors

Event partners

SPEAKERS

Abigail Dixon

Author and Podcast Host The whole Marketer and Director and Founder Labyrinth Marketing

Advita Patel

Founder of CommsRebel

Amanda Coleman

Crisis comms consultant, Author & Founder of Amanda Coleman Comms Ltd.

Amy Nettleton

Assistant Development Director – Sales and Marketing

Andy Barr

Founder of 10 Yetis

Antony Tiernan

Director of Communications and Engagement at the London Ambulance Service

Asif Choudry

Sales & Marketing Director with resource

Caroline Cubbon-King

Comms Consultant at All Things IC

Carrie-Ann Wade

Communications director, founder of Cat’s Pajamas Communications Ltd.

Cath Baxter

Voice and Public Speaking Expert / Speaker / Previously Head of Voice at Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts

Claire Riley

Executive Director of Corporate Governance, Communications and Involvement, North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care Board

Dan Holden

Comms Consultant at All Things IC

Darain Faraz

Co-Founder of People Like Us People Like Us (plu.org.uk) and is a seasoned Marcomms leader

Dennis Campbell

Health Policy Editor, The Guardian and The Observer

Ed Thomas

Group Head of Marketing and Communications, the Wrekin Housing Group

Emer Delaney

Director of Communications

Emily Clark

Marketing Coordinator

Emma Midgley

Assistant Director of Customer Experience, Communications

Farzana Baduel

CEO of Curzon PR

Frank Sinclair

Founding Director Of Fit With Frank Ltd

Gareth Turner

Founder, Big Black Door

Gemma Butler

Chief Community Officer at WeAre8

Gihan Hyde

CEO & Founder Communique

Harriet Small

Communications and People Engagement Manager, Sky

Helen Reynolds

UK Social Media Creativity Expert, Comms Creatives

James Delves

Head of PR and External Engagement, CIM

Jennifer Sanchis

Account Director

Kate Isichei

Global collaboration and internal communications consultant

Kate Jarman

Director of Communications and Corporate Affairs

Katrina Wilcox

Head of Marketing and Communications at Housing 21

Kelsea Greene

Editorial & Design Manager, and GOV.UK Lead, at the Disclosure and Barring Service.

Koray Camgöz

PRCA’s Director of Communications & Marketing

Lee Griffith

Founder of sunday skies

Lesley Woods

Head of Campaigns, Chief Communications Officer, Directorate of Defence Communications at the Ministry of Defence

Lewis Williams

PR Professional

Louisa Dean

Head of Communications at the Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead and Interim Head of Communications at Reading Borough Council.

Luan Wise

Chartered Marketer, FCIM, Award-winning author, trusted social media marketing advisor and trainer.

Lynda Thwaite

FCIM, Marketing and communications director, group band. Board Director at The People’s Pool

Maaz Rahman

Global Business Transformation Specialist

Marya Stevens

Account Director, Blink

Michael Lowdon

CIPR Outstanding Young Communicator of the Year 2022 | Communications Manager - NIHR

Michelle Carvill

Strategic marketer, digital agency founder, consultant, CIM Course Director for Social Media Strategy

Naomi Jones

Communications and Marketing Director, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

Nezahat Sevim

Global Head of Media and PR at Animals Asia

Nick Crawford

CEO of Work Networks

Nigel Taberner

Managing Director of Level2Communications Ltd.

Priya Bates ABC, MC, SCMP, IABC Fellow

President and owner of Inner Strength

Rachel Roberts

Rachel Roberts is a CIPR Chartered Practitioner, working as a communications consultant for over 20 years operating in-house for BT and Cancer Research UK, and within the consultancy sector.

Ranjeet Kaile

Executive Director of Communications and Engagement, South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust and South East London Integrated Care Board

Rebecca Benn

Lead of External Communications at Defence Digital

Rebecca Roberts

Founder of Thread & Fable

Rebecca Sangster-Kelly

Comms & Stakeholder Management Coach

Richard Flaherty

Creative Strategy Director

Russell Anderson-Williams

Presentation Expert and Founder of The Prezenter Ltd

Ruth Dale

Coach, Trainer and Podcast Host

Sam Brownjohn

Visual Content Manager, SUEZ recycling and recovery UK

Sara Thornhurst

Disabled PR practitioner

Sarah Waddington CBE

Management & PR consultant. CIPR Past President, PRCA Fellow, IoD Ambassador.

Shayoni Lynn

Founder of behavioural science consultancy, Lynn.

Sheeraz Gulsher

Co-Founder of People Like Us

Simon Jones

Executive Director of Communications, Westco Communications

Stephen Waddington

Managing Partner, Wadds Inc

Steve Hayes

Director of Corporate Affairs and Communications at GreenSquareAccord

Stuart Bruce

Founder of digital transformation consultancy Purposeful Relations and crisis communications consultancy Stuart Bruce Associates

SESSIONS

Accessible Comms: Where on Earth do we start?

With Kelsea Greene

An insider’s view of birthdays, wedding, and funerals

With Louisa Dean

Be a Marketing Hero with the Power of Curiosity

With Maaz Rahman

Beanz on Weetabix – When bravery met strategy

With Gareth Turner

Board rooms | The final frontier for PR professionals

With Farzana Baduel

Come and meet People Like Us

With Darain Faraz and Sheeraz Gulsher

Comms Hero? Prove it!

With Jennifer Sanchis

COVID-19 communications – the good, the bad and the ugly

With Antony Tiernan, Claire Riley, Denis Campbell, Kate Jarman & Ranjeet Kaile

Data Driven Communications – Our Secret Weapon to success

With Rebecca Benn

Do what you say… say what you do!

With Gemma Butler and Michelle Carvill

Emotional storytelling

With Nezahat Sevim

Empathy Mapping – Getting in the head of your audience

With Ruth Dale

Equity of employee voice in a hybrid world – is it really possible?

With Nick Crawford

Every journey has a story.

With Amy Nettleton and Asif Choudry

From internal communication to internal conversation

With Marya Stevens

How dare you post this on a professional platform!? And other nonsense

With Steve Hayes

How ESG will change the Internal Communication Landscape

With Gihan Hyde

How to make your slides less sh!t

With Russell Anderson-Williams

How to maximise your earning potential in public relations

With Stephen Waddington

How to speak so that others listen

With Cath Baxter

How to Take the Lead

With Carrie-Ann Wade & Lee Griffith

How to use insight to unlock that creative spark

With Richard Flaherty

Is grammar reelly that important QUESTION MARK

With Edward Thomas

Keeping up with the Joneses

With Stuart Bruce

Listening like a life depends on it….

With Nigel Taberner

Measure what you treasure

With Caroline Cubbon-King and Dan Holden

Mission Impossible: Communication lessons from the front line

With Lesley Woods

Moulding ERGs that work

With Kate Isichei

Moving with the tide: Have you Got 5 Minutes? Live

With Rebecca Roberts and Harriet Small

My Stand-up Comedy Journey: an unusual path to better communication

With Rebecca Sangster-Kelly

PR vs Recession: The business case for comms

With Koray Camgöz

PRCA Public Sector Group

With Carrie-Ann Wade, Emer Delaney and Simon Jones

Remove the fear and doubt, focus on listening to what isn’t being said!

With Emma Midgley

Talking about crises: how can we build resilience

With Amanda Coleman

The integral role of inclusive comms in equality, diversity and inclusion

With Advita Patel and Priya Bates

The language of disability

With Sara Thornhurst

The rise of visual content and how to get it right

With Naomi Jones

TikTok has changed comms – why your brand needs to be there

With Helen Reynolds

Top Ten Tools For Social Media Marketing

With Luan Wise

Understanding changing consumer behaviours and surviving the cancel culture

With James Delves

Using behavioural science to power your communications

With Shayoni Lynn

We don’t just do pink and fluffy

With Lynda Thwaite and Asif Choudry

What does it take to be a Whole Marketer?

With Abigail Dixon

When I grow up, I want to be a CommsHero

With Rachel Roberts, Katrina Wilcox, Emily Clark, Michael Lowdon and Lewis Williams

See what happened at last year's virtual week:

CommsHero Week 2022 was a fantastic event. A virtual week-long event featuring over 50 LIVE sessions which are all available on demand for attendees. We had an epic line-up of over 70 speaker from across different industries, sessions will cover topics from Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to Crisis Comms, ESG, Sustainability and much more!

Find out more about last years event 👇

2022 programme