#CommsHero Week 2022
10 OCT - 14 OCT
Get ready for CommsHero Week 2022, bringing you a virtual week-long event of 50 LIVE sessions all available on demand for a year and the chance to network with other fellow CommsHeroes. Our speaker line-up is EPIC this year with over 70 speakers from across different industries, sessions will cover topics from Equality, Diversity and Inclusion to Crisis Comms, ESG, Sustainability and much more!
And of course, every ticket holder will receive an EXCLUSIVE limited edition #CommsHero SWAG pack including your very own CommsHero t-shirt and personalised notebook.
To get a flavour of what’s to come, check out some sessions from CommsHero Week 2021 CLICK HERE.
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CommsHero Week 2021
27 SEP - 1 OCT
This year #CommsHero hosted another groundbreaking virtual event with over 50 influential speakers, presenting live throughout the week.
All sessions will be available on demand after the event so don’t worry if you didn’t make the live session (more details coming soon.) After a testing year, it’s time to celebrate the heroics comms people are performing every day.
Are you ready to unleash the #CommsHero in you?
Join our CommsHero Guild group HERE to join in on exclusive discussions about the event!

27 SEP - 1 OCT
This year #CommsHero hosted another groundbreaking virtual event with over 50 influential speakers, presenting live throughout the week.
All sessions will be available on demand after the event so don’t worry if you didn’t make the live session (more details coming soon.) After a testing year, it’s time to celebrate the heroics comms people are performing every day.
Are you ready to unleash the #CommsHero in you?
Join our CommsHero Guild group HERE to join in on exclusive discussions about the event!
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Confirmed Speakers so far:
We are currently still confirming speakers for the event so keep checking back for updates.
Event Chair: Annique Simpson – Change Communications Business Partner, Journalist, Event Host & Speaker, Founding Member – UK Black Comms Network
Rachel Miller – Director at All Things IC Limited
Advita Patel – Director at CommsRebel
Spencer Waldron – Global Brand Communications Director at Prezi
Grant Leboff – CEO at Sticky Marketing Club
Gina Stringer – Senior PR & Activation Manager – Yorkshire Tea & Taylors of Harrogate
Reece Dinsdale – Actor and Television Director
Graeme Park – International DJ
Julian Obubo – Partner at Manifest London
Gihan Hyde – Founder & CEO Communique
Harry Tangye – Former Firearms and Traffic Sergeant for Devon and Cornwall Police & author of the best-seller ‘Firearms & Fatals‘
Nick Adderley – Northants Chief of Police
Nick Knowles – TV Presenter and Award-Winning Writer
Tom Gaymor – Freelance national commentator – BBC 5 Live, Eurosport, BT Sport and Sky Sports
Sofia Cann – Head of Marketing & Communications (Square Chapel Arts Centre Halifax & The Old Courts Wigan) & Freelance Publicist & Communications Consultant for Cann Communications
Jules Loveland– Communications Manager at Dementia Adventure
Kristin Hancock – VP Community & Engagement at ICology
Aamir Abbasi – Fundraising Manager for Leicester at Al Khair Foundation
Samra Muslim – CEO of Walnut Communications and Alchemists
Syed Ayaz – Chief Business Officer at Nutshell Communications
Ranjeet Kaile – Executive Director of Communications, Stakeholder Engagement and Public Affairs at South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust
Martina Topić – Senior Lecturer & Course Leader in Public Relations & Journalism
Naomi Jones – Communications and Marketing Director at SUEZ UK
Emma Leech – Director of Marketing and Communications at Nottingham Trent University
Helen Reynolds – Comms Training Director at Comms Creatives
Asif Choudry – Marketing and Sales Director at resource
Stephen Waddington – Founder and Managing Partner of Wadds Inc.
Penny Haslam – MD and Founder of Bit Famous Ltd.
Kate Jones – Head of Communications & Corporate Affairs at Tarmac
Mandy Pearse – Director of Seashell Communications & CIPR President 2021
Sarah Waddington – Business Owner at Astute.Work
Chloë Marsh – Head of Communications & Engagement at RHP Group
Amy Nettleton – Assistant Development Director: Sales and Marketing – Aster Group UK
Alma Sheren – Marketing and Communication Lead at Greenacre Recruitment Limited
Fran O’Hara – Managing Director/Creative Director of Scarlet Design International Ltd
Trudy Lewis – Director of Colinear Limited and Board Director of CIPR
Matthew Batten – Director of Communications and Engagement, Diocese of Llandaff, Church in Wales
Rachel Tolhurst – Head of Internal Communications at Amey
Carrie-Ann Wade – Director of Communications and Engagement at NELFT NHS Foundation Trust & Founder and Chief Collaborator of Cat’s Pajamas
Lee Griffith – Founder of Sunday Skies
Jenni Field – Founder, Business Communications Strategist at Redefining Comms
Lynda Thwaite – Group Brand, Marketing & Communications Director at Sir Robert McAlpine
Frank Sinclair – Owner Fit With Frank
Luan Wise – Marketing Consultant at Luan Wise
John Rockley – Head of Communications and Marketing at Rooftop Housing
Alison Battisby – Founder, Social Media Consultant, Trainer and Speaker at Avocado Social
Andy Lambert – Director of Growth at ContentCal
Ed Thomas – Group Head of Marketing and Communications at the Wrekin Housing Group
Mike Klein – Internal Communication Consultant; Senior Advisor, Smarp Strategic Services
Laurian Hubbard – Head of Engagement at Senedd Research, Welsh Parliament
Helen Pudner – Interim Deputy CEO at United Purpose
Sarah Puntan-Galea – Director of Communications at Valleys to Coast
Andy Barr – Owner of 10 Yetis Digital
Koray Camgöz – Director of Communications and Marketing at PRCA
Chaya Mistry – Director of Humanly
Gemma Butler – Marketing Director at CIM, The Chartered Institute of Marketing
Sarah Pye – Head of Communications and Engagement at Honeycomb Group
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CommsHero Week 2020
#CommsHero week
28th September – 2nd October 2020.
Was a virtual event with over 50 influential speakers, presenting live throughout the week. The biggest and best of engaging content, advice, anecdotes and key learnings for Comms professionals.
All sessions are available on demand after the event so don’t worry if you can’t make the live session. After a testing few months since March, it’s time to celebrate the heroics comms people are performing every day.
Are you ready to unleash the inner #CommsHero in you?
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#CommsHero Week is CPD approved for all CIPR members
35 sessions x 5 CPD points per session = 175 points. You can earn more than your annual CPD requirement (60 points) in a week between 28th September – 2nd October
Details of how to log your CPD points for #CommsHero Week coming soon.