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

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

This year Rebecca stretched herself with an intensive stand-up comedy course and showcase. She intended to use this training to improve her understanding and use of humour for executive communications, however it has also influenced how she approaches engagement for the better. In this session she’ll share her learnings, the professional benefits, and why you should pursue ‘unusual’ professional development options.

Join the session on Thursday 13th October at 11:00 am.

Rebecca Sangster-Kelly

Comms and Stakeholder Management Coach

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

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

Feel like TikTok isn’t relevant to your audience? You’re wrong.

And not just for retailers, and people trying to reach younger audiences – it’s THE most important platform If you work in internal comms, B2B, corporates, public services or charities.

Hel is going to show you how – far from being a place for kids to do dancing – TikTok has changed the face of communications forever.

Whether your main comms platform is Linkedin, Twitter, Facebook, email or the intranet – you need to understand how TikTok fits into your strategy.

And why you’re going to love it.

Join the session on Thursday 13th October at 10:15 am.

Helen Reynolds

Founder, CommsCreatives

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Comms Hero? Prove it!

Comms Hero? Prove it!

The world faces new dramatic disruptions. Businesses are challenged like never before leading to budgets being scrutinised and threatened. The PR function cannot afford to be seen as a cost centre to organisations. To survive, PR people must be able to show how they bring value and speak to the bottom line. The comms function must measure what matters. We are Comms Heroes. More than ever, now is the time to prove it!

Join the session on Wednesday 12th October at 1:35 pm.

Jennifer Sanchis

Account Director

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

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

How do we ensure that everyone – whether office based, hybrid, or remote – has an equal voice at work? How do we solve this, and management’s home working “productivity paranoia” recent research has highlighted?

With a front row seat helping many organisations shape their future of work roadmaps, partnering with Meta Reality Labs and leading a growing 100% remote team across the UK, Nick will share his vision of the future, brought to life with real examples of orgs that are leading the way. He’ll also share some of the more surprising ways he is solving his team’s own “work from anywhere” dreams.

Join the session on Monday 10th October at 3:45 pm.

Nick Crawford

CEO of Work Networks

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When I grow up, I want to be a CommsHero

When I grow up, I want to be a CommsHero

How many times have you heard ‘I fell into comms’ whilst working in the communications industry? We never hear our children say they want to work in communications, and why shouldn’t they be striving for a successful career in the industry? Who says being a footballer is more glamorous than a job in comms?

In this session we are joined by six CommsHeroes, who share their communication career stories and the different pathways into the comms industry.

Join us at 10:15am, Monday 10th October.

Rachel Roberts

2022 President of the CIPR

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Michael Lowdon

CIPR Outstanding Young Communicator of the Year 2022

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Emily Clark

Marketing Coordinator, CIM

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Katrina Wilcox

Head of Marketing and Communications, Housing 21

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Lewis Williams

PR Professional

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How to use insight to unlock that creative spark

How to use insight to unlock that creative spark

In an increasingly competitive marketplace, brands are being forced to find new ways of resonating with their audiences creatively. Whilst each brand has it’s own challenges, the successful ones follow a similar journey to unlock that ‘creative spark’.

This chat explores the creative process, and how digging deep for insight and leverage can pay dividends in creative output.

Join the session on Tuesday 11th October at 11:45 am.

Richard Flaherty

Creative Strategy Director

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Is grammar reelly that important QUESTION MARK

Is grammar reelly that important QUESTION MARK

Returning to CommsHero week one again Ed Thomas will be tackling the subject of grammar. During the session Ed will advocate that we all need to just chill out when it comes to commas and semi colons, adverbs and adjectives. Afterall grammar just gets in the way of effective messages doesn’t it. Not to mention putting up a barrier to inclusion.

Join the session on Thursday 22nd September at 3:45 pm.

Edward Thomas

Group Head of Marketing and Communications

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From internal communication to internal conversation

From internal communication to internal conversation

The next evolution in engagement.

In this session, Marya suggests looking at internal comms in a whole new way, moving from one-way
‘communications’ to two-way ‘conversations’. In external comms, social media and listening tools have long allowed for two-way conversations, and new tools and practices have now opened the door for internal comms to be able to follow suit. Marya unveils the how organizations can engage with their employees by adopting some of the methods from a community management approach, and will share how some of her clients, such as the NHS and Stagecoach, have done so in order to have happier, more connected employees.

Join the session on Monday 10th October at 2:15 pm.

Marya Stevens

Account Director, Blink

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Every journey has a story.

Every journey has a story.

Every journey has a story and a reason; sometimes we forget what those reasons were and we lose sight of why we made the decisions we did to hopefully make the impact we wanted to.

This chat explores that journey of what leads to creating influence in your profession. Amy’s influence literally feeds in to National Government and Lending policy, spearheading a national marketing campaign to promote Shared Ownership. You will find out how she has achieved this whilst doing the day job of continually leading an award winning sales and marketing team and having your employer’s and team’s priorities at the forefront of everything.

Join the session on Wednesday 21st September at 12:30 pm.

Amy Nettleton

Assistant Development Director, Sales and Marketing

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Asif Choudry

Sales and Marketing Director

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Moulding ERGs that work

Moulding ERGs that work

  1. What are ERGs?
  2. Why have ERGs?
  3. What can go wrong?
  4. Making ERGs work

Join the session on Thursday 13th October at 12:30 pm.

Kate Isichei

Global collaboration and internal communications consultant

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