The Chartered Institute of Public Relations Northern Conference is an annual event delivered in partnership with three regional CIPR groups: North East, North West and Yorkshire & Lincolnshire who take it in turns to host the event. This year it is being hosted by the CIPR Yorkshire & Lincolnshire group and will be taking place on Tuesday 6 October 2009 at The West Yorkshire Playhouse in Leeds.
This one day conference, now in its eighth year, offers exceptional learning and networking opportunities and the programme features high profile keynote speakers and a choice of thought provoking and interactive master class sessions.
Keynote Speakers -
Alistair Campbell, former Director of Communications and Strategy, The Labour Party
Yasmin Diamond, Director of Communication, Home Office
Heather McGregor, Columnist, Weekend Financial Times
John Nielson, Director of Group Media Relations, BAE Systems
Master Class Sessions -
Social Media – Rob Brown, MD (UK), Staniforth
Twitter – Stuart Bruce, MD, Wolfstar
Creativity - Andy Green , Partner, GREEN Communications
Radio PR – Shahid Hussain, BBC Radio Leeds
Social Marketing - Sarah Knight, Engagement and PR Director, BJL
Relationship Management - Victoria Tomlinson, CEO, Northern Lights
Budget PR – Beverley Tricker, Founder, Tricker PR
PR Survival in the Credit Crunch – Paul Willis, Director of the Centre for Public Relations Studies, Leeds Business School, Leeds Metropolitan University
Online Evaluation – Robin Wilson, Director of Digital PR and Social Media, McCann Erickson
The event is open to CIPR members and non members and will be of value to a wide range of delegates both agency and in-house from the public, private and not for profit sectors. Places can be booked online or by phone and you can view or download the full conference PDF from the Don't Panic website.
For those of you who may not be able to attend but wish to follow delegates comments on Twitter, we'll be using the hashtag #CIPRNC. Likewise if you'd like to receive the latest news on conferences and events from Don't Panic you can follow us on Twitter @dontpanicevents
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