Going for Gold; Rob Shorthouse, from 2014 to the SFA

Glasgow's success in bringing the Commonwealth Games 2014 to the city was the outcome of a robust bid backed by a strong communications strategy.

The approach to media handling and overall communications is widely praised as being integral to the win and CIPR Scotland is offering you the chance to meet Rob Shorthouse, former Head of PR & Media for the Bid.

In his role, Rob oversaw key media and stakeholder events and was the author of many of the speeches that sold Glasgow's bid.

Rob is now the Head of Communications at the Scottish Football Association, dealing with the varied issues facing one of Scotland's foremost sporting organisations.

Come and hear Rob tell you about how he developed and implemented the 2014 communications and how he is using this experience to shape the SFA's approach to PR. Rob will give tips on how to get your communications strategies off the marker and into a leading position that delivers winning results.

You can even ask Rob about both these roles during the Q&A session.

Venue: Hopkins Suite, Millennium Hotel, George Square, Glasgow, G2 1DS

Time: 6pm for 6:30pm start

Cost: £10 members; £25 non-members; £5 students. Spaces are limited to 40 and all attendees MUST book a place before the event.

Contact: To attend, please email name, company and membership status of each person attending and quote name of event: "Going for Gold - Rob Shorthouse, from Glasgow 2014 to the SFA" to: premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

Include daytime telephone number and email address. Send a copy of your booking details with a cheque, made payable to the "CIPR Scotland Group" to: CIPR Scotland, PO Box 16250, GLASGOW, G13 1WX. N.B. We cannot invoice for later payment, but can provide receipts.

Tour of the BBC - Fully Booked

Wednesday 30 April. Time: 6.15pm for 6.30pm start. Venue: BBC Scotland, 40 Pacific Quay, Glasgow, G51 1BA.

This is an excellent opportunity to receive a guided tour of the new BBC Scotland building. BBC Scotland will provide members with the chance to view behind-the-scenes filming, be given a tour of the building and the opportunity to meet Head of News and Current Affairs, Atholl Duncan and members of his team.

CIPR Scotland – 'Newspapers - the final frontier?'

What future for the newspaper industry in Scotland?

Given declining sales and price wars, what does the future hold for the newspaper industry in Scotland ?

Veteran newspaper editor, John McGurk, gives a unique and thoughtful insight into the newspaper industry, what is in store for the industry in the future, and how PRs can respond to this declining media outlet in terms of getting their 'clients in print'.

John is the only journalist who has been editor of all three major newspapers published in Edinburgh: The Scotsman, Scotland on Sunday and the Edinburgh Evening News, and was also group managing editor of the Daily and Sunday Telegraph in London. He is now a busy media consultant, advising Indigo PR and lecturing on journalism at Napier University.

If you'd like to attend, email the company and membership status of each person you're booking for, quoting the name of the event: "Newspapers - the final frontier?" to Evelyn McLaren - premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

** Event details ***

Date: 19 March 2008
Venue: Apex International, 31-35 Grassmarket, Edinburgh, EH1 2HS
Time: 6pm
Cost: £10 for members, £25 for non-members and £5 for students.
Contact: Evelyn McLaren - email premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

Help Students Learn 'How to Work the Room and find their way in to PR'

Date: 25 February 2008
Venue: Gusto, 135 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 4JH
Time: 7pm - 10pm
Cost: Members - free, Non members - £5

This is your chance to support Scotland's future graduates and have fun courtesy of CIPR Scotland!

In partnership with voicebusiness and Gusto, CIPR Scotland are hosting 'How to Work the Room, and your way in to PR', a training event to promote working in the PR industry and the support offered to CIPR student members in Scotland.

We invite you to the second phase, a champagne reception, which provides a platform for the students to try out their newly acquired networking skills.

We need you, the practitioners, to make the evening a success!  You never know, you could spot a potential employee!

This event is free to members but places are limited to 30.

To attend email Evelyn McLaren - premierpa@yahoo.co.uk quoting name and membership status of each attendee.

The postal address to send payment to is: CIPR Scotland,PO Box 16250, Glasgow  G13 1WX.

Addressing a crisis – ‘nuts and bolts’

Date: 20 February 2008
Venue: Scottish Government, Meridian Court, Cadogan Street, Glasgow
Time: 6pm for 6.30pm
Cost: £10 for members, £25 for non-members and £5 for students. Nibbles and refreshments on offer.

Following the sell-out ‘Crisis? What Crisis?’ event undertaken by the Scottish Government last August, we are holding a second event looking at the ‘nuts and bolts’ of handling a crisis. Please note that we expect this to be another popular event and booking s for this will be taken on a first come first served basis.

If you’d like to attend please email the company and membership status of each person you’re booking for and quote the name of the event: ‘Addressing a Crisis – the nuts and bolts’ to Evelyn McLaren – premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

Allan Brown - Food for thought - Event cancelled

Venue: Apex City Hotel, 61 Grassmarket Edinburgh EH1 2JF
Time: This event will be rescheduled to a date in the New Year

As we loosen our belts in preparation for the seasonal wining and dining we expect to be doing in the weeks to come we thought it was only appropriate to invite a food writer and critic to help us kick off the festivities!

Former Scottish Journalist of the Year, Allan Brown, will be at the top table to share a light-hearted look at his career in the media as well as providing us with some hints and tips on achieving column inches.

Allan has been a columnist and features writer with the Scottish edition of The Sunday Times for more than a decade. Focusing mainly on interview and colour location profiles, he has, of course, also been the paper's restaurant critic since 2001. The 40-year-old published author is also an occasional contributor to BBC Scotland.

This event is aimed to kick off the festive season with some fun, so join us for some laughter and chat!

If you'd like to attend, please email the name, company and membership status of each person you're booking for and quote the name of the event : 'Allan Brown - Food for Thought' to:
premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

Include a daytime telephone number and email address in case we need to get back to you. Then send a copy of your booking details, with a cheque for the correct amount, made payable to the 'CIPR Scotland Group' to: CIPR Scotland, PO Box 16250, Glasgow, G13 1WX.

Please note that we cannot invoice for later payment, but can provide receipts. Include a daytime telephone number and email address in case we need to get back to you.

CIPR Scotland acknowledges the support of Apex Hotels to run this event

Cost: £10 for members, £25 for non-members and £5 for students

Contact: premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

CIPR Scotland - Scottish PRide Awards Dinner 2007

Venue: Radisson SAS Hotel, Argyll Street, Glasgow
Time: 7pm

The CIPR Pride Awards are the premier event for PR practitioners working within the public relations or communications industry in Scotland.

The awards showcase good practice and celebrate the achieved success of individuals and companies within the industry.

Once again the Chartered Institute of Public Relations will host the PRide Awards this year in Glasgow.

The dinner will take place at the Radisson SAS Hotel, Glasgow on Friday 16 November 2007 and will be hosted by Forth FM Radio Presenter, Grant Stott.

As well as providing a fantastic opportunity to network with your industry colleagues the evening will also see awards presented to recognise the outstanding achievements of those companies and individuals who have made a significant contribution to the PR and communications industry in Scotland.

The evening will get underway with a pre dinner drinks reception at 7.00pm for 7.30pm and following dinner will be the presentation of the awards.

We anticipate that the formalities will conclude at 11.00pm and then the party will get underway with dancing into the wee small hours.

The dress code for this event is black tie.

The PRide Awards are a key event in the Scottish business calendar and we anticipate that there will be a high demand for places. To avoid disappointment book now!

Cost: Individual tickets for the event are priced as follows and are exclusive of VAT. Members £90, Non Members £100.

Or alternatively you can book a table for 10 guests at the following rates exclusive of VAT: Members £900, Non Members £1000.

Contact: KL Events diane.foster@klevents.co.uk

Thinking of going freelance?

Time: Time: 9.30am - 4.30pm
Venue: Jurys Inn Glasgow, 80 Jamaica Street, Glasgow G1 4QE

Are you working in a consultancy or in-house role and considering 'going it alone' in the near future? Don't miss 'Working Freelance' on 13 November. This highly interactive workshop will provide you with comprehensive advice on joining the freelance marketplace - from developing your own powerful brand, to setting fees, and adapting to self-employment.

Topics to be covered:

• Is freelancing for you?
• Working with clients as a freelancer
• Are 'you' a brand?
• The freelance lifestyle - looking after yourself
• From employee to self-employment
• Your marketing collateral
• Legal and other issues
• Setting your fee level 

Make this your first step towards a rewarding solo career and be inspired! Leave with the knowledge you need to go freelance, confidence to take the big leap, and useful take-away checklists to help you along the way.

'Working Freelance' is led by independent consultant - Caroline Black MCIPR. Prior to setting up her own successful business, Caroline Black & Associates, Caroline was Board Director and People & Business Development Director at the Grayling Group.

Cost: CIPR members: £309 + VAT
Non-members: £462 + VAT
(Fee includes buffet lunch, refreshments and course materials)

Contact: email: SarahI@cipr.co.uk

Speaker meeting - Bob Wylie - Out of the frying pan

Venue: The Hallion, 186 Bath Street, Glasgow
Time:6pm for 6.30pm start

No sooner had Bob Wylie stepped in the door of Strathclyde Partnership for Transport (SPT) as Director of Communications, did he have a crisis on his hands.

The former BBC Scotland reporter hit the ground running when introduced into the world of public relations, with Glasgow Subway disputes over festive working hours and controversy over the new Nightrider service.
 
Since his leap from journalism to PR nearly a year ago, Bob has been leading the SPT communications team covering major disciplines of public affairs, press and media relations, marketing and internal communications.

At this event Bob will give an insight into how he dealt with his baptism of fire into the PR industry, shares his strategy to shape communications for SPT and talks about his experience working within Scottish media.

Contact:To attend, please email name, company and membership status of each person attending and quote name of event: "Bob Wylie - Out of the frying pan" to: premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

Annual General Meeting

The Annual General Meeting of the Scotland Group of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations was held on Monday 1 October 2007 in the Radisson SAS Hotel, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow, at 6.30pm prompt

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'Challenge your Thinking - Stupid Aid: Make Stupidity History UK tour'

Venue: Apex International Hotel, 31-35 Grassmarket, Edinburgh
Time: 7.30am for 8.00am start

In a fun, yet practical 45 minute presentation, leading flexible thinking and creativity expert Andy Green FCIPR will share with you key techniques, insights and ways of doing to equip you with the tools to combat ‘compound stupidity’ and take advantage of the many opportunities around you.

Andy is conducting his own one man campaign, travelling across the UK in one week to do his bit to fight against a world increasing in its stupidity by giving people the skills to challenge their own, and other people’s thinking.

In conjunction with the Chartered Institute of Public Relations regional groups, the ‘Challenge Your Thinking Tour’ is also helping to raise funds for Barnardo’s, with all profits from the events going to support their valuable work in transforming the lives and potential of the most vulnerable children and young people.

Discover 5½ key creative thinking skills you can quickly apply to your work – to help you achieve more with less, to work smarter in a stupider world.

Come along to:

• Transform your flexible thinking skills to create more, and more varied, ideas
• Learn about strategies to overcome the ‘I haven’t got enough time’ syndrome
• Discover how to harness the power of your personal brand so you can be magnificent and ensure others want to work with you and help you
• Find out specific tools to spot the many opportunities around you waiting to be used
• Pick up 5 strategies for overcoming bureaucrats

You would be stupid to miss this great opportunity!

Cost: £25 with all profits going to Barnardo’s

Contact information: Email your ticket requests, specifying which location, to: andy.g@creativityatwork.co.uk

For further information please use the following web link: http://www.cipr.co.uk/stupidaid

Crisis? What Crisis? - Fully Booked

Venue: Scottish Executive, St Andrew's House, Regent Road, Edinburgh (enter via the side entrance)
Time: 6.00pm for 6.30pm

Most organisations at some time require some measure of crisis management. From Avian Flu to Terrorism - The Scottish Executive works with local responders, dealing with crises on a national scale.

Want to know about the Scottish Executive approach to dealing with a crisis and learn some of the lessons from recent incidents?

Jason Wassell, Communications Strategist with the Civil Contingencies Unit, will describe the approach taken by the Scottish Executive. Jason will talk about some of the lessons from major incidents such as the recent Glasgow incident and 7/7 London bombings. He will talk about issues within communication planning including the development of the 24 hour media environment and growing influence of the 'citizen journalist'.

Joining him will be Neil Trotter who leads the Finance and Sustainable Growth communication team. As well as managing the team, he has responsibility for advising Ministers during major incidents across the portfolio, including major utilities such as nuclear energy and transport incidents.

Neil has a range of experience, including working on the avian influenza outbreak at Cellardyke. Nibbles and Refreshments on offer.

This event is now Fully booked

CIPR Scotland acknowledges the support of the Scottish Executive for this event

Selling in your story - tricks of the trade

Venue: The Arc Suite, Abode Hotel, 129 Bath Street, Glasgow
Time: 6pm for 6.30pm start

The Scottish Sun and Newslink

With Heather Lowrie, Deputy News Editor, The Scottish Sun and Iain Fleming, Business Development Manager, Newslink

As Scotland’s largest selling newspaper, The Scottish Sun has a clear role to play in getting your story across to a large readership.

But how do you best to get your story into this top tabloid? What are the news and feature desks looking for from PR people and what is the best approach to take?

At this evening event Heather Lowrie, Deputy News Editor will give those attending an insight into the workings of The Scottish Sun, give some background about herself and her career, and answer any questions you may have in making your story as big a hit as possible.

Joining Heather is Iain Fleming, Business Development Manager for Newslink, a secure, guaranteed ‘wire service’ which is subscribed to by newspapers and broadcasters. Unlike email, copy and pictures sent through the Newslink system instantly deliver directly into editorial systems alongside material produced by PA and Reuters. Iain’s career includes working as a journalist on The Sun, Daily Mail, Mail on Sunday and as a PR Manager in the public and private sectors.

How to Write an Award Winning Entry - PRide Awards

Venue: Radisson SAS, 301 Argyle Street, Glasgow
Time: 6 pm for 6.30pm start.

In the run up to the glittering CIPR Scotland PRide Awards on Friday, 16 November, this event gives you a last minute blast of inspiration by providing hints and tips on how to write an effective and attention grabbing award entry.

Platform PR Managing Director, Jane Cumming, and one of Scotland's leading PR consultants, Flora Martin, will present a joint workshop to help get your award entry at the top of this year’s pile. Both PR professionals are no strangers to winning awards with over 40 years experience in the PR industry between them.

Case studies of how previous entries have successfully been tackled and advice on how to grab the imagination of the judges is aimed to help inspire you before the following month’s deadline for entries.

Bookings:
£10 members; £25 non-members; £5 students. To attend, please email name, company and membership status of each person attending and quote name of event: “How to Write an Award Winning Entry - PRide Awards” to: premierpa@yahoo.co.uk

Include daytime telephone number and email address. Send a copy of your booking details with a cheque, made payable to the "CIPR Scotland Group" to: CIPR Scotland, PO Box 16250, GLASGOW, G13 1WX. N.B. We cannot invoice for later payment, but can provide receipts.

Meet the Editor - Bruce Waddell, The Daily Record

This event is now fully booked!

Established over 100 years ago, The Daily Record was the first mass-circulation UK daily to print in colour and is Scotland's biggest daily newspaper.

CIPR Scotland is offering you the opportunity to meet The Daily Record’s Editor, Bruce Waddell. Bruce will talk about his career history in the media, the development of The Daily Record under his leadership and his views on the changing face of the media in Scotland.

Bruce will also provide vital tips for PR professionals on liaising with his staff and a Q&A session will give you the opportunity to find out more.

With 30 years' experience in journalism Bruce Waddell joined The Daily Record as Editor in 2003. He launched his career in print journalism in 1977 with Johnston Newspapers and has many years experience with daily rival, the Scottish Sun - the paper he left as Editor to take the helm at the Record.

N.B. This is a special CIPR Scotland membership event. Initial joining fee of £50 to CIPR Scotland is free to non-members who attend and sign up for membership.
 

This event is now Fully Booked

Question Time - Scottish Elections in the Media

Venue: Apex International Hotel, 31-35 Grassmarket, Edinburgh EH1 2JF
Time: 6.00 p.m. for 7.30 p.m. start

This Question Time- style event opens the forum on the media surrounding the recent Scottish Elections and invites you to give and hear opinion on how it, and each political party, faired under the media spotlight.

You have the chance to quiz a panel of Scotland'
s well-known journalists, including politics experts Bernard Ponsonby and Fiona Ross, on their experience of politics in the media and the most recent round of ' kiss the baby'
 antics.

Award winning journalist, Fiona Ross was awarded the OBE for Services To Broadcasting in June 2005. She has interviewed every leading UK political figure and Prime Minister including Margaret Thatcher, and the current Prime Minister, Tony Blair.

Platform presenter and Scotland Today'
s Bernard Ponsonby has presented all STV's election, by-election and elections results programmes in the last ten years. Bernard also stood for the Liberal Democrats in the Glasgow Govan by-election in 1988 and produced two political documentaries The Dewar Years and The Salmond Years

CIPR Scotland acknowledges the support of Apex Hotels to run this event

Communications in the Criminal Justice System

Venue: HMP Edinburgh, 33 Stenhouse Road, EDINBURGH, EH11 3LN
Time: 6pm for 6.30 pm start

Probably one of the most challenging jobs in PR is handling media relations on behalf the Scottish Prison Service.

Chair of CIPR Scotland and head of communications for the SPS, Tom Fox, will be giving an insight into the day to day challenges of working for the criminal justice system in Scotland. Tom will be sharing his experiences of tackling issues which made headline news, including the introduction of Reliance, and how the SPS is responding to recent European Convention and Human Rights issues.

Tom Fox joined the SPS as head of communications in 2000 and throughout his career, which has spanned over 24 years, he has acquired an enviable wealth of experience within the industry dealing with headline issues including the Monklandsgate scandal in the mid-1990s and the recent Reliance problem.

CIPR Scotland acknowledges the support of the SPS and HMP Edinburgh to run this event

How to get ahead in PR

Venue: Apex International Hotel, 61 Grassmarket Edinburgh EH1 2JF

Time: 6.30 p.m. for 7.00 p.m. start

Want to know how some of the best in the industry get there and stay there? At this special evening event, Angela Casey, Managing Director of Porter Novelli in Scotland, will tell us about the trials and tribulations of achieving success in today'
s PR world. She will talk about her development and progress through the years and her thoughts on what she thinks is essential training for people to help them grow in their career. Angela will also discuss what she thinks companies can do to develop employees.

Need some tips on getting there in the first place? Mike Hudson, Director of leading recruitment consultancy, Hudson, will be offering his expertise and advice on how to promote your talent effectively.

CIPR Scotland acknowledges the support of Apex Hotels and Hudson to run this event