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CIPR Cymru Wales

Events
CIPR Cymru Wales showcases the best of communications with our annual PRide Awards. They are a fitting way to celebrate the development of public relations — highlighting members' commitment to high quality work and the growing importance of the profession in Wales.

CIPR Cymru Wales members meet once a month to catch up with colleagues and hear from a wide range of speakers. It's a good way of keeping up with the latest developments in the industry.

CIPR Cymru Wales has launched a monthly 'Working Lunch', combining a networking event with a guest speaker or presentation on key industry issues - such as measurement and evaluation in PR, how the Millennium Stadium is selling Wales to the world, and guidance on how to win a PRide Award.

To be added to the mailing list please email: events@cipr-cymru-wales.org.

A selection of past events is available here as a guide to the groups activities.

Past events
20 March  

Getting Your Story Straight

Learn the Art of Effective News Release Writing

This one day course is for: PR account executives, in-house press officers, independents, marcoms assistants and everyone who wants to write more effective news releases.

Content: Not everyone really knows what the classic components of a story are, and this forms the jumping off point for this one-day course. By identifying the universal elements of the story, you will be able to understand better the context of news and how to develop a compelling story that grabs and holds the reader’s attention.

The course will deal with individual elements of a news story such as; content assessment, technical processes, a classic news story structure that will never let you down, headlines and how they can make impact, benchmarking best practice against worst practice.

Trainer: Vyvyan Kinross, BA (Hons), MIPR, CIPR
Date & time: Thursday  20th March 2007 from 9.30am -5.00pm
Venue: Kindly provided by Freshwater UK, Freshwater House, Cardiff Gate Business Park, Cardiff, CF23 8RS
Cost £85 for CIPR members and £105 for non-members, including lunch, tea/coffee.

For bookings contact:
Eoghan Mortell
Working Word Public Relations
Media House
The Maltings: East Tyndall Street
Cardiff CF24 5EA
Tel: 029 2048 8778 
Email: Eoghan.mortell@workingwordpr.com

6 December  

Writing for the media – an introduction

A newly-developed CIPR Talking Heads introductory course in Writing for the Media will be held in Cardiff on Thursday 6 December.

Delivered by respected trainer Vyvyan Kinross, this one-day programme is specifically designed to give graduate-entrants and other first jobbers a solid grounding in how to produce strong copy for the media. The event takes place at the offices of Freshwater UK in Cardiff Gate, starting at 9am.

The fee for the day is £85 for members and £105 for non-members. Information or booking via Eoghan.mortell@workingwordpr.com
12 November  

It’s Pro Bono Week

Next week is Pro Bono Week in Wales - to raise awareness of the business benefits of pro bono work across all professions.

There are currently 60 professional firms that are members of Business in the Community's ProHelp in Wales. They donated their time to many good causes last year. If you are interested in joining, there’s a ProHelp drinks reception at Morgan Cole Solicitors, Bradley Court, Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3DP on Monday 12 November from 6pm - 7pm.

ProHelp can help you provide opportunities to use professional skills outside your day-to-day job, link pro bono work to your Continuing Professional Development (CPD) programme, and help you build new business contacts.

For further information, or if you plan to attend, please contact Tracy Rees on 029 2043 6915 or email tracy.rees@bitc.org.uk
31 October  

PRide event

Tables are quickly being booked up for our PRide event on 31 October. Please don’t leave it too late because space is limited. It’s always a great night, and competition this year is stiffer than ever. So to book please contact organisers Cloud 9 at info@cloud9em.co.uk or visit http://www.cipr.co.uk/prideawards
10 October  

Speed matching event

Venue: Pica Pica restaurant & bar in Westgate Street, 6-8pm

Would you help a local charity to achieve its communications objectives? If so, there’s an event on Wednesday 10 October that might give you the opportunity.

Media Trust Cymru, with the support of Precedent Communications, is holding a ‘speed matching’ event in Cardiff. It’s a way of bringing charities and media professionals together, to help improve charities’ communications.

Around a dozen media folk have five minutes with someone from a charity, and at the end of the night you choose a charity to offer pro bono ongoing support. So it’s just like speed dating, only minus the date!

Media Trust Cymru exists to build links with the charity and voluntary sectors, and would like to hear from PR professionals with at least two years’ experience, who’d like to attend.

This is an opportunity not only to do something worthwhile, it will also help to boost a CV and contribute to Continuous Professional Development. Please contact annak@mediatrust.org if you can help.
19 September  

Innovation - the way to maintain a competitive edge

Venue: Copthorne Hotel, Culverhouse Cross, Cardiff, 9.30am

Innovation is the key to success in PR and marketing. With more channels to market than ever before and more sophisticated customers it is essential that you are up-to-date, using the latest techniques and prepared for the future.

The Chartered Institute of Marketing and CIPR Cymru Wales have teamed up to produce The Wales Marketing Innovation Forum. It's a must-attend day for PR and marketing people - with a choice of 16 practical 'how to' seminars with marketing and PR experts. It will include case studies and will be an excellent learning and development opportunity.

Discounts are available for CIPR members. For the full programme and other information, please see http://www.walesmarketingforum.co.uk

Cost: CIPR members £99 + VAT

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