We are excited to be able bring one of the voluntary sector’s leading strategic thinkers to explore the world of strategic communications, marketing and brand with delegates.Charities come in all shapes and sizes. So do budgets and expectations! Whether large or small, with dozens of staff or just one, brand, marketing and communications are at the heart of your organisation’s success. Fulfilling your purpose as a charity depends on your ability to integrate effectively and engage with audiences of all kinds – whether in their tens or in their millions. As a CEO or trustee, you have a key role to play in making that happen. John’s session will help you to develop a more integrated organisation, demystify brand, identify your audiences and use straightforward marketing and communications strategy models. Using practical examples from many years of experience in the sector the session will give you the confidence and the tools to reinforce the role of brand,marketing and communications in your organisation.
John is an experience consultant in organisational, brand and communication strategy, campaigning, fundraising, organisational and personal development. He has spent nearly 30 years working at the highest level with some of the UK’s leading not for profit, public and private sector organisations. He was deputy chief executive and director of marketing and campaigns for the RSPCA and prior to that established the NSPCC’s child protection consultancy between 2009 and 2012. As director of communications with NSPCC he led, integrated and coordinated the public face of NSPCC’s FULL STOP campaign. He has also worked for other prominent organisations including Action Medical Research, Barnardos and the Body Shop.
John was also the Chair of trustees of Charity Comms, the professional development body for communicators in the not-for-profit sector for 10 year and is currently a member of the Cabinet Office Communications Evaluation Council and a former member of the boards of the Foundation for Social Improvement, Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), the Child Exploitation and Online Protection centre (CEOP) and the UK Council for Child Internet Safety (UKCCIS).
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