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Next CiB Conference: Thursday 21 May – Saturday 23 May 2009
Venue: Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel.
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This year's CiB Conference was held in Brighton in May - see the stories below.
It featured top speakers, real-life experiences and case studies, interactive workshops and of course great networking.
Day 1 focused on change communication with thought leader T J Larkin and James Timpson, MD of a major retailer. Alan Cook, MD of the Post Office, also talked about his experience of change environments.
On Day 2 the focus was engagement - tackling the many elements that go into developing strategies. We heard from Penna and the Pension Service about the major transformation and engagement strategies that helped transform the department, and enjoyed interactive workshops.
If you want to find out more about previous CiB conferences use one of the links below.
Previous CiB Conferences:
Newcastle 2007
Bournemouth 2006
Manchester 2005
Warwick 2004
Harrogate 2003 |
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 Take 3 produced a 10-minute video at the conference, featuring the major speakers, the breakout sessions and the delegates' opinions off the event.
If you have a fast broadband connection and the Flash plug-in you can watch the video in your browser. If you don't have Flash and/or have a slower connection try this Windows Media version.
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Transforming the Pension Service
In the past four years, The Pension Service has undergone one of the UK’s most radical transformation programmes. Alasdair McKenzie (left), director at Penna, and Charlie MacKinnon, director of transformation at The Pension Service, outlined how the department has acted with courage and confidence to create a clear view of the future for its people using effective and innovative communications.
The Storytellers
 Alison Esse and Martin Clarkson of Storytellers showed how they are are helping large organisations around the world to improve their performance by engaging their people in strategy, vision, values and change through storytelling.
“The old methods of the 70s and 80s don’t work,” Martin said. “The recipe of newspapers, e-mails and weekly updates doesn’t engage people.
“What does is compelling human interest stories from people in the company - showing how they are living the brand values.”
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 “It’s our true north.” That’s how Sara Moorehead, director of communications and corporate affairs at Barclays Retail Bank, describes the organisation’s new comms approach. Following its merger with Woolwich and changes of leadership, with consequent changes in strategy, some employees were left sheltering below the parapet.
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 Click to see photographs taken at CiB’s annual dinner in Brighton on Thursday 22 May. Paul Brasington took over from Suzanne Peck as CiB chairman; Scotland won the regional prize, which was accepted by regional director Roy Carter; and Steve Nichols (CiB webmaster and ezine editor) and Steve Knight (editor of communicators) won the chairman’s award for their work on the association's communications channels.
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 Paul Brasington is the new chairman of CiB. He took over the reins from Suzanne Peck at the association's AGM in Brighton.
Paul is passionate about communication and feels he is well placed to stand as CiB chairman again – he held the position in 2003/4 and received the chance to become the first person to fill the post twice as a result of a recent rule change.
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