Comms calendar

What courses, events and conferences are taking place for comms pros over the next few months? We’ve done the searching for you and listed what we’ve found below. In order to make this comms calendar the best it can be, do tweet us @theICcrowd to let us know of any we’ve missed.

The acronyms are Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), Institute of Internal Comms (IoIC) and VMA Group (recruitment and professional development). All times are GMT.

Regular events include CommsChat which takes place every Monday 8-9pm GMT via Twitter. Hashtag #commschat and we find using tweetchat the best way to participate. See Time and Date for time conversions.

May

• 14 May – 21 June: ellwood atfield gallery exhibition on Leveson
• 7 – 21 May: Voting for CIPR President taking place
• 20-30 May: Digital Shoreditch, London
• 21 May: Effective change communication, Melcrum
• 23 May: Enhance your email marketing, Charity Comms
• 22-24 May: Institute of Internal Comms (IoIC) annual conference (Jenni going)
  
• 28 May: Advanced writing and editing, distance learning
• 28 May: Interactive video - finally worth the click - part of Digital Shoreditch
• 31 May: Entry deadline for Melcrum SCM awards

June

• 3 June  CIPR Excellence awards, Park Lane Hilton, London (Jenni and Rachel going)
• 3 June: Disruptive Ideas seminar, Kingston upon Thames
• 4 June: Measuring internal communication, breakfast briefing, Ibis communications, London
• 7 June: Social media: intermediate level course, CIPR, Exeter
• 19 June: Interim Manager seminar, VMA Group
• 22 June:  The big yak, our unconference, London – see you there!
• 25 June: CIPR Summer party

• 2 July: Introduction to PR course, CIPR, Edinburgh
• 2 July: Melcrum live event
• 2 July: Wiring the workplace for women, theblueballroom #thefuturestory
• 2 July: Influencing stakeholders, Comma Partners
• 10 July: Disruptive Ideas seminar, Kingston upon Thames
• 11 July: Stakeholder engagement, Newcastle
• 11 July: Share This, the social media conference from CIPR, London
• 18 July: Digital impact conference, Charity Comms
• 19 July: CIPR foundation conversion day

• 5 September: VMA’s Internal Comms showcase, 2-10pm
• 6 September: Digital Marketing, CIPR, Exeter
• Starting 9 September: Melcrum Black Belt 1 training. Cranfield School of Management
• 9 September: Disruptive Ideas seminar, Kingston Upon Thames
• 10 September: Melcrum SCM shortlist announced
• 10 September: Introduction to Internal Communication, distance learning course
• Starting 11 Sep: Melcrum Black Belt 2 training, Cranfield School of Management
• 11 September: Video for internal communicators course, Melcrum
• 17 September: Introduction to SharePoint course
• 17 September: Effective writing and editing course
• 18 September: Employee engagement and employer branding, Osney media
• 18 September: Advanced SharePoint course, London, Melcrum
• 18 September: Advanced writing and editing, Melcrum, London
• 17-18 and 25-25 September: Accelerate Internal Comms course, IoIC and Gatehouse Group, Edinburgh
• 20 September: Advanced social media course, Newcastle, CIPR
• 21 September: Start date for Kingston University Internal Comms management course
• 25 September: CIPR Inside conference for internal comms professionals, Kia Oval, London
• 25 September: Effective writing and editing course, distance learning, Melcrum

• 4 October: CIPR foundation conversion day
• 9-12 October: Comms Directors’ Forum, Aurora (aka The Boat)
• 15-17 October: Melcrum’s annual SCM summit, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London
• 16 October: Strategic Communication Management (SCM) awards dinner, Millennium Gloucester Hotel, London
• 22-23 October: Black Belt 3, Cranfield School of Management, Melcrum
• 24 October: Brand development conference, Charity Comms
• Starting 29 October: Advanced writing and editing, Melcrum, distance learning

November

• 4 November: Black Belt 1, Melcrum, Cranfield School of Management
• 6 November: Black Belt 2, Melcrum, Cranfield School of Management
• 5-7 November: Mastering intranet management, Melcrum
• 5-8 November: Accelerate Internal Comms course, IoIC and Gatehouse, London
• 12 November: Measurement training, Melcrum, London
• 20 November: Introduction to internal communication, Melcrum, London
• 22 November: Measuring and evaluating PR, Exeter
• 26 November: The Public Relations Show, Business Design Centre, London
• 26-28 November: Black Belt 1, Sandton, Johannesburg, Melcrum
• 27 November: Changing minds seminar, Charity Comms

December

• 12 December: Web effectiveness workshop, Charity Comms

2014

January 

• 21-22 and 28-29 January: Accelerate Internal Comms course, IoIC and Gatehouse Group, Bristol