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SUMMARY:LGcomms East of England regional network meeting
DESCRIPTION:We’re delighted to be able to invite you to our next LGcomms East of England Networking Event to be held at the historic Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery\, Castle Hill\, Norwich\, NR1 3JU on 28th November. \nThe session will bring together local government and public sector communicators to exchange ideas\, explore shared priorities and build stronger professional connections. \nThis event provides an opportunity to discuss current communication challenges\, learn from colleagues’ experiences and consider how we can work collectively to support effective public engagement. Contributions from regional and national partners will help shape discussion around the evolving role of communications in delivering local outcomes. \nAgenda: \n9.45am – arrival and refreshments. \n10am – introductions. \n10.05am – 10.45am – local government reorganisation and devolution – comparing notes – Andy\, Mel\, all. \n10.45am – 11.30am – community cohesion – lessons learnt from Essex – Andy. \n11.30am – 12pm – Driving change – behaviour change campaigns to boost public transport – Rachel Cubitt. \n12pm – what’s on your worry list/items for future agendas. \n12.30pm – lunch and networking. \n1pm – brief tour of recently renovated Castle Keep with Alex Bratt from Norfolk museums service. \n  \nTo suggest an item or find out more\, please contact Andy Allsopp Andy.Allsopp@essex.gov.uk \nThe event will run from 10.00 am to 1.00 pm\, with refreshments available. \nAttendance is free for LGcomms members. \n 
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-east-of-england-regional-network-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Norwich Castle Museum & Art Gallery\, Castle Hill\, Norwich\, NR1 3JU
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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SUMMARY:LGcomms East Midlands regional network meeting
DESCRIPTION:Free to LGcomms members \nTuesday 2 December 2025 \n3pm – 4pm \nVirtual – Via MS Teams \nWe’re delighted to invite you to our next LGcomms East Midlands Networking Event to be held online on Tuesday\, 2 December\, between 3pm and 4pm.\n\nFollowing our last in-person session in September\, this meeting will focus on Community Cohesion. We are pleased to be joined by Andy Allsopp\, Head of Profession\, Communications and Marketing at Essex County Council. There will also be an opportunity for wider discussion.\n\nTo find out more\, please contact Rachael Pengelly – rachael.pengelly@emcouncils.gov.uk or Craig Forsyth – Craig.Forsyth@westnorthants.gov.uk.
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-east-midlands-regional-network-meeting-5/
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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SUMMARY:WhatsApp channels
DESCRIPTION:Free for LGcomms members (please log in to book) \nRun by\, Molly Williams\, Sheffield City Council\, Zander Mills\, South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue and Dan Slee. \nWhat will be covered: \n\nPros and cons of WhatsApp\nWhat is WhatsApp Channels? A basic overview\nPractical tips for getting set-up and using it\nExperiences from SCC\, SYFR and wider\nNot just broadcast- 3 x examples of two way engagement from SYFR\nAnalytics and measurement\nSome inspirational accounts to follow\nQ&A\n\n 
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/whatsapp-channels/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260108T123000
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - Behaviour change: How to go from raising awareness to changing behaviour
DESCRIPTION:Ruth Dale\, CEO and Founder of Hidden Voices Heard\, a behavioural insight consultancy dedicated to closing the gap between health messages and human reality \nView the slides
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/behaviour-change-how-to-go-from-raising-awareness-to-changing-behaviour/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260115T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260115T133000
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - Media: Working with journalists\, preparing spokespeople and overcoming challenges
DESCRIPTION:Jeni Harvey\, Director of Communications and Marketing at Rochdale Boroughwide Housing\n\n\nSarah Booker-Lewis\, Local Democracy Reporter for Brighton and Local Democracy Reporter of the Year 2025\n\n\n\nView slides (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/media-working-with-journalists-preparing-spokespeople-and-overcoming-challenges/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260122T123000
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - Email: Top tips for elevating your email marketing
DESCRIPTION:Richard Neale\, Head of Brand and Marketing at Surrey County Council\n\n\nLeah Scott\, Senior Communications Officer and Editor of Surrey Matters at Surrey County Council\n\n\nDan Hare\, Chief Commercial Officer at e-shot™\n\n\n\nView the slides (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/email-top-tips-for-elevating-your-email-marketing/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260129T093000
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SUMMARY:Future Comms: Be part of the first ever cohort
DESCRIPTION:LGcomms is launching Future Comms\, a new flagship training programme designed to equip today’s communications teams for tomorrow’s challenges. \nSign up now to join the first cohort\, launching with an in-person only session on 29th January from 9.30am – 13:30pm\, in Lambeth Town Hall. \nJoin us for a half-day in-person training session to kick off the first Future Comms Team programme. We’ve built the agenda around topics you told us were most important to you when surveyed; storytelling\, misinformation/audience insight and behaviour change. \n\n\nDubstep dustbins: storytelling for the modern age\, with James Morton (Turn the Page) and James Bird (Ealing Council) \nBest Young Communicator at the UnAwards 2025 James Bird has been grabbing headlines with his explosive social media content for Ealing Council. Racking up hundreds of thousands of views and earning traditional media coverage with a playful social media campaign aiming to encourage residents to report flytipping and increase confidence in the council’s responsiveness to issues that frustrate local residents. \nJames Morton is a storytelling specialist and founder of Turn the Page\, a training and creative agency that helps clients get results through campaigns with powerful storytelling at their heart.  In this session\, we’ll learn some of the key principles of storytelling from these two creators\, and develop your storytelling skills. \n\n\nWho cares? Understanding your audience and tackling misinformation in a fragmented media landscape\, with Helena Hornby\, Orlo Social\, Richard Neale and Judy Holden\, Surrey County Council \nTrust in public institutions\, professionals and mainstream media is on the decline\, and we’ve all seen the effect of misinformation and polarised opinion at every level of society\, from national protests and rioting outside asylum hotels to smaller local issues in your areas\, where even seemingly innocuous council activities can become major touchpoints for protest\, misinformation and hostility. \nBut how do we actually respond to all this in our work? How do we split the signal from the noise of social media\, consultation responses and councillor inboxes\, where a vocal minority can give the impression that everyone is ready to march on the town hall! In this session\, we’ll look at some techniques to help you understand your audience\, consider local demographics\, public sentiment and research trends to help you respond in a practical way to what can seem to be a pretty overwhelming topic. \n\n\nEverything is changing: getting good work done in a changing world\, with Dr Nupur Yogarajah\, behavioural scientist\, medical doctor\, and NHS clinical leader \nIn this session\, we’ll take a more personal turn to close out the day\, reflecting on how to get good work done in complex organisations when change is constant. Dr Nupur Yogarajah\, Behavioural Scientist and medical doctor\, will draw on an example of work that inspired her own practice\, sharing how using a behavioural science lens helped her understand a complex problem and identify approaches most likely to make a difference. She’ll explore why people often resist change\, and how communication can either support progress or unintentionally slow it down. The session will then consider how communications professionals can draw on their own motivations and inspirations in their work\, apply simple behavioural science principles to increase impact\, and think about how to sustain themselves when working in challenging environments.\n\nWe hope you’ll come away from the day inspired\, connected to a powerful network of Future Comms Team peers and ready to continue to your development through the Future Comms programme\, with personalised objectives that help you connect your learning back to the work you do\, day in and day out. \nYou’ll also have the chance to shape the agenda for this exciting new initiative built by and for local government comms teams. \nOr to indicate a preference or expression of interest for one of the upcoming other regional events\, once the details have been confirmed: \n· Spring 2026 – East Midlands \n· Summer 2026 – North West \n· Online only (at some point during 2026) \nPlease complete the online form for future sessions. \n*The majority of places will be allocated on a first come\, first served basis\, with only one place per organisation. Some places will be prioritised for teams who have recently participated in an LGA Healthcheck or Peer Review\, to support teams as they implement peer recommendations. \nBook your space on 29th January.
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/future-comms-be-part-of-the-first-ever-cohort/
LOCATION:Lambeth Town Hall\, 1 Brixton Hill\,\, London\, SW2 1RW
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - Changing conversations: a practical session on how to constructively push back and manage task requests from colleagues across your organisation
DESCRIPTION:Georgia Turner\, Strategic Communications and Engagement Consultant at Georgia Turner Communications\n\n\nLouisa Dean\, Head of Communications & Marketing at Reading Borough Council\n\n\n\nVIEW SLIDES (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/changing-conversations-what-comms-does-what-we-dont-and-how-to-gently-push-back-while-maintaining-strong-relationships/
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - Internal communications: Internal communications campaigns\, how to talk about budget cuts and engaging with remote staff - lessons from an award-winning council doing it all!
DESCRIPTION:Darren Bindloss\, Deputy Head of Communications (Marketing and Events) at Havering Council\n\n\nAmrita Shergill\, Internal Communications Manager at Havering Council\n\n\nSanchia Cook\, Internal Communications Manager at Havering Council\n\n\n\nVIEW SLIDES (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/internal-communications-internal-communications-campaigns-how-to-talk-about-budget-cuts-and-engaging-with-remote-staff-lessons-from-an-award-winning-council-doing-it-all/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260211T130000
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SUMMARY:Whose job is it anyway? Who should own engagement and consultation? Should it sit on its own\, or sit within a Council’s communications team?
DESCRIPTION:Free for LGcomms members (please log in) \n\nWhose job is it anyway? Who should own engagement and consultation? Should it sit on its own\, or sit within a Council’s communications team? \n\n\nThis LGcomms webinar brings together a panel to discuss the role and purpose of engagement and consultation\, with a Q&A session at the end. \n\n\n\nPaul Gadsby\, Head of Aftercare\, Sales and Strategic Engagement at Haringey Council\, and a South London councillor\n\nJeannette Brooks\,  Community Engagement Team\, Corporate Service\, Royal Borough Of Greenwich \n\n\nThe session will be chaired by Paul Hutchinson Simpson (Westminster City Council). \n\n\n Wednesday\, 11 February\, from 1 to 2 pm. \nView slides and recording (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/whose-job-is-it-anyway-who-should-own-engagement-and-consultation-should-it-sit-on-its-own-or-sit-within-a-councils-communications-team/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260211T150000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260211T163000
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SUMMARY:LGcomms West Midlands Regional network webinar
DESCRIPTION:DATE: FEB 11\, 2026 \nTIME: 3 P.M – 4.30 P.M \nAgenda: \n\n\n\n  \n1.       Welcome  \n  \n \n  \nAndrew Hadfield-Ames\, Vice Chair\, LGcomms.\n  \n3.00pm \n5 mins\n\n\n  \n2.       Community Cohesion – the Essex experience\n  \nAndy Allsopp\, Head of Profession Communications and Marketing at Essex County Council\n  \n3.05pm \n45 mins \n \n\n\n  \n3.       Discussion: Current issues\, learning\, questions for communications pros. in the West Mids.\n  \nCarl Holloway\, Director\, Policy and Communications\, Coventry City Council\n  \n3.50pm \n30 mins \n \n\n\n  \n4.       Summary and next steps\n  \nAndrew Hadfield-Ames\n  \n4.20pm \n10 mins\n\n\nCLOSE\n \n \n\n\n\n  \nOur new regional network for the West Midlands launches in February with a timely webinar looking at the communications implications of the continuing challenges to community cohesion. \nAndy Allsopp\, Head of Profession Communications and Marketing at Essex County Council\, will take us through a powerful case study of his council’s and partners’ experiences of a series of protests and counter-protests linked in part to the housing of asylum seekers. \nThis session will be the first of a series of events offering a valuable opportunity to connect with West Midlands’ colleagues\, share learning\, discuss emerging challenges and explore how we can strengthen public engagement and communications practice. \n  \nThe webinar will run between 3 p.m. and 4.30 p.m. on Wednesday\, 11 February 2026 and is FREE to LGcomms members. \nTo book your place – or places for your team – click here or email hello@lgcomms.org.uk \nThe webinar will also give us an opportunity to look ahead at the key issues for 2026\, so if you wish to suggest a topic please email our associate Paul Masterman at paul.masterman@blueyonder.co.uk
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-west-midlands-regional-network-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - AI: Applying AI to day-to-day work to speed up the simple and the ethics/guardrails you need to think about before you get started
DESCRIPTION:Ben Verinder\, strategic communication and public relations expert and co-editor of ‘AI for PR’\n\n\nLucy Salvage\, Marketing and Campaigns Manager at the Local Government Association (LGA)\n\n\n\nView slides (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/ai-applying-ai-to-day-to-day-work-to-speed-up-the-simple-and-the-ethics-guardrails-you-need-to-think-about-before-you-get-started/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260219T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260219T133000
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - Social media: Tackling negative social media engagement across multiple inboxes\, protecting your org's online presence and building your own/your team's resilience and wellbeing.
DESCRIPTION:Pippa Newton\, Digital Communications and Campaigns Officer at Wandsworth Council\n\n\nLaura Hogan-Jones\, Customer Success Manager at Orlo\n\n\n\n\nView slides (members only)
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/social-media-tackling-negative-social-media-engagement-and-supporting-your-own-your-teams-resilience-and-wellbeing/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260224T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260224T160000
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SUMMARY:LGcomms Yorkshire & the Humber regional network meeting
DESCRIPTION:We’re pleased to be able to invite you to the first of second LGcomms Yorkshire and Humber regional network meetings. \nDate: 24th February 2026 \nVenue: Committee Room 3\, Sheffield Town Hall\, Pinstone St\, Sheffield City Centre\, Sheffield S1 2HH \nOur regional networks bring together communications professionals from across local government and the wider public sector to share insight\, ideas and experience. They offer a chance to discuss current priorities and challenges and hear from national and regional partners. \nThe running time of the session is 12.00 pm to 5.00 pm\, and refreshments will be provided. \nAgenda so far: \n‘Feeding the trolls’ countering mis- and dis-information on social – Lou Gibson and Eddie Coates-Madden\nDealing with abuse on social media – Elina Luty and Lou Gibson\nAlternatives to X in community engagement\, WhatsApp and Facebook community groups – Lou Gibson\nTeam structures – all\nThe session is free for LGcomms members. If you or your team members would like to attend\, please book here or contact hello@lgcomms.org.uk please note spaces are limited due to room capacity.
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-yorkshire-the-humber-regional-network-meeting-2/
LOCATION:Sheffield Town Hall\, Pinstone St\, Sheffield\, S1 2HH\, United Kingdom
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260226T123000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260226T133000
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SUMMARY:Zero to Hero series - Accessibility: Practical tips and tools for making public sector digital communications accessible and inclusive\, covering essentials like plain language\, accessible design\, alt text\, captions\, and more
DESCRIPTION:Louise Gibson\, Team Manager for Social Media\, Design\, Advertising and Sponsorship at Sheffield City Council\nBOOK HERE
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/accessibility-practical-tips-and-tools-for-making-public-sector-digital-communications-accessible-and-inclusive-covering-essentials-like-plain-language-accessible-design-alt-text-captions-and-mo/
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260331T103000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260331T133000
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SUMMARY:LGcomms East Midlands regional network meeting
DESCRIPTION:East Midlands Regional Network Meeting  \nTuesday 31 March 2026 \n10.30am – 1.30pm \nLeicestershire County Council \nBook now by emailing hello@lgcomms.org.uk \nJoin us for the next LGComms East Midlands regional network meeting! \nBuilding on the feedback from previous sessions\, we will be joined by Alan Oram from Alive with Ideas to talk about the practical use of AI in Comms Campaigns. \nWe’d also love to hear real examples from across the region too\, so please do bring along your own case studies of how you’re using AI within your team. \nIf there are any other items or topics you would like to see on the agenda for this session\, please contact Rachael Pengelly – rachael.pengelly@emcouncils.gov.uk\, or Craig Forsyth – Craig.Forsyth@westnorthants.gov.uk. \nFuture Comms Team \nThere will also be a Future Communications session held by LGcommms at the venue in the afternoon. If you are interested in joining\, please visit: Future Comms Team Pilot Programme Expression of Interest Survey and select East Midlands.
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-east-midlands-regional-network-meeting-6/
LOCATION:Leicestershire County Council\, County Hall\, Leicester Rd\, Glenfield\, Leicester\, LE3 8RA
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260416T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260416T160000
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SUMMARY:LGcomms West Midlands & Staffordshire regional network meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join LGcomms in Coventry on 16 April to tackle the big comms issues of the day (in-person event) \nWe don’t have to tell you how challenging and demanding it is to be in local government communications right now.  \nIt’s rarely been more complex\, fast-changing and uncertain. \nWhich is why we are offering the chance to take a brief step away and to share\, in a safe space\, thoughts\, experiences and advice with other comms professionals in the West Midlands. \nAs we move into the pre-May election period\, our big theme will be how we can manage strategic comms in an uncertain political world and ensure that whatever the outcome of the elections we are best-placed to help our councils navigate some tricky waters.  \nWe also want to share case studies and advice on some of our residents’ day-to-day concerns\, including how we can tackle the growing problem of waste crime. \n1.	Chair’s welcome 13.10 10 mins.\nintroduction and background Jayne Surman\, Warwickshire CC	 \n2.	When your council’s administration changes\, what happens next	13.20 55 mins\nMatt Nicholls (Local Government Association)\nBecky Hutson (West  Northants)\nSarah James (Staffordshire CC) \n3.	The behaviour change of waste – from recycling to  dealing with waste crime	14.15 45 mins\nDominic Ridley-Moy (Behaviour Change Network)\nJohn Paul Danon (Councils Advertising Network) \n4.	Open session: discussion on other current issues   15.00. 40 mins\nCarl Holloway (Coventry)	 \n5.	Reflections and next steps  15.40 15mins\nJayne Surman/ all	 \nIf you or your team members would like to attend\, please contact hello@lgcomms.org.uk. \nThe session is free for LGcomms members. If you want to become a member go to: https://lgcomms.org.uk/membership/ \nPlease note spaces are limited to two per organisation due to room capacity.
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-west-midlands-staffordshire-regional-network-meeting/
LOCATION:Coventry City Council office\, One Friargate\, Station Square\, Coventry\, CV1 2GN
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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SUMMARY:LGcomms North West regional network meeting
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the next LGcomms North West regional network meeting \nDate: Friday 24 April 2026\nTime: 10am to 1pm\nLocation: Paderborn Room\, Albert Halls\, Victoria Road\, Bolton \nBuilding on feedback from our members\, and discussions from our previous session held in Blackburn\, agenda items are set to cover:\n• Major events and how to deliver high-quality large-scale events in-house\, with a presentation from Bolton Council on their tremendously popular Food and Drink Festival\n• A group discussion on elections and what we’re anticipating to come in May\n• Using AI creatively – a workshop led by CAN Digital\n• Conversation on out of hours arrangements and the logistics of managing round-the-clock comms teams\n• Updates on community cohesion and what’s changed since we got together in Blackburn in the autumn \nIf there are any other items or topics you would like to see on the agenda for this session\, please contact Jeni Harvey on jeni.harvey@rbh.org.uk; Duncan Keary on Duncan.Keary@bolton.gov.uk or Andy Allsopp on Andy.Allsopp@essex.gov.uk \nA networking lunch\, sponsored by CAN Digital\, and lots of time for open discussions will be built into the session. \nAll our regional networks are FREE for LGComms member organisations to attend. \nOur regional networks\, developed by LGcomms along with the Local Government Association\, provide an important forum for members to share issues\, best practice and campaigns\, and hear briefings from key partners. They’re also an important opportunity to focus on communications challenges which are unique to regions and network with colleagues. We’d love to see you there. \nTo book you place contact hello@lgcomms.org.uk \nFuture Comms Team\nThere will also be a Future Communications session held by LGcomms at the venue in the afternoon. If you are interested in joining\, please visit: Future Comms Team Pilot Programme Expression of Interest Survey and select North West.
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-north-west-regional-network-meeting/
LOCATION:Paderborn Room\,\, Albert Halls\, Victoria Road\, Bolton\, BL1 1RU
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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SUMMARY:LGcomms South West regional network meeting
DESCRIPTION:The next SW LGcomms regional event brings together a strong line up of speakers\, each sharing practical insight into the issues communications teams are grappling with right now. \nThe programme will explore how creativity\, data and behaviour change can be used to strengthen public sector communications. Speakers will look at using AI and fresh thinking to spark ideas\, applying behaviour change principles to emergency planning and public campaigns\, and using insight and data to shape more effective communications. \nThere will also be hands on sessions focused on real world practice\, including a PR campaign workshop\, storytelling techniques that help messages land with different audiences\, and learning from live public safety and seasonal campaigns led by Devon & Somerset Fire and Rescue Service. Throughout the day\, speakers will share honest reflections\, practical examples and ideas that attendees can take straight back into their roles. \nTogether\, the sessions offer a valuable mix of strategy\, creativity and practical skills — alongside plenty of opportunity to ask questions\, share experiences and learn from colleagues across the South West. \nEvent details:\n• Venue: South Hams District Council offices\, Follaton House\, Totnes\, TQ9 5NE\n• (Follow signs for the Chamber\, not reception)\n• Date: Tuesday 12 May\n• Starts: Registration 9-9:30 a.m.\n• Finishes: 4:15 p.m.\n• Refreshments: Available\n• Lunch: Bring your own please \nBooking is open and spaces are filling quickly so please contact Vicky Croughan vicky.croughan@swdevon.gov.uk to attend. When booking\, please let Vicky know if there are any accessibility issues she needs to be aware of. \nYou do need to be an LGcomms member to attend if you have attended before. Membership costs £300 + VAT per organisation and you can find more information at https://lgcomms.org.uk/membership We’ve already got a number of organisations registering to join so they can take advantage of these collaborative sessions.
URL:https://lgcomms.org.uk/event-listing/lgcomms-south-west-regional-network-meeting-2/
LOCATION:South Hams District Council offices\, Follaton House\, Totnes\, TQ9 5NE
CATEGORIES:Regional event
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