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About ISBA workshops

ISBA is the marketing communications training specialist. Our comprehensive training programme adapts to focus on specific member's needs through both our core one-day training workshops and our bespoke ISBA in-house training offering.

Our training progresses our members through their careers and makes them more effective within their organisations.

Our workshops cover:

Agency management

Agency remuneration and payment by results

21 February, 12 July

Getting to grips with agency fee structures and maximising the benefits of reward based remuneration

Best practice agency pitches, appointment and alignment  NEW

1 March, 10 October

A practical guide to shortlisting and appointing the right agencies for both short and long term benefit

Getting the best work and greater value from your agencies NEW

15 May, 13 September

A thorough grounding in what makes agencies produce their best work and deliver greater value for your brand or business

Effective campaign management  NEW

14 June, 15 November

A thorough grounding in how to manage the creative development process to ensure smooth delivery of multi-channel campaigns

Understanding agency finances and their impact on commercial arrangements

9 March, 14 September

How agency finances operate and the implications for remuneration negotiations and commercial controls

Evaluating agency performance

19 April, 18 October

Getting the best out of your agencies, and being sure they are getting the best out of you

Briefing

Part 1 - Be better at briefing

28 February, 25 September

A practical and interactive course in writing and delivering better briefing including exercises, role reversal and practical tools to help write the brief and inspire the agency to produce better work.

Part 2 – Briefing and managing your agencies for integrated campaigns

13 March, 16 October

Getting agencies to work together doesn’t have to be like herding cats

Part 3 – Briefing and appraising creative ideas

24 April, 22 November

Helping marketers brief better and appraise creative ideas more effectively to inspire excellence in their agencies

Media

Understanding media and the planning process to deliver effective campaigns

9 February, 17 July

Making more effective choices in managing the substantial investment that is the media budget

Working with and challenging your agency for maximum media effectiveness

17 May

Practical insight, guidance and useful tools to start with the right media strategy and actively evaluate agency recommendations to ensure the best for your brand

Television planning, trading, buying and negotiation

3 May

Valuable insight into how the TV marketplace is planned, bought and traded, in order to help maximise your return on investment

Understanding TV commercial production

15 March, 27 September

An insight into the control of the full spectrum of broadcast communication

Digital

Digital in a day

2 February, 5 July

Introducing the fundamentals of digital communications

Understanding and enhancing the digital opportunity

8 March, 20 September

A jargon-free day providing insights and increased knowledge on the digital marketplace

Integrating digital communications - from bolt-on to centre of gravity

26 April, 27 November

Putting digital right at the heart of the marketing communications strategy to maximise brand experience

Mobile – the next big thing?

4 October

With Morgan Stanley, Google, Apple, Facebook and many others suggesting mobile will soon be bigger than the PC internet, this is a timely opportunity to understand the trends in the mobile marketplace

 Making sense of Social Media

 20 June

An overview of social media and how it is affecting businesses at every level. The workshop will deliver best practice, tips on how to develop your own strategies as well as examples of good and bad uses of social media

Essential skills

How advertising works – a complete guide

19 June

A full primer of the ins and outs, ups and downs, obstacles and opportunities of the world of advertising

Integrated marketing communications – what it’s really about

24 May

Designing and implementing fully integrated marketing communications – it’s so much more than “matching luggage”

Brand relevant consumer insights

21 June

How the right insight can drive brand and business success

Measuring advertising effectiveness

26 June

A concise introduction to measuring the impact of advertising – on your consumers and on your bottom line

Presenting with confidence – increase your skills

1 May, 8 November

How to be a great presenter – learn all the tricks of the trade

Specialist skills

Securing impact and value from effective Public Relations

29 March

A practical review of current PR practices focussing on how to maximise value and impact from your PR programmes

Using sponsorship effectively

6 March

Creating and evaluating effective sponsorship from developing strategy through integrating with other marketing initiatives to evaluating partnership outcomes

Understanding the requirements of data protection law

27 June

An up-to-date account of the law on data protection, privacy and confidentiality and its effect on communications

Go to Calender for a month by month check on our workshops and for full workshop content

Meet the events team

Judy Mackay  - Training and Events Executive

Jill Fear - Training and Events Development Executive 

Training workshop bookings

To book, call 020 7291 9020 or contact Judy Mackay

Cost: Full day £395 + VAT/ Half day £295 + VAT

Timings: 9.30am - 5pm (occasional half-day workshops run from 9.30am - 1pm)

Venue: ISBA, Langham House, 1b Portland Place, London W1B 1PN

Transport: Nearest tubes are Oxford Circus, Great Portland Street and Bond Street