How to maximise your presence and make an impact at industry events
Events and networking are critical to creating opportunities and forging strong, commercial opportunities.
Whether you are attending MIPIM or UKREiiF for the first time or having attended before you wish to , or you would like to host a roundtable dinner with stakeholders or a fringe event with Government leaders, to build your profile and gain cut through, you’ll need a strategic event planning strategy and an experienced team.
Your partner for successful events
Are you wondering how to make an impact at MIPIM? Or considering the benefits of attending UKREiiF? Navigating these events and the various options associated with them can be complex.
To achieve your objectives, you need a bespoke approach, and we can work with you at the earliest stages of planning to understand your key requirements.
Raise your profile and grow your network at MIPIM, UKREiiF or other industry events, with an expert team of event strategists, creative storytellers and partnership specialists. We will work with you to ensure your objectives are not only delivered but exceeded.
Types of industry event support you can benefit from
Our services include:
- Stakeholder engagement, acting as key interface between you and key stakeholders
- Full event management and delivery
- Securing key speaking opportunities
- Developing key messages relating to your inward investment offer for UK and overseas
- Arranging meetings or securing invites to key events
- Creating engaging and interactive collateral, including video and animated content
- End-to-end project management
Why work with an event partner
At Social Communications we help clients to raise their profile at the industry’s biggest events. We achieve this by using a full mix of communications and marketing activities that align with your objectives.
We ease the challenge of getting your voice heard, with industry media or key stakeholders.
Success Story: Strategic support for Convention of the North
Acting as the “strategic coordinator” our work with the NP11 included developing and delivering a comprehensive communications strategy, acting as the NP11 press office, delivering government insights and supporting the successful Convention of the North with NP11 event with Government in 2019 and 2022.
Playing a key role in the last two Convention of the North (2022 and 2019 respectively) bringing together politicians, business leaders, community representatives and other stakeholders from across the North to shape a shared vision and agenda for northern prosperity.
Read the full case study hereExpertise you can benefit from
Katie Paterson
Katie has extensive event management experience gained throughout her career, having previously worked for West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership where she project managed the activity for MIPIM and sector led events for the trade and investment team. She also played a key role in supporting Social clients, Bradford Council, Mott MacDonald and the Caddick Group with end to end project management, stakeholder engagement, PR and Comms during the inaugural UKREiiF event. This included planning and delivering a fringe event on the importance of diversity in placemaking and project managing the event.
Katie is highly experienced in integrating broader PR, marketing and stakeholder engagement into event design and delivery, ensuring that events achieve the best possible results and return on investment in terms of profile and relationship management.
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