SASKATCHEWAN MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM

Regina, Saskatchewan, May 28 - June 1 / Oct. 1-5, 2012

The Centre for Excellence in Communications (CEC), The Centre of Excellence for Public Sector Marketing (CEPSM), Ottawa and Brown Communications Group, Regina, are offering a series of professional development workshops for the public and not-for-profit sectors in the context of the

Saskatchewan Marketing and Communications Professional Development Program, Regina, Saskatchewan, May 28 - June 1 / Oct. 1-5, 2012.

WHY ATTEND?

The Saskatchewan Marketing and Communications Professional Development Program is an opportunity for communications and marketing professionals, executives and managers to enjoy focused and tested professional development and training. The ten courses available have been successfully delivered to thousands of public, not-for-profit sector and other participants. They provide learning that is conceptually rigorous and practical, and that can be applied immediately. Course content is specifically relevant to the challenges faced by Canada's marketers, communicators and anyone working in related areas.

The Saskatchewan Marketing and Communications Professional Development Program:

• Provides learning for individual career development and for building organizations' leadership capacity;
• Offers tools, techniques and strategies to enable managers and their marketing and communications professionals to better serve the needs of their internal and external partners and effectively reach key audiences and markets;
• Helps strengthen organizations' communications and marketing capabilities;
• Offers access to professional development opportunities while saving costs and time and maximizing training budgets;
• Provides excellent networking opportunities and the chance to see what others in the same professional areas are doing.

And, if you are in the private sector...

Private sector communicators who attend CEC workshops tell us that they gain real benefits:

• professional development - the essentials of the communications topics, concepts, tools and techniques remain valid regardless of organizational context;
• an excellent opportunity to gain an understanding of other communications environments and their challenges;
• a chance to network with public and not-for-profit colleagues.
  

WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

	Workshop Date	Price	Registration Status
Communicating Change and Transformation	May 28, 2012	$675
Measuring Communications Performance and Success	May 29, 2012	$675
Communications for Risk, Issues and Crisis Management	May 30, 2012	$675
Strategic Communications Planning: Critical Steps and Techniques	May 31, 2012	$675
Best Practices in Internal Communications	June 1, 2012	$675
Strategic Social Media Engagement in the Public Sector	October 1, 2012	$675
Social Marketing Strategies and Behavioural Change	October 2, 2012	$675
Marketing with Impact: Achieving More for Less	October 3, 2012	$675
Employee Engagement: Strategies and Techniques	October 4, 2012	$675
Communicating for Effective Advisory and Challenge Functions	October 5, 2012	$675

FEES

1-Day Workshops $675*
20% Group Rate Discount for 3+ Individuals from the Same Unit, Registering for the Same Workshop*

For each workshop, groups of 3 or more (who register for the same workshop) will receive a 20% discount off of the regular workshop fee for all but the first two registrations. Registrations need to be coordinated centrally by the relevant unit, with registrations # 1, 2, 3, etc. indicated in the additional comments section of each participants' registration. *Cannot be combined with other discounts.

NOTE: Organizational unit is defined as a Branch, Bureau, Division or Sector.

Regular Workshop Fee	$675.00*
Group Rates
1st and 2nd registrants	$675.00* each
3rd and 4th registrants	$540.00* each
Saving for 3 registrants	-$135.00*
Saving for 4 registrants	-$270.00*

Past Participant Discount

Any workshop registrant who previously participated in a CEC open workshop or registers for more than one workshop will automatically receive a 10% discount for each workshop beyond their initial registration. *Cannot be combined with other discounts.

IABC and CPRS Discount

IABC and CPRS members receive a 10% discount. Simply indicate that you are an IABC or CPRS member in the "Additional Information/Comments" box found towards the bottom of the online registration form. If you are registering by e-mail, phone or fax, please indicate to us that you are a member. *Cannot be combined with other discounts.

* Prices do not include 5% GST