Mulled wine, an Angel and CiB
Well it wasn't quite an angel, but I was out in Angel, London last night for CiB's annual Christmas Party.
There was mulled wine, canapés and even the odd communicator.
Both me and my partner in crime, Mandy Thatcher, editor of Strategic Communication Management, thoroughly enjoyed ourselves catching up with old friends and making new ones.
Who was there? A mixture of about 45 communicators, writers and consultants.
We caught up with David Orford, who was telling us about his new communication role. He faces the tough challenge of communicating to a 1,500-strong workforce based in the Republic of Congo. His first challenge is getting over the side effects of travel injections!
Peter Erftemeijer, CiB London Executive, shared his insights into where the CiB is heading in 2007. This prompted the inevitable discussion around the various industry associations available to communicators based in the UK – how they differ, what sort of membership each one attracts, etc. There’s been arguments in the past about the industry not really being big enough for too many different associations, especially if their USP isn’t clear. I’m not sure how fellow UK practitioners feel about which industry association best suits their needs?
I guess as long as you’re getting regular opportunities to network with peers, enjoy some professional development and tuck into tasty canapés and mulled wine, it’s all good.
Katrina Andrews
You can,t beat the tradional christmas mulled wine!!
Sam xx
Posted by: Christmas Party London | August 12, 2008 at 05:15 PM