IAB social media practitioner programme

IAB Social Media Council launches Social Media Practitioner Programmee to educate new starters.

THIS EVENT IS NOW FULLY BOOKED

The IAB Social Media Practitioner Programme is a series of 5 sessions, all 2 hours in length - complete with coursework - designed to turn new starters within the industry into real experts. Social media is a vast, complex and thoroughly diverse space, so we believe that an introduction should be much more than a one-hour presentation. This is why we’re inviting 60 social media beginners to sign up and let us teach them how to become a social media practitioner.

We’ve employed the collective expertise of the IAB Social Media Council - representing media owners, creative, media and social agencies - to help nurture upcoming talent in the industry and provide young workers within the industry with the foundations needed to succeed.

Covering definitions of social media, industry research and all the case studies we can get our hands on, over 5 months our delegates will have all the latest, most practical knowledge at their fingertips. From word of mouth marketing to paid-for advertising, research and measurement to public affairs, this is an essential induction to the social media space.

It’s free for our members and UK advertisers, and every presentation has been created by the Council in association with the IAB.

Who should attend?

• Junior creative/media agency staff
• UK marketing/brand managers with modest social media experience
• Industry-switchers
• coming from traditional into digital

At the end of the course, having attended each session and successfully completed the relevant assignments, our delegates will graduate as an IAB Social Media Council ‘One to Watch’, provided with a badge to announce their commitment to developing in the industry.

Please note:
-No journalists will be in attendance, and the only write-ups of each event will (hopefully) be from the students.
-There’s no point tweeting at the sessions, because all our delegates will be there to pay attention and learn, rather than heckle each other during the boring bits.
-This series of events isn’t about self-promotion. It’s not about the IAB Social Media Council raising its profile, getting new clients or securing sponsorship for alcohol-fuelled back-slapping networking parties...
-Rather the SMC has a responsibility - as one of the most significant collectives dedicated to social media in Europe - to ensure the industry grows ethically, shunning the hyperbole in favour of teaching those just beginning in the area about the realities of working in social media.

Modules	What does it include	Date
1. Introduction to social media	Definitions of social media, what it entails, the importance of objectives	19 April, 9am – 11am
2. Research and measurement	The challenge of measurement in social media, the tools available and how to meaningfully evaluate your campaigns	13 May, 9am – 11am
3. Earned social media	Online engagement and WOM Brand & reputation management Customer service	23 June, 9am – 11am
4. Paid-for social media	Social media display, planning and buying UGC and crowdsourcing	22 July, 9am – 11am
5. Regulatory affairs and social media	Legal, regulatory and privacy issues, and ethical frameworks	12 August, 4pm – 7pm (graduation!)

Full payment must be received at least 5 working days prior to event for entry to be guaranteed. Full payment is due on receipt of e-invoice, if cancellation is within 5 working days of the event the full amount of e-invoice will be outstanding