Business Academy

The MIPAA Business Academy offers a programme of training workshops, professional development and educational initiatives developed exclusively to help motor industry communicators work more effectively.

See below for the highlights of the 2012 schedule – and presentations and other useful materials relating to previous activities.  Further information on individual activities is available via the calendar.  Click here for details of online booking and payment.

2012 programme:

Social Media Season: The latest thinking from the forefront of digital PR
  • New Influencers
  • Just Do It
  • Social Media Forum
  • DriveUp and Tech Talk
Programme of exclusive workshops, discussions and online initiatives building on MIPAA’s 6+ years of leading thinking and hands-on skills development in digital PR – March-May 2012: Full details to follow
Professional Practice Seminars: Focused insight into topical issues
Pushing and Pulling: emerging trends in news distribution and media monitoring 1730-2000; Wednesday 28 March 2012 @ Peugeot, Coventry
No charge for MIPAA members
Personal branding – career development strategies May 2012; time and date to be confirmed @ Automotive PR, London
Topics to be confirmed July, September and November 2012
2012 MIPAA PR Masterclass:
An alternative future
MIPAA’s flagship, annual conference brings together leaders from the PR and motor industries to present new thinking relating to the role and business activities of MIPAA members.
What if?  That’s the question being asked of our keynote speakers in 2012 to provide a different insight into the latest trends and ideas.
June 2012 (date & venue to be confirmed)

Cost: £75 for MIPAA members
Professional development workshops: Practical skills & knowledge for those new to a topic
New to… Lifestyle media skills 1000-1600; April (date & venue tbc)
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members
New to…Modern media relations 1000-1600; June (date & venue tbc)
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members
New to… Motor Industry PR 1000-1600; September (date & venue tbc)
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members
New to… Integrated PR and marketing 1000-1600; October (date & venue tbc)
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members
Leadership development workshops:
Expert skills & knowledge for those with responsibility for a topic area
Responsible for… PR Management 1000-1600; Wednesday 16 May; Prodrive, Banbury
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members
Responsible for… Brand & Reputation Management 1000-1600; July (date & venue tbc)
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members
Responsible for… Strategic Media Management 1000-1600; October (date & venue tbc)
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members
Responsible for… Risk, Issues & Crisis Management 1000-1600; Novemeber (date & venue tbc)
Cost: £50 for MIPAA members

2011 programme:

Professional Practice Seminar: Olympic Opportunity
Brinsley Dresden Partner – Lewis Silkin LLP
Easylink to pdf: The Olympics 2012: Responding to the threat of Ambush Marketing

MIPAA PR Masterclass
Francis Ingham, PRCA
Easylink to presentation:  Challenges facing PR (strategic acceptance and attracting talent)
MIPAA PR Masterclass
Professor David Phillips
Easylink to presentation: PR in an internet mediated era
MIPAA PR Masterclass
Mike Daniels, AMEC
Easylink to presentation: Communication measurement in 21st century
MIPAA PR Masterclass
Paul Charles, PCC
Easylink to presentation: to follow
Slides copyright PCC, Perowne Charles Communications Ltd
MIPAA PR Masterclass
Richard Gadeselli, Fiat
Easylink to presentation: Strategic PR in the executive suite


2011 Social Media Forum Easylink to Forum notes
Business of Social Media
Giles Palmer, Brandwatch
Easylink to presentation: Social Media Monitoring
Business of Social Media
Peter Groves, Motor Law
Easylink to presentation: Social Media Legal Concerns
Business of Social Media
Nick Bentley, AIMediaComms
Easylink to presentation: Joined Up Communications
Business of Social Media
Heather Yaxley, Greenbanana
Easylink to presentation: Social Media in Motor Industry Chain
Just Do It – Luke Jackson, Toyota Easylink to presentation: Toyota Case Study
Just Do It – Greenbanana (Heather Yaxley) Easylink to presentation: Who’s doing it?
Just Do It – SociaBull Easylink to presentation: Getting started, producing content and managing social media
New Influencers – Neville Hobson Easylink to presentation: It’s a New Game
New Influencers – Dick Lumsden, Owl Marketing Easylink to presentation: The ‘New’ Old
New Influencers – Gaby Jesson, Radiator PR Easylink to presentation: European Youth Trends
New Influencers – Cassandra Faria, Adobe Easylink to presentation: Social Analytics