2017 IPA Strategic Planning Course ‘Changing Perspectives’ to welcome Mark Earls + Peter Field
The Communications Council has announced award-winning writer and strategist Mark Earls (aka HERDmeister) (left) and prolific UK author and effectiveness expert Peter Field (right) as special guests at this year’s IPA Strategic Planning Course, to be held in Sydney (27-29 Aug) and Melbourne (3-5 Sept).
The IPA Strategic Planning Course “Changing Perspectives” aims to turn common marketing misconceptions upside down and to disrupt the status quo. Over the three-day residential course, speakers, chairs and participants will experience a mental cleanse before collectively creating a manifesto on how marketing can be improved.
Starting with world renowned speakers Field and Earls, the course will dive into empirical evidence on what works and why. From there, speakers and delegates will explore those inspirational thinkers on the fringe of the industry, before finishing with thought provoking input from the best and brightest of ad land.
The course, which is designed for advertising and marketing communications professionals with upwards of five years experience, will be chaired in Sydney by chief strategy officer of M&C Saatchi Australasia, Justin Graham (27-29 August), and in Melbourne by head of strategy at AJF Partnership, Pieter-Paul von Weiler (left) (3-5 September).
Says von Weiler: “It has never been more crucial to question what is true and what is false in marketing. Today people increasingly don’t care about brands and most of the work doesn’t work. I can’t wait to cleanse our marketing brains.”
Says Graham (right): “Together with an incredible list of local speakers from a broad range of organisations, this is shaping up to be one of the most interesting courses I have been involved with. And at a time that as an industry we are being more disrupted than ever before.”
Described by The Guardian as “like Malcolm Gladwell on speed”, Earls’ session promises to be fast and furious. He will bring the learnings from his latest book Copy, Copy, Copy to life in a workshop and will also share key learnings from the #IPASocialWorks studygroup – a project identifying good practice in social media effectiveness and measurement
The Godfather of Effectiveness, Field, returns with his effectiveness deep dive which was one of the most talked about highlights from last year’s course. Straight from the UK, Field will be sharing the best and latest thinking on marketing effectiveness based on his analysis on the IPA Databank – the most rigorous database on marketing effectiveness case studies in the world.
Says Graham on Field’s highly anticipated session: “Peter’s ability to combine the theory with the practical makes him such an impressive addition to this year’s course. At a time when everyone is searching for the ‘new’, Peter preaches the ‘right’.
“His session promises to strip away misconceptions on effectiveness and fill everyone up with the tools to apply immediately back at the ranch.”
Joining Earls and Field in the line-up are a range of international and Australian thought leaders and strategic planning experts.
The full speaker line-up will be announced later this month.
Course information:
IPA Residentials are designed for delegates to step away from the day-to-day business for three days of intensive mentoring, analysis, debate and interactive learning that can be applied the very next day. Accommodation and meals are included.
SYDNEY
3 Days, Residential presented by Justin Graham
Date: 27-29 August 2017
Venue: Ovolo Woolloomooloo, Sydney
Corporate member: $3,300 per person (including GST)
Non-member: $5,500 (including GST)
MELBOURNE
3 days, Residential presented by Pieter-Paul von Weiler
Date: 3-5 September 2017
Venue: The Cullen, Prahran, Melbourne
Corporate member: $3,300 (including GST)
Non-member: $5,500 (including GST)