There are now only 5 weeks to go now until KMP’s Reputation Management seminar takes place on the 7th May at the MDDA in Manchester! This week it’s the turn of Simon Rogers – Director of Sales at Market Sentinel. Background: Simon has 20 years experience of selling high value contracts covering outsourced services, application software and associated integration services to blue chip organisations. For the last 8 years he has been managing sales teams in start-up and turn-round situations, in Europe, USA and the UK. His success is due to pragmatic strategies, involving market segmentation, solid recruitment and employee development, and very good management of the sales process. Simon has also worked at Hoskyns, Cap Gemini, Burberrys, Corning, Norcross, specialising in start-ups. About Market Sentinel Market Sentinel is an organisation whose technology and expertise enables an organisation to understand who has influence over their brand, what consumerscons are saying online (positive or negative) and through that understanding, focus PR and marketing on those people and organisations that will deliver the best return on time and money invested and thus, manage the perception to the benefit of the brand and grow the business. The Presentation Simon will be presenting “How to Manage your Reputation and Measure the ROI.” Simon will be discussing:

• Where to find online conversations about your brand
• How to manage these conversations
• How to get involved and influence the conversations

If you haven’t booked yet, you can still get your tickets at the early-bird rate (available until 10th April). Book Now!

There’s just 6 weeks to go now until KMP’s seminar on the topic of Reputation Management takes place in Manchester on the 7th May! But, if you can’t wait until then, don’t worry! In the weeks running up to the seminar, I am going to be profiling the speakers and giving you a sneak preview of what you can expect from each of their presentations. As well as this, I’m going to let you in on a bit of background information about each of the speakers so that you can get to know them a bit before the seminar! First up this week, we have KMP’s very own Managing Director – Jon Keefe! Jon was one of the original founders of KMP in 1991, and has embraced internet technologies since 1995, helping organisations to understand how they can benefit from digital innovation. Jon has steered KMP from its inception in 1991 at the end of the last UK recession, through the Dot com crash to the steady growth and profitability it returns today. This experience overlaid on 13 years digital expertise in the public and private sector means Jon brings extensive knowledge and insight to any organisation and their digital strategy. Jon has also been a long time supporter of Manchester Digital, the trade association for ICT and New Media in the Northwest and an advisor to The Big Chip awards since they were first held in 1997. Jon will be presenting the keynote presentation, entitled “Are you ready to manage your reputation?” Jon will be finding out just how “social media ready” your company is, where he will be discussing the resources and skills available in your company vs what is required.

KMP’s Reputation Management seminar which was scheduled for the 26th March has now been rescheduled for the Thursday 7th May. All the other details are to remain the same, including the line up of speakers, the location and venue! Just to recap, the speakers are KMP’s Managing Director – Jon Keefe, the Managing Director of Staniforth – Rob Brown, and Head of Sales at Market Sentinel, Simon Rogers. Tickets are available at the early-bird rate of £95 + VAT. Book Now!

KMP’s next seminar will be on the topic of Reputation Management, and takes place on the 26th March at the MDDA in Manchester. This is a new topic for inblackandwhite.tv, but it’s already shaping up to look a very interesting and exciting area which combines Digital Strategy, Brand Monitoring, Blogging, Social Media and PR. Speakers for this include KMP’s MD – Jon Keefe, Simon Rogers from Market Sentinel, and Rob Brown – MD of Staniforth. Tickets are available at the early-bird discount of £95 + VAT. Book Now! More details coming soon!

Welcome back to inblackandwhite.tv, the place where you can find all the latest information about KMP seminars and workshops! We’re kicking off 2009 with an action packed few months of workshops and seminars!  There really is something for everyone, from Social Media workshops to seminars on the topic of Reputation Management. 2008 ended with the success of the KMP Blogging Workshop, which proved so popular that we decided to run it twice.  And it looks like the momentum is set to continue for 2009, with a Social Media Workshop that was fully booked so quickly that we’ve had to schedule another one just a few weeks later! There are only 2 places left for this Social Media Workshop which takes place on the 11th February, so book now to avoid disappointment. If a hands-on, interactive workshop isn’t quite for you, then maybe our Social Media Marketing Seminar on the 25th February will be more helpful.  Featuring speakers from Huzu, the social media platform, Tempero, an interactive community management company, and KMP – this seminar is not to be missed! We look forward to seeing you in 2009!