Place Brand and Experiences.
Place Brand and Experiences – edition 2022
Duration: 4 hours (including a 30-minute break)
Format: online (ZOOM)
Language: English
Time: TBA
Speakers: Magdalena Florek, Inga Hlín Pálsdóttir, Roger Pride
No. of participants: unlimited
Price: pricing details coming soon
Registration deadline: TBA
How to register? Please send an e-mail to academy@placebranding.org
ABOUT THIS WEBINAR:
This webinar is meant to provide practical guidance in the area of creating and managing place brand experience. It is therefore suitable for you whether you represent a City Hall, a Local or Regional Authority, a Tourism Office or DMO, a private company or public body, a consultancy agency or if you are simply interested in place branding for your personal and professional development.
In this four-hour webinar you will understand what is the essence and role of creating meaningful experiences for places. You will learn from the best practitioners from Iceland and Wales.
SCHEDULE AND CONTENT:
More details coming soon.
Magdalena Florek
IPBA Board Member
is Associate Professor at the Poznan University of Economics and Business in Poland. She is co-founder and Member of the Board of Best Place – the European Place Marketing Institute as well as Senior Fellow at the Institute of Place Management in UK. In 2006/2007 she was a senior lecturer at the Marketing Department, University of Otago in New Zealand. Magdalena is also scholarship holder of the Fulbright Program at Northwestern University and the Kellogg School of Management in USA. She is a member of the Editorial Boards of Place Branding and Public Diplomacy, Journal of Destination Marketing and Management, Journal of Urban Regeneration and Renewal, and Tourism and Hospitality Management. Consultant in brand strategy, city and region promotion. Magdalena is co-author of brand strategies and other related projects for Polish cities and regions. She is an active speaker and member of teams working on many international projects and grants.
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Roger Pride
is Managing Partner in Brand and Independent creative business consultancy Heavenly. Roger runs Heavenly’s place practice, but also works with clients in property, media, charities, utilities and transport. He was previously Director of Marketing for Visit Wales / Welsh Government and CEO of Cardiff & Co. (the place marketing agency for Wales’ Capital City). As both client and consultant Roger has led and implemented brand strategies at nation, region and city levels. He is also joint-editor of Destination Brands, the original and best-selling place branding textbook.
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Inga Hlín Pálsdóttir
Inga Hlín Pálsdóttir has been an integral part of branding and promotion for Iceland for over a decade and has been involved with all aspects of the tourism industry. She led successful changes for the brand as a place and destination, both in crisis and in times of growth. She worked for the Trade Council of Iceland from 2006-2009 on the branding of Iceland. She was the Director for Visit Iceland at Promote Iceland from 2010-2019. Visit Iceland was the destination marketing office (DMO) and worked under the brand of Inspired by Iceland. She was also the director for Iceland Naturally marketing initiative in North America in cooperation with the Foreign Affair Ministry. She served on the board of NATA – North Atlantic Tourism Association from 2014-2019 and was a part of the reference group to the Nordic Council of Ministers on Nordic branding and Profiling from 2015-2019. From 2020, she has been advising places and destinations on strategy, branding, integrated marketing and crisis communication. She is also a Senior Advisor with Future Place Leadership. She has written articles and been a speaker on various occasions on both place branding and tourism – see www.ingahlin.is.
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