United Kingdom – CiB

The British Association of Communicators in Business (CiB) is one of Britain’s leading organisations for corporate communicators.

Address
Communicators in Business
Suite GA2
Oak House
Woodlands Business Park
Linford Wood
Milton Keynes MK14 6EY

Phone +44 (0) 1908 313755
Fax +44 (0) 1908 313661
E-mail:
 
 
Web URL: www.cib.uk.com  

Chairman
Dominic Walters

Chief Executive
Kathie Jones

FEIEA representatives
Steve Doswell


Lyndsay Markham



Description of the association
The British Association of Communicators in Business is a professional organisation for those involved in the management or production of corporate media. We have more than 1,000 members working in every section of the UK economy as well as abroad, and between them they control annual budgets for communication services totalling some £200 million. We also have an active network of freelance members.
The Association was founded in 1949 as the British Association of Industrial Editors. In 1995 it adopted its current name, which reflected the change of focus away from publications towards the management of business communications.


Our main objectives
• Convince organisations of the importance of effective communications.
• Benchmark and improve the standard of corporate communications.
• Maintain and enhance the status of members.
• Promote regular exchange of ideas and experience between members and kindred organisations.
• Develop members’ management and vocational skills.
• Provide education and training in all aspects of corporate communications.


Our services
• A range of national and regional vocational training courses and seminars.
• Major two-day annual conference held in May.
• Annual awards competition: the prestigious Communicators in Business Awards are the largest competition of their kind in Europe, attracting as many as 1,200 entries.
• The awards ceremony is normally held during the Communicators in Business conference in May. 
• CiB also nominates an annual Communicator of the Year and has introduced a fast-growing communication strategy awards competition. The awards event is normally held in November.
• On-line discussion forum for freelance members.
• A flagship member magazine, Communicators, produced 10 times a year.
Website.
• A monthly e-newsletter (e-zine) - free to anyone who wishes to subscribe, whether members of the association or not. It is currently circulated to a rapidly growing audience of 3,000 communicators in over 50 countries.