Kate is Managing Director and founder of Blue Shadow Marketing, a full-service agency based in Cumbria, working strategically with clients to help their businesses to grow and flourish across various industry sectors.

Karen has a wealth of experience gained from a variety of marketing and communications roles over many years in a range of sectors and organisations.

Mark is passionate about marketing, education, training and developing the skills of business, he is a Chartered Marketer with a vast range of practical experiences.

Joanne is the lead consultant at Dolezal Consulting and works with business owners and marketers to help them make marketing work for their business. Her expertise lies in the strategic planning of integrated marketing and communications campaigns, in particular for specialist products and services for niche markets.

For the past 10 years, Richard was Principal Lecturer and Programme Director for undergraduate and postgraduate programmes at Newcastle Business School. His skills cover a wide range of direct, data driven and digital marketing areas from strategic to operational

Laurel is a very experienced trainer, public relations lecturer and trainer from foundation to masters level.

Sally is an independent PR and marketing consultant specialising in communications. She has over 30 years’ experience of creating and implementing a broad range of communications strategies.

I deliver CIPR Qualifications as well as bespoke training on Influencer Marketing.

Kerry is the Marketing Manager at Nexus.

Deb is a senior-level marketing and communications specialist with experience of working across many sectors.

Sarah is a communications and marketing professional with over 25 years of experience of providing strategic advice and implementing engagement programmes involving a diverse range of internal and external stakeholders.

Debbie is a Freelance Marketing & PR Professional and Blogger with over 15 years experience across the public, private and third sector.

Kris runs KWA Communications who provide help and advice on all aspects of public relations, marketing and communications.

Phoebe is the lead trainer for the Embedding Insights in your Business workshops, as part of the nesma Know-How & Do series. Phoebe is Head of Research and Insight at DRG. After gaining a first-class degree in Mathematics and Statistics from Newcastle University. Phoebe is a natural researcher and has worked on an eclectic mix of quantitative and qualitative research projects for brand and media clients across the UK uncovering insights to inform business decisions. Phoebe has a passion for design and is the company’s resident design-guru and loves finding engaging ways to present data, insights and recommendations and has been involved in the creation and design of a range of infographics.

Andy Green is a leading expert on storytelling for PR, comms and marketing and has written 7 books on brand communications. He works with in-house teams and agencies around the world using real-world experience and case studies to transform their use and management of story-telling and corporate narrative.

Paul Hitchens is a TEDx Speaker and the author of three bestselling books on brand management published by Hodder Education: ‘Brand Management – In A Week’, ‘Successful Brand Management’ and ‘Create the Perfect Brand’. He is a Chartered Marketer with an MA in ‘Brands, Communication & Culture’ and has gained over thirty years creative industry experience working both agency and client side for household brand names.

Steven is the Managing Director at Digital Allies, a new kind of digital marketing business dedicated to empowering company owners and leaders to make more intelligent digital decisions.

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