About this Event
Communicate - the 2025 DC Comms Conference
Welcome to this year's gathering of the Church of England's communicators! Join us at St George's Church in Leeds for a day filled with inspiring talks, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities.
Get ready to connect with like-minded individuals, learn from industry experts, and leave feeling motivated and empowered.
Lunch and refreshments included, kindly sponsored by Ecclesiastical Insurance.
There will be three workshops running in the afternoon - you will have a choice to attend two of these. Please choose your workshops when you book your ticket.
Workshops
- How to use AI tools in your everyday work with Ruvimbo Makumbe, Digital Labs.
- What do you do when going to church feels like going to work? With Alexandra Zhirnova, Everyday Faith editor and (by video) Andrew Caspari, Diocesan Secretary at the Diocese of Europe.
- How we grew our 25K plus following on TikTok with Rev David Sims (@tiktok vicar), Rev Pippa White (@not_a_priestess) and Arun Kataria, Director of Comms, Diocese of Lichfield.
Agenda
🕑: 09:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Doors open, refreshments
🕑: 10:00 AM - 10:20 AM
Welcome
🕑: 10:20 AM - 10:50 AM
Facing challenging situations and building personal resilience
Host: Amanda Coleman
🕑: 10:50 AM - 11:10 AM
Breakout groups
🕑: 11:10 AM - 11:40 AM
Q&A with Amanda Coleman and Chloe Axford
🕑: 11:40 AM - 12:00 PM
Break, refreshments
🕑: 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM
Our best campaign this year and how we did it
🕑: 01:00 PM - 02:00 PM
Lunch
🕑: 02:00 PM - 02:20 PM
Influencer marketing in cathedrals
Host: Daniel Coole & Megan Plowman, Diocese of Liverpool
🕑: 02:20 PM - 02:30 PM
Breakout groups
🕑: 02:30 PM - 02:45 PM
Q&A and discussion
🕑: 02:45 PM - 03:00 PM
Break, refreshments
🕑: 03:00 PM - 03:45 PM
Workshop session 1
Info: See options in the About section
🕑: 03:45 PM - 04:30 PM
Workshop session 2
Info: See options in the About section
🕑: 04:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Close
Host: Chloe Axford
🕑: 04:45 PM - 05:00 PM
Finish, with optional evening dinner
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
St George's Church, Great George Street, Leeds, United Kingdom
GBP 40.00
