


The Surrey Branch of CIM is looking to offer one of our members (either an individual or a small business) the opportunity of working with the management team to formulate a PR strategy and raise the profile of the branch. Read all about it...
1. Benefits for members: CIM 'enables marketers to do
a better job'.
Benefits include on-line access to the Knowledge Hub, Cutting Edge, the
institute's magazine 'the marketer' and online marketing
communities. Click
here for full member benefits
2. Benefits for students: the CIM promise to students is to help students 'accelerate their marketing career'. The Learning Zone is an online resource for students and tutors which includes a personal diagnostic and study tools. There's also a Study Centre directory, and ACIM is now offered on completion of the Professional Diploma in Marketing. Click here for the Learning Zone www.cim.co.uk/learningzone
3. Benefits for companies: CIM 'enables companies to deliver better business results.' This programme is about to launch and includes the Marketing Doctor as part of the new Company Connect programme. This taps into the vast networks of marketers in companies and includes a team-based capability diagnostic, and the "Brains and Suits" research forum.
Professional qualifications: the syllabus of the CIM Advanced Certificate & Diploma qualifications have been enhanced and are based on CIM's framework of marketing competencies, the CIM Professional Marketing Standards. These standards were developed with employers to ensure that CIM qualifications equipped marketers with the necessary skills to be immediately effective in the workplace. The qualifications are now named:
5. An award winning monthly magazine - "the marketer"to keep you informed of everything that is going on in marketing.
6. Quarterly marketing agenda: make sense of "The Creative
Dilemma" for marketers today. The innovation agenda is available in a new
'Hot Marketing' booklet - copies are available from the CIM at Moor Hall.
7. Update my details: members can now update their own
contact details online at www.cim.co.uk/update
(members must first be registered with the CIM website). Please keep your
contact details up to date - particularly e-mail contact as this is used
to inform you about local branch events.