NIPR calls for registration for its fifth Lagos digital public relations summit

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The Lagos State Chapter of the Nigerian Institute of Public Relations(NIPR) is calling on public relations practitioners and digital communication enthusiasts to register for the fifth Lagos Digital Public Relations Summit.

NIPR calls for registration for its fifth Lagos digital public relations summit
NIPR calls for registration for its fifth Lagos digital public relations summit – www.brandspurng.com

The virtual edition is themed: Shaping Virtual Brand Experience, holding from Wednesday 21st – Thursday 22nd, October 2020.

Presently in its fifth year, the Lagos Digital Public Relations Summit; the first of its kind and largest gathering of digital communication enthusiasts in Sub Saharan Africa, is the two-day experiential gathering of communicators focused on achieving collective intelligence to equip and capacitate communicators with high-level digital communication strategies, tactics and how-to’s, so they are better equipped to work in the rapidly growing algorithmic media ecosystem.

The web offers tremendous opportunities for communicators, but to be successful one needs to grasp how the medium works. Participants earn a Certificate of Participation and the coveted honorary Lagos Digital PR Ambassadorship.

The Summit brings together senior marcomms professionals, Generation X and Millennials managing communications for government, corporate, media and NGOs to equip and expose them to contemporary techniques and glean new insights into the fast-growing digital media space for modern-day strategic communication practice.

The annual Lagos Digital PR Summit is organized in partnership with multinational technology companies specializing in Internet-related, social media and social networking services and products including leading digital communications consultancies in the world.

The standard fee is One Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira (N120,000) per participant pre the COVID-19. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic and the attendant social distancing to manage the crisis, the reason for this virtual edition, the fee has been reduced to Sixty Thousand Naira (N60,000). There is a discount of Ten Thousand Naira (N10,000) for payments received before the close of business on Friday, October 9, 2020. There is also a bulk 10% discount for organizations registering more than three participants.

Interested marcomms professionals can visit the Lagos NIPR website to glean the comprehensive information and register for the Summit.

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