CIM networks

This group is intended for marketers who are directly, or indirectly working to deliver services, campaigns, communications, fundraising initiatives and use social marketing and behavioural economics to influence and positively change populations for a charitable or social purpose.

The Charity and Social Marketing Group is open to marketers who are interested in:

• Connecting with charities, non-profits and social enterprises
• Corporate social responsibility
• Behavioural change & insights
• Social marketing

The Construction Industry Group (CIMCIG) works on behalf of members to raise the status of the marketing profession within the construction industry.

Being a member of CIMCIG has been shown to have significant benefits and recent surveys have shown that, on average, CIMCIG members earn more than their counterparts.

It is the forum for members to share knowledge, skills, information and best practice.

Marketing directors and other experienced marketers tell us they gain as much, if not more, from CIMCIG membership as newcomers.

Only CIMCIG provides a mix of events, seminars and conferences that are genuinely useful to marketers in construction. Most of our events are Continuing Professional Development (CPD) approved and so help members meet their essential learning requirements every year.

Be inspired by the showcase of work from marketing communications professionals around the world. Keep ahead of the competition with the latest thinking, new ideas, integrated campaigns and trend predictors. Challenge accepted thinking with our curious facts. And share your own views on Twitter and our LinkedIn group.

For curious marketers, the Creative Communications Community provides the inspiration to enhance your integrated marketing communications. From design to digital and advertising to PR, there’s a wealth of knowledge at your disposal. Run by CIM, this is our largest sector interest group for CIM members. Members are also invited to join in the conversation on LinkedIn and Twitter. You can comment on stories, share them, add your own insights and contribute to the news.

The CIM Financial Services Group is the Sector Interest Group for CIM members who are marketers for the financial services industry, from accountants to tax planners, and product manufacturers to financial planners and advisers. 

We hold a number of events each year, and aim to provide you with relevant information on the latest developments to enable you to progress in your chosen career.  Our events are great networking opportunities – putting you in touch with everyone - from students just entering graduate schemes to chief marketing officers who are in charge of promoting asset management companies.  We also attract a wide range of marketing researchers and consultants.

The Food, Drink and Agriculture (FDA) group is the Sector Interest Group for CIM members who work across the UK agricultural, food and drink demand chain.

Founded over 40 years ago, we hold a series of events across the UK each year. We are committed to finding the best quality speakers to address our members on the big issues of today, and the trends that will impact on what we do tomorrow too. Not only in the UK, but also internationally.

Our events provide excellent networking and learning opportunities. We attract a broad range of practitioners, from market researchers, consultants, academics, industry and supply chain professionals, levy boards, Embassy and High Commission staff and brand owners, to senior figures from the farming sector. We pride ourselves on the level of seniority that many attendees represent - but we also welcome, and want, students and next generation marketers to come along and join us too.

We are here to maintain and develop the knowledge, skills and capabilities of our members. Our focus is on strategy and organisational competitiveness at the leading edge of marketing knowledge.

We provide this advanced marketing knowledge in the way that senior marketers need it: with an emphasis on practical relevance and value-for-time.

Our intensive meetings let you question respected academics from top business schools and executives from admired companies.

Our podcasts capture the most sophisticated new ideas from marketing thought leaders and deliver it in easy-to-listen interview format.

And everything you do with us can be used to help you with your CPD.

Our members are marketing professionals and anyone involved in marketing and customer care at all levels, from key opinion leaders and industry leaders to students - from all the medical and healthcare sectors. For example; NHS, primary care, private medicine, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, dental, biotechnology, medical capital equipment, diagnostics, laboratory products, publishing, consultancy and supporting services.

The objectives of our group are:

• To enhance the benefits of membership to existing members involved in marketing in the medical and healthcare sectors.
• To promote marketing excellence in these sectors.
• To provide valuable events, activities and knowledge aimed at assisting your CPD.
• To promote CIM in the medical and healthcare industry sectors.
• To recruit new members and encourage greater membership penetration in the medical and healthcare sectors.
• To provide healthcare news updates and information.
• To inform members of changes in the marketing environment and their implications and promote high, professional marketing standards.

The Small Business Community is the CIM sector interest group for CIM members who work within and /or advise Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), categorised as businesses employing 0-249 people.

Our community aims to:

• Raise the level of sales and marketing knowledge, skills and expertise in the SME sector.
• Deliver sales and marketing training, and other support activity that is appropriate, affordable and accessible to SME's.
• Develop tools, templates and learning processes that are relevant to smaller business.

The higher and further education sectors each have a vital role to play in ensuring the UK’s ongoing prosperity and productivity, generating more than £265 billion in outputs to the economy. Through their research and teaching expertise, institutions bring about a transformational impact on communities, both locally and globally, contributing to innovation, social progress and the pursuit of knowledge.

The purpose of this group is to provide a collaborative and cohesive practitioner network for higher and further education marketers at all levels of their careers and across all disciplines. By delivering training and events, we help create opportunities for members to share good practices, develop new skills, and support each other. Our digital communication channels also allow members to keep abreast of the latest sector news, policy updates and marketing insight reports.

We are committed to an ethical and sustainable marketing approach in all aspects of institutional activity that includes student recruitment campaigns, wider stakeholder engagement and branding initiatives. Where appropriate, we look to partner with relevant sector bodies and publishers to drive the agenda and add further value for members.

From our Travel Marketing Events programme to our prestigious Travel Marketing Awards, CIM Travel Group is committed to promoting, enhancing and facilitating best practice within travel marketing.

We run a number of events throughout the year which offer great opportunities for established professionals, newcomers to the industry, or students learning more about travel marketing, to meet up and share ideas.

Our panel debates are always lively and a great way to keep up with new thinking and developments within our industry and discuss the current issues facing travel marketers and the industry as a whole.