Book now for the Communications Council Melbourne and Sydney Hyper Island Master Classes in September

The Communications Council, Australia’s peak body representing the communications and marketing industry, is bringing Åsa Silverberg (left), Hyper Island’s creative director and leading digital experts Mark Comerford and Mikael Ahlström to Australia to facilitate its Melbourne and Sydney Hyper Island Master Classes in September.

Hyper Island is a digital media school established in Karlskrona, Sweden.

Silverberg will be the Hyper Island Master Class leader. During thelast decade he has worked as agency director at Doberman, projectmanager at Vodaphone’s Mobile Internet Department, as well as aconsultant for brand marketing, business development, innovation andorganizational design, and behavioural and team building concepts.

Ahlström (left) has over 14 years of digital experience in web development andan authority on entrepreneurial possibilities in the digital industry.He is the CEO of Sprout Park, a collective of highly successful mediaand communications companies specialising in areas including strategy,design, mobile communication and film production.

He was one of the first internet entrepreneurs in Sweden and worked atIcon Medialab in the early internet years, and is a graduate of theBerghs School of Communication in Stockholm.

Comerford (left) has been a leader in the area of digital media for over 20years. He established Europe’s first online newspaper in 1994 when helaunched the website of Sweden’s biggest daily newspaper Aftonbladet.

He has been involved in media training for journalists since 1996;teaching journalists around the world how to use digital media as ajournalistic tool. He is currently an adviser on digital strategy to anumber of British media houses and teaches digitalisation in marketing,advertising and PR for Hyper Island.

“The Communications Council is very pleased to have secured suchimpressive presenters for the September Master Classes, especially asit is first time Hyper Island has offered its master classes in theAsia Pacific region,” says Daniel Leesong, CEO of The CommunicationsCouncil.

“We are looking forward to offering Australian executives theopportunity to utilize digital technology more efficiently throughHyper Island’s unique leadership training and are very encouraged bythe overwhelming interest from the industry, which shows that there isa real need and demand for executive level digital classes of thisquality.”

Iain McDonald, Head of the Communications Council’s Digital Committeesaid: “It’s great that global executives of this calibre will sharetheir experiences with our industry. Hyper Island in Sweden has set thebenchmark for digital training over the last few years and is the envyof many countries worldwide. Australian marketers have a strong desireto stay at the cutting edge of digital, so I believe these MasterClasses present a great opportunity to get ahead.”

The Communications Council’s three-day Hyper Island Master Class:

Sydney workshop: 17 – 18 – 19 September 2010

Melbourne workshop: 26 – 27 – 28 September 2010

There are a limited number of places still available for each three-daymaster class.  To enrol in Hyper Island’s first Australian Master Classin Sydney or Melbourne, CLICK HERE. Bookings close this FridayAugust 13.

ABOUT HYPER ISLAND:

Hyper Island is a world-leader in the field of education forinteractive communication, business management and leadership. HyperIsland’s master classes focus on enhancing efficiency withinorganizations and using interactive communications as a tool forensuring high growth and long-term success. Classes are developed inclose collaboration with top agencies and brands around the world, andare partly inspired by leadership tactics employed by the Swedishmilitary.