Strategic Communications Programme 2026 – London

Fri 21^st – Mon 24^th August

Background

Sinan Wren is an innovative organisation based in the United Kingdom and Türkiye. Our executive training arm aims to inspire and empower people from the West and the East to innovate and connect with each other, to build bridges, break barriers and work collaboratively in developing, promoting and maintaining democracy with a view to live in a more peaceful and cohesive world.

We seek to help people on their trajectory of strategic communications by providing a world class learning environment that ensures our alumni leave with an exceptional ethos. The programme seeks to create a real positive change in the way our participants communicate and engage on the international stage, whilst giving them a strategic and high end skills approach to building strong communications teams in their own environments.

About the Programme

Sinan Wren has an enviable track record in the delivery of innovative and inspirational communications programmes. The Strategic Communications Programme, delivered in London, is designed not just to educate and upskill emerging leaders across the UK in communications strategy, but to ensure that on graduating they possess the tools to understand the roles of spokespeople and digital communications strategists, and to effectively advocate the positions of themselves, their organisations and communities.

What You Will Learn

• Strategic communications and narrative framing.
• Communication techniques.
• Media monitoring and the management of media messaging.
• Media engagement: the push-pull dynamics of interviews, message discipline and spokesperson development.
• Press office management and rapid response.
• Broadcast and digital studio interview practice.
• Strategic thinking, long-term planning and servant leadership.

Who should attend?

This programme is for emerging leaders who are ready to step up and make their voices count. We welcome applicants from across the corporate sphere, the civil service, activists and leaders from social movements, political parties, community-building and youth organisations, and those working at local, national and international levels to affect corporate, political and social change.

We are looking for ambitious young people based in the UK who show real leadership potential and a commitment to representing their organisations and communities with confidence and conviction. Participants will be taught leading edge techniques in their work and will achieve impact by applying the concepts and frameworks they learn to their own organisations.

Process of Application

The admissions team at Sinan Wren selects only the best applicants through a rigorous application process to create a cohort of exceptional leaders.

The application process consists of two phases:

Phase 1

Complete the application form below. This includes answering all the questions in full and submitting your CV, a recent photograph and a 2-minute introduction video. Only applicants who successfully pass this phase will be invited to the second phase.

Phase 2

This consists of one online interview. Some participants may be asked to complete more than one interview. You must pass all interviews for final selection to the programme.

Admissions Decision

After completing the interview, you will receive an admissions decision for the programme. All decisions are final and not subject to revision.

NOTE: Admissions are conducted on a rolling basis. The sooner you apply to the programme, the sooner the team will process your application.

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