Here’s a sign of the progress that the CIPR is making on the social media front.

One of the first outcomes from the CIPR Social Media panel is a series of training sessions led by industry practitioners. They’re set to take place at the CIPR’s HQ at Russell Square, London, every Thursday night over the summer from 5pm to 7pm.

The programme is coming together on a wiki. Chip in if you’ve got a view or you’ve a topic that you’d like to see covered. I’m up on 5 August when I’ll talk about using social media to build your personal reputation and get hired.

The events are London-based but if there’s sufficient demand I’m sure we could record them and make them available more widely.

Update: Asda’s Dom Burch, Staniforth’s Rob Brown,  and Wolfstar’s Stuart Bruce are working on a programme of events in Leeds and Manchester. Watch out for more information.

It’s a start.