

Conference/workshop organisation
- 2021 Political marketing and management global online conference, September
- Co-Chair, 2015 Global Political Marketing and Management Conference, Victoria University, Wellington, in June
- Member of the steering committee, and organiser of the NZ Politics Stream, and the 2014 NZPSA conference, Auckland, December
- Organiser of the first NZ OZ Political Marketing and Management Conference , Auckland University, 31 August 2013, which attracted academics and research students from Australia and New Zealand
- Lead organiser of a short course ‘Political marketing: the myths, value and ethics’ at APSA (the American PSA), Washington, September 1 2010
- Organiser workshop ‘Political marketing: hindering or helping the relationship between government and citizen’ at the UK PSA Edinburgh 30 March-1 April 2010
- Member of Conferences team and co-ordinator of stream NZ/Comparative politics for the 2009 NZPSA conference held at Auckland 30 November-1 December 2009
- Facilitation of political marketing networks in Canada 2007-9 – see shout out by Susan Delacourt for demonstration of wider influence
- Co-convenor Professionalization of Campaigning and Political Marketing section including several panels at E.C.P.R. Conference in Pisa with Balaz Kiss (Hungary) 2007
- Co-Organiser of the Political Studies Association Political marketing group Conference, Political Marketing & the UK Election: Reaching the Political Consumer, London 2005
- Organiser of PMG panels at the UK PSA 2003, 2004 and 2005
- Organiser of the 2002 Political Marketing Conference, September, in Aberdeen
- Organiser of the 1998 CANE conference, UK
Roundtables and seminars
- Organiser roundtable Public opinion, political marketing and IR with Maria Rost Rublee (Auckland University, citizen opinion/govt management of public opinion on security, m.rublee@auckland.ac.nz); Claire Robinson (Massey University, political marketing/MFAT public outreach experience), James Ockey (Canterbury University, public opinion and nuclear energy) , Lyndon Burford (Auckland University, citizen views and nuclear, l) and Jim Headly (Otago University, public participation in foreign policy) at OCIS, the Oceanic conference on International Studies, Thursday July 1 2010, Auckland 2010
- Organiser Roundtable Political marketing, public opinion and leadership in New Zealand with participants Vice Chancellor (Massey) and former Labour minister Steve Maharey, Dr Claire Robinson (Massey) Dr Chris Rudd (Otago) and Dr Jennifer Lees-Marshment (Auckland) at the NZPSA conference, 2009
- Organiser Academic-Practitioner seminar ‘Marketing New Zealand Politics: following or leading the rest of the world? on political marketing and New Zealand politics at Auckland University including practitioners Mike Williams (President, Labour Party) and Steven Joyce (General manager National Party 2002-5) 2006
- Organiser Roundtable on political marketing and the 2001 UK election at the 2001 EPOP (Elections, public opinion and parties) conference, UK
Other roles
- Director, Centre for Political Marketing (CPM), Keele University 2002-5. Organiser of the CPM Symposia series 2004-5, for practitioners, policy-makers, think tanks, academics and the media interested in how marketing is used by public sector, non-profit and political organisations