Mastering Public Relations and Communications Practice
Mastering Public Relations and Communication Skills
OBJECTIVES
- Examine the role of Communications/PR in the 21st Century Organization
- Explore the range of communications techniques and tools available
- Develop increased skill writing for print and the web and competency in the range of PR tools and techniques including editing
- Learn how to write a clear PR/Communications brief
- Plan communications activity to meet client need
- Learn how to develop an electronic PR/Communications Centre
- Develop crisis media management techniques
- Develop media interview techniques
- Develop personal communications effectiveness
WHO SHOULD ATTEND?
- PR and Communications practitioners who want to update their skills
- Newcomers to PR/Communications
- HR professionals who have communications roles
- Managers who want to add high-level communications skills to their personal portfolios
COURSE OUTLINE
The 21st Century Communicator
- Introduction and welcome
- Goal setting for the program
- The role of Communications PR in the organization
- The range of media and channels
- A problem-solving approach to PR
- Personal goal-setting for the program
From theory to successful practice
- Communications models: implications for practice
- Psychological themes and construction in practice
- The art of influence and persuasion
- Ethics and communications
- Organizational transparency and communications
- Taking and interpreting communication briefs
The Medium is the Message
- Managing stakeholder relations
- Managing government relations
- Choosing channels – matching media to tasks and stakeholders
- Writing and editing a newsletter, newspaper or magazine
- Writing for the web
- Organizing events and exhibitions
E-Management x Communication
- Improving the power of communications in the organization
- Measuring communications effectiveness
- Using measurement to improve performance
- Crisis communication
- Reputation management
Putting it all together
- Planning your career and personal development
- Impacting positively on your managers
- Managing up and increasing your personal visibility
- Networking and effectiveness
- Team working and your personal effectiveness
- Time management and work planning
- Summary and Conclusion