How to Approach and Work With Relevant Agencies and Ministries in Support of National and Business Strategies
ICTD International Centre for Training and Development
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ICTD International Centre for Training and Development
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Who should attend
Public Relations professionals
Other key personnel in the organization whose work involves contact and interaction with internal/external public
Also beneficial to personnel who wish to learn how to use communication more effectively - possibly in the areas of personnel, marketing, sales, training and administration
About the course
PR and Communications are at the heart of business performance. In this program you will learn:
- The tools and techniques required to manage reputation in a complex media environment
- How to manage knowledge within the business for effective media management
- How to shape external perceptions of your organization by first class corporate internal communications
- How to develop a strategic approach and a clear plan of action
## Course Objectives
- To set Corporate Affairs in strategic anticipatory and effective context
- To develop an understanding of stakeholder programs for regular, focused communication
- Examine the development of Corporate Affairs tools
- Understanding the development of strategy/plans/tactics and coordinating these
- Evaluation and the use of research
## Course Outline
Introduction and Welcome: The Power of Communication
- Introduction and welcome
- Course programmed, design and options
- Opening exercise: Goal setting
- Corporate Affairs and Public Affairs approaches
- Corporate identity and image
- Corporate communications overview and strategy
- External reputation management Communication as a change agent
- Communication as goal for all managers
From the Inside Out: Crafting Consistent Messages
- Internal communications
- Family and friends as Stakeholder
- Measuring emotional capital
- Communications channels mapping and monitoring
- Setting internal communications goals
- New media for rapid interaction
- Champions, opinion formers and incentives
- The place of the company magazine/newsletter
- The multinational internal communications program.
- Commitment from internal decision makers
Risks and Threats: Their Identification and Management
- Single issue politics
- Special interest groups
- Whistleblowers and the rules of disclosure
- External opinion formers
- Cause related PR and core values
- Campaigns, their design and planning
- A crisis management toolkit
- Stakeholder interest inventories
- Opinion former networks
Corporate Affair/PR in the Corporate Mix
- PR in the communications mix
- PR in the marketing mix
- Direct response PR
- Financial PR
- PR and strategy
- Brand PR
- Persuasion measurement techniques
- Integrating PR/Communications and marketing plans
- The art of leveraging
- Corporate affairs and customer relations
Powerful and Persuasive Action Planning
- Measurement of performance: bottom line impact
- Translating strategy to tactics
- Horizons for PR and corporate affairs development
- Tools and Techniques summary: a tactical inventory
- Recruiting allies: a networking approach
- Justifying the plan and convincing top management
- Making the most of other disciplines to maximize results
- Individual and group consultancy
- Further sources of help and information
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