Professional Public Relations (Certified By ILM)

Start Date End Date Venue Fees (US $)
27 Oct 2024 Cairo, Egypt $ 3,500 Register
15 Dec 2024 Riyadh, KSA $ 3,900 Register

Professional Public Relations (Certified By ILM)

Introduction

Public relations and communications are at the heart of business performance. Modern methods, tools, and channels have greatly increased the speed in which communications can be experienced, from local to global. 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 organisation by first-class corporate internal communications
  • How to develop a strategic approach and a clear plan of action

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

Training Methodology

ILM is the UK’s leading provider of leadership, management and coaching qualifications, and a City & Guilds Group Business. ILM offers a specialist suite of qualifications ranging from Level 2 to Level 7, which are awarded by The City and Guilds of London Institute. ILM also specialises in assessment, learning content, recognition and the accreditation of high-quality training in the fields of leadership, management and coaching. ILM offers leadership and management qualifications through our network of accredited centres worldwide. Not only are ILM’s qualifications industry standard, ranging from team-leading programmes to diplomas for senior directors, but they help retain and motivate staff too

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

Course Outline

DAY 1: 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 the goal for all managers

DAY 2: 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 incentivization
  • The place of the company magazine/newsletter
  • The multinational internal communications program
  • Commitment from internal decision-makers

DAY 3: 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

DAY 4: 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

DAY 5: 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

Accreditation

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