Public Relations

  • 2 Courses | 35m 12s
  • 10 Books | 38h 51m
  • 4 Audiobooks | 16h 27m
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Public relations (PR) activities are a key driver of your company's image. PR can help your business build and maintain positive public image. Excelling in PR means you will need to sharpen your practical skills and develop strategies to enhance your company's reputation. Here are some tips and tactics to make your PR efforts a success.

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Strategies for the Modern Public Relations Professional

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Strategies for the Modern Public Relations Professional
Public relations (PR) has always been a balance of persuasion, information, and communication - but these terms imply a one-sided relationship. The rise of social media and lightning-fast news cycles requires that modern public relation professionals engage more with their audiences and build and maintain relationships. In this course, you'll learn the fundamentals of modern PR, including new research and marketing methods, how to create and maintain relationships with your influencers, and how to react to negative news stories. You'll also learn how to build and monitor a successful PR campaign.
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Writing Skills for Public Relations
The ability to write well is an essential skill and responsibility for all public relations (PR) professionals. Good writing is often time consuming and doesn't always come easy, but it's vital for connecting with your target audience and conveying your key brand messages in a clear and engaging manner. In this course, you'll learn how to develop written messages for your public relation initiative. You'll explore how to create and distribute attention-grabbing press and social media releases. You'll also learn techniques for managing an effective social media marketing campaign.
6 videos | 16m has Assessment available Badge

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BOOKS INCLUDED

BOOK SUMMARY

Agile PR: Expert Messaging in a Hyper-Connected, Always-On World
Agile PR offers professionals a 360-degree look at a changing industry and provides guidance on how to succeed in the age of smartphones and millennials. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
book Duration 10m book Authors By Marian Salzman

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The IABC Handbook of Organizational Communication: A Guide to Internal Communication, Public Relations, Marketing, and Leadership, 2nd Edition
Whether you're a professional communicator or corporate executive, this book offers insight into traditional and emerging issues in organizational communication and shows what it takes to reach stakeholders inside and outside the organization.
book Duration 8h 30m book Authors By Tamara L. Gillis (ed)

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Evaluating Public Relations: A Guide to Planning, Research and Measurement, Third Edition
Illustrated throughout with many award winning case studies and interviews, this essential book advises PR practitioners at all levels how to demonstrate clearly and objectively the impact that their work has to their clients and managers.
book Duration 3h 44m book Authors By Paul Noble, Tom Watson

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Writing Skills for Public Relations: Style and Technique for Mainstream and Social Media, 5th Edition
A hands-on, practical guide to writing style for PR students and practitioners, this resource offers advice on the basic principles of grammar and also covers essential editing and presentation skills.
book Duration 5h 15m book Authors By John Foster

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Agile PR: Expert Messaging in a Hyper-Connected, Always-On World
Punctuated by case studies from the United Nations Foundation, Wyclef Jean, Sears, and other campaigns, this cutting-edge book reveals the newest, most effective tactics for championing brands, organizations, and causes.
book Duration 4h 30m book Authors By Marian Salzman

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Extraordinary PR, Ordinary Budget: A Strategy Guide
Explaining that you don't need a big budget to make a big impact, this book shows you that, no matter how modest your budget, you can build a cost-effective communications strategy that will help you break through the noise in an information-overloaded world.
book Duration 2h 25m book Authors By Jennifer R. Farmer

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Planning and Managing Public Relations Campaigns: A Strategic Approach, Fourth Edition
Providing a dynamic 12-step planning model to help all practitioners implement and run a public relations campaign, this book offers coverage of key social media developments; the role of PR in organiztions; the importance of context; communication theory; setting objectives; evaluation and review; and more.
book Duration 4h 17m book Authors By Anne Gregory

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Media Interview Techniques: A Complete Guide to Media Training
A practical guide to preparing for, conducting, and evaluating the success of media interviews, this book is based on the communications expertise of the author and his eight-step methodology for polished and confident interview delivery across a range of platforms.
book Duration 3h 40m book Authors By Robert Taylor

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Writing For Public Relations: A Practical Guide for Professionals
Providing an overview of marketing writing style as well as step-by-step guides to the most commonly used marketing and PR genres, this book will make even the most timid writers confident that they have represented their organization's message in a concise, coherent and professional manner.
book Duration 2h 1m book Authors By Janet Mizrahi

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Ethical Voices: Practicing Public Relations with Integrity
Ethical Voices uses the PRSA Code of Ethics as a framework to bring ethical dilemmas to life. It provides practical guidance to public relations professionals on how to address specific challenges they will likely encounter.
book Duration 4h 19m book Authors By Mark W. McClennan
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AUDIOBOOKS INCLUDED

AUDIOBOOK SUMMARY

Agile PR: Expert Messaging in a Hyper-Connected, Always-On World
Agile PR offers professionals a 360-degree look at a changing industry and provides guidance on how to succeed in the age of smartphones and millennials. In this Summary, we discuss the salient points of the book based on our interpretation of its contents.
audiobook Duration 21m 34s audiobook Authors By Marian Salzman

Audiobook

Inbound PR: The PR Agency's Manual to Transforming Your Business With Inbound
This audio edition provides critical guidance for PR growth in the digital era, complete with a practical framework for stimulating that growth.
audiobook Duration 4h 51m 2s audiobook Authors By Iliyana Stareva

Audiobook

Extraordinary PR, Ordinary Budget: A Strategy Guide
This audio edition shows you that, no matter how modest your budget, you can build a cost-effective communications strategy that will help you break through the noise in an information-overloaded world.
audiobook Duration 3h 56m 5s audiobook Authors By Jennifer R. Farmer

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Art of Explanation: Making your Ideas, Products, and Services Easier to Understand
This audio edition is for business people, educators and influencers who want to improve their explanation skills and start solving explanation problems.
audiobook Duration 7h 18m 19s audiobook Authors By Lee LeFever
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