Planning and Managing PR Campaigns

Course Info

Length: 1 Week

Type: In Classroom

Available Dates

Venue

  • Jan-20-2025

    London

  • Jan-20-2025

    Istanbul

  • Jan-20-2025

    Paris

  • Jan-20-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Jan-20-2025

    Singapore

  • Jan-20-2025

    Barcelona

  • Feb-17-2025

    Dubai

  • Mar-10-2025

    London

  • Apr-21-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Apr-21-2025

    Dubai

  • Apr-21-2025

    Paris

  • Apr-21-2025

    Istanbul

  • Apr-21-2025

    Singapore

  • Apr-21-2025

    Barcelona

  • May-19-2025

    London

  • June-09-2025

    Dubai

  • July-21-2025

    Barcelona

  • July-21-2025

    Istanbul

  • July-21-2025

    Paris

  • July-21-2025

    London

  • July-21-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • July-21-2025

    Singapore

  • Aug-18-2025

    Dubai

  • Sep-08-2025

    London

  • Oct-20-2025

    Kuala Lumpur

  • Oct-20-2025

    Barcelona

  • Oct-20-2025

    Dubai

  • Oct-20-2025

    Paris

  • Oct-20-2025

    Singapore

  • Oct-20-2025

    Istanbul

  • Nov-17-2025

    London

  • Dec-08-2025

    Dubai

Course Details

Course Outline

5 days course

 

 
Effective PR Campaigns:
 
  • Perceptions of PR among senior managers
  • The global information village
  • Putting a cash value on reputation and the PR that builds it
  • PR campaigns – their use and their risks
  • Case study examples – what works and what does not
  • Practical example – tackling a business challenge
  • Evaluation

 

 

Problem-Solving Approach to Campaigns:
 
  • Brand, identity and image, the basis of reputation
  • Assessing your reputation and the use of ‘gap’ analysis
  • The origins of PR and its foundations in the social sciences
  • Business strategy and problem identification
  • Problem-solving methods – choosing the right one
  • Problem analysis – desk research, stakeholder analysis, PEST and SWOT
  • Setting measurable objectives
  • Force field analysis and risk identification

 

Planning and Costing Campaigns:
 
  • Identifying the stages of the campaign and decision points
  • Preparing an effective schedule – critical path analysis
  • Critical path analysis
  • Costing the plan and preparing a budget
  • Anticipating risk and planning to meet it
  • Identifying stakeholders and their role to the campaign
  • Coordinating campaign elements across stakeholder groups

 

Channels, Delivery, and Evaluation:
 
  • From strategy to tactics
  • Environmental scanning
  • Developing a media relations plan
  • Crisis media relations
  • Principles of evaluation
  • Research tools and methods
  • Channel effectiveness and use of media
  • Social media and tools
  • Using influencer strategies to multiply effectiveness

 

 

Effective Delivery in Your Organisation:
 
  • Risk-management approach
  • Dealing with contingencies
  • Winning support - selling ideas to others in the business
  • Presenting your case to senior management
  • Reading body language and other signals
  • Integrating your campaign into your media and company reporting
  • Ensuring that results are seen and credited
  • Personal action planning

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