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This six-module certificate program will introduce attendees to the factors shaping today’s field of reputation risk management.

This course is designed to provide a setting for busy professionals to focus on final preparations. We strongly recommend that candidates complete previous preparations through their local chapter, on their own or by taking the APR Online Course. (This is not a seminar for those beginning their APR journey.)

An informative, interactive and fun workshop intended to help external and internal communications professionals improve their news writing and editing skills, and also increase their news placement success.

Designed as an on-demand certificate of completion program, PRSA’s Advanced Crisis Communication Certificate Program will equip communicators with an easy to-use framework to plan for foreseeable crises, as well as prepare you to communicate quickly when the unforeseen occurs.

Acquire the tools needed to build a strategic approach to communication planning, and advance diversity, equity and inclusion issues in the public relations profession and workplaces to achieve better public relationship outcomes.

In this fresh take on advanced IMC techniques, learn how to incorporate newer trends like storytelling, influencer marketing and AI into your integration strategies and tactics to help create a seamless, transparent journey for every audience.

This practice test covers the knowledge, skills and abilities needed to prepare you for the Accreditation in Public Relations (APR) examination.

This dynamic skills-based program will empower managers, team leaders and supervisors to achieve high-performance performance every day, through effective, consistent workplace communication based on emerging management best practices.

Content marketing is one of the most in-demand skill sets needed by today's successful communication professionals. PRSA’s Content Marketing Certificate Program is designed to teach and empower you to develop content strategies and tactics with quantifiable business outcomes.

Most PR pros send pitches that are destined to fail. If your pitch arrives like everyone else’s, it’ll be treated like everyone else’s — it’ll be ignored. In this course, you’ll see how to craft a pitch that gets noticed and gain tools to become a master of the cold email pitch. Discover skills that go beyond the reach of an average PR pro. Effectively measure what you do so your client/employer knows what they’re getting from your efforts.

Effective crisis communication can help organizations maintain trust, inspire consumer confidence and build competitive advantage. Recent poorly handled crises in business, government and nonprofits show how ineffective crisis communication can set an organization back significantly.

Equip yourself with best practices within digital content strategy, personas, digital storytelling, writing for SEO and the web, digital innovation, and the measurement of digital communication.

The best internal communications functions are ones that are at the epicenter of powering organizational clarity, business decisions and performance. The challenge is how do you get there? This program will cover the dimensions of what makes up a world-class practitioner and function, helping build the skills and capabilities needed to be successful in the increasing pace of today’s business environment.

The Executive Communication Online Series, consisting of six sessions, will enable you to transition from a traditional communication pro to an expert strategic communicator aligning with specific business goals. Throughout the program, you’ll be learning skills you can start applying to your work immediately.

This certificate program will cover the key components needed to become a highly effective communications executive. Participants will learn how to lead with authenticity, emotional intelligence, inclusivity and strong ethics.

The PESO model takes the four media types — paid, earned, shared and owned — and merges them together for an integrated — and measurable — communications program. Most of the industry had adopted the model, but not many truly know how it all works together and drives business results. Join Gini Dietrich, the founder and author of Spin Sucks and creator of the PESO model, to learn how to implement it within your organization. In this three-module course, you will learn: What the PESO model i

The Measurement and Analytics Certificate Program goes well beyond simply measuring the effectiveness of communication. You will learn how to build research into the beginning of your communications planning process in ways that are fast, easy and inexpensive.

This on-demand certificate of completion program will equip you with the tools to develop and implement a media relations campaign that evokes emotion, inspires change and helps position your organization as the market leader.

The Modern Digital Communications Certificate Program will focus on social and digital media as the intersection of art and science for the senior digital communicator. The program will take a deeper look at audiences, publishers and platforms as well as the roles they play as targets and tools of a modern PR and Communications professional.

Gaining the Certificate in Principles of Public Relations differentiates you from other new college graduates in public relations and related majors who have not passed the Certificate examination. This course helps you prepare for taking the computer-based examination.