Public Relations & Public Speaking

The training program on Public Relations & Public Speaking will focus on practical training and hands-on exercises in relevant fields and concepts and is structured as follows:

• Preparation. Prior to the seminar the selected participants will be provided with a reading package, which will enable them to become familiar with the course material. Each participant will be required to write a brief paper on a subject related to the seminar. The presentation of this paper will be an integral part of the program.
   
• Intensive Seminar. During the five-day intensive seminar a fundamental background on the key issues, concepts and practice of effective communications and media relations will be established, whereby participants will be asked to relate their training to actual issues and experiences at the institutions with which they are involved.
   

  Seminar Topics include:

  • Communication Skills
  • Presentation Techniques / Preparing Materials
  • Event Organizing & Promotional Activities
  • Using Media to Disseminate and Gather Information
  • Getting and Holding Attention
  • Public Relations: Concepts and Strategies
  • Public Speaking
  • Case studies

• Conclusion. At the close of the training program, certificates will be awarded by PASSIA to participants who successfully complete the program.

Completed application forms must be submitted to PASSIA by Sunday, 12 February 2006. PASSIA will then invite short-listed applicants to interviews. Applicants will be notified of the results and, upon selection, participants will have to confirm their commitment to full-time participation in writing as well as submit a letter from their employers confirming that they will be exempted from work during the required period.

The PASSIA Training Program will take place from 4-8 March 2006 at the Best Eastern Hotel in RAMALLAH. All candidates must commit themselves to participate fully during the entire period.