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Executive and professional training
305 Glenwood Road, Faerie Glen, Pretoria, South Africa
069 221 6943
info@isptrainings.co.za
Practical Press Office Management
Communications and Public Relations|3 days|Classroom or live online
This is a hands-on programme. Delegates spend most of the time working through content planning and message development on live scenarios rather than listening to theory about them. The practical emphasis is deliberate: internal communication failures surface later as engagement and retention problems, and reading about the method has repeatedly proved insufficient. Delegates leave able to work confidently with media relations, spokesperson training and interview technique in their own organisation.
What delegates leave able to do
- Explain media relations to someone who does not do the work, measured against recognised crisis communication protocols
- Improve spokesperson training within their own organisation
- Bring interview technique into line with current good practice
- Put campaign planning on a footing they can defend to a reviewer
What the course covers
- Content planning
- Message development
- Media relations
- Spokesperson training
- Interview technique
- Campaign planning
- Stakeholder mapping
Who should attend
- communications managers
- executives who face media
- internal communication specialists
Fees
| South Africa | R13 000 |
| Elsewhere in Africa and the Gulf | USD 1 500 |
| Live online | USD 900 |
Per delegate, for the full 3 days. Covers tuition, course materials and refreshments. Excludes travel and accommodation. South African courses carry VAT at 15%; on deliveries outside South Africa the VAT position is confirmed on the quotation, because it depends on where your organisation is registered.
Scheduled dates
| 30 Nov to 2 Dec 2026 | Kigali | USD 1 500 |
| 4 to 6 Jan 2027 | Cape Town | R13 000 |
| 15 to 17 Feb 2027 | Port Louis | USD 1 500 |
| 29 to 31 Mar 2027 | Dar es Salaam | USD 1 500 |
| 26 to 28 Apr 2027 | Pretoria | R13 000 |
| 7 to 9 Jun 2027 | Johannesburg | R13 000 |
| 19 to 21 Jul 2027 | Online | USD 900 |
| 30 Aug to 1 Sep 2027 | Harare | USD 1 500 |
| 11 to 13 Oct 2027 | Cape Town | R13 000 |
| 22 to 24 Nov 2027 | Cape Town | R13 000 |
Dates are the published schedule at the time this page was printed. We also run this programme on request, and in-house for a full team.
How to book
Call 069 221 6943 or email info@isptrainings.co.za with the date and the number of delegates. We reply with a written quotation and an invoice. A registration is not a confirmed booking until we confirm it in writing.
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