Refined project communication plan (Mitacs)

Date & Time

Thursday, 6 February 2025 - 7:00am to Thursday, 6 February 2025 - 10:00am

Location

Online via Zoom

Organizer

Mitacs Training

 

Facilitated workshop. Online ~ 2 hrs – 3 hrs

For sharing your value proposition, ensuring transparency, and aligning teams and projects, a communications plan is essential. In this hands-on course, learn about its key components and build one. Collaborate with peers to evaluate and share findings.

In the facilitated session, present your project communications plan and receive feedback from both peers and the facilitator.

Learning objectives:

  1. List the key elements of communications and how they impact credibility
  2. Identify and create appropriate content tailored to the audience and your purpose
  3. How to summarize key points and explain the complex concepts
  4. Describe the different expectations the research community may have for communications vs. industry expectations of a one-pager
  5. Build a communication plan for your project

Audience: 

Learners that have completed the asynchronous course “Enhance your communication skills”. 

 

Enhance your communication skills – Self-paced e-learning. Asynchronous course ~ 2 hrs

Effective communication is crucial in all aspects of life. This course helps you develop communication skills, especially in a private sector setting. Explore core elements and learn to shape project messaging, essential for audience engagement, gaining support, and securing partnerships and funding.

Learning outcomes: 

  • List the key elements of communications and how they impact the credibility of one’s communications 
  • Identify and create appropriate content tailored to the audience and purpose of your communications 
  • Summarize key points and explain complex concepts to specialists and non-specialists alike 
  • Describe the different expectations a research community may have for communication vs. a one-pager for a manager in a private company or not-for-profit organization 
  • Build out the communications plan for your project, including the unique value proposition

Upon completion of this course, you are invited to self-enroll and participate in a facilitated session.

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