IPR introduces weekend as part of the accreditation program

Accra, June 3, GNA – The Leadership of the
Ghana, the Institute of Public Relations (IPR) has set up a weekend program
program enabling members outside Accra to take part in its annual professional activities.
accreditation program.

The program, which must start
Monday, June 3, is the realization of the main objective of the Institute, namely:
train public relations professionals and build capacity
members to respond effectively to the public relations needs of companies,
the government and personalities.

Henry Nii Dottey; APR, the honor
Intellectual Property Rights Secretary and Program Coordinator, said the introduction was underway.
response to the request of practitioners outside Accra to participate in the
program on weekends instead of using their annual leave, which was intended for
rest.

He said that the Institute had examined the
content of the accreditation program to meet changing needs
of the profession and respond to the stimulating nature of business.

He said that some of the new courses introduced
for the 2019 accreditation program were content management, leadership and
management, as well as improving the content of some existing courses.
the subjects.

He said that the communications landscape was
communication practitioners in rapid evolution and obliged to be aware of the news
developments, best practices and applications, especially new technologies
to the practice of communication.

The program was designed to treat
these necessities with experienced communication practitioners facilitating
discussions on strategic public relations management, public relations writing,
Integrated Communications, Label and Protocol, Media Management and New
Technology and Public Relations Law and Ethics.

Mr. Dottey explained that eager members
to climb the professional ladder must submit to the
exams, while members with at least 10 years of postgraduate experience
in the profession, who wish to be exempted from examinations must submit a
case study on a public relations topic and have an interview.

The program coordinator stated that he had succeeded
candidate at level one of the exams would lead to the member being
admitted to the badociate member and the successful candidate
two would earn an accredited membership, which gives them the right to use the initials
APR at the end of their names to indicate their professional status.

He encouraged all practitioners still to
reach the accredited membership category to take advantage of the
accreditation program and also warned those who were demanding for the weekend
make the most of the opportunity offered.

The program, which began on June 3
will end on July 3rd with exams scheduled for July 15th to 19th, 2019.

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