Designing Strategies to Measure the Impact of Published Press Releases

A senior-level treatment of press release impact measurement, focused on what changes outcomes.

📍 Cairo🗓️ 5 training days📚 4 modules🎓 Accredited certificate
5intensive training days
4scientific modules
8training sessions
32detailed points

Course Overview

Reputation built over years is re-assessed publicly within hours when press release impact measurement is mishandled. Credibility in impact measurement is spent quickly and rebuilt slowly. The course sets out a working method for the communications and media practice discipline that participants can apply the week they return. Where press release impact measurement is measured, it improves; where it is only discussed, it drifts. It suits anyone whose decisions touch the practice within communications and media practice, in large organisations and small ones alike. Work is grounded in real cases drawn from impact measurement, which each participant adapts to conditions in their own organisation. Teams frequently over-invest in documenting press release impact measurement and under-invest in testing it. The course leaves participants able to diagnose weaknesses in impact measurement before they become incidents. The programme closes with an action plan for this part of communications and media practice that each participant writes for their own organisation.

Expected Learning Outcomes

01

Select indicators that show whether press release impact measurement is improving, and reject those that only look useful.

02

Correct misinformation about impact measurement without amplifying it.

03

Measure the effect of communication on press release impact measurement beyond volume of coverage.

04

Sequence internal and external communication about impact measurement correctly.

05

Reduce avoidable variation in how press release impact measurement is carried out across teams.

06

Design the crisis response plan for impact measurement with named roles and pre-agreed authority.

07

Design a training and briefing approach that sustains competence in press release impact measurement.

Who Should Attend

01

Compliance and governance staff whose remit includes press release impact measurement.

02

Marketing staff coordinating with communications on impact measurement.

03

Crisis management team members with a role in press release impact measurement.

04

Government relations and public affairs officers covering impact measurement.

05

Spokespeople and executives who speak publicly about press release impact measurement.

06

Managers in small and medium organisations who own impact measurement alongside other duties.

Course Modules

01

Press release impact measurement: measurement beyond coverage volume

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Monitoring press release impact measurement in time to act

  • Configure monitoring that flags coverage of press release impact measurement within the hour.
  • Build the internal briefing that explains impact measurement to those affected.
  • Agree who signs off statements on press release impact measurement outside working hours.
  • Set out how exceptions to impact measurement are requested and approved.

Session 2Measuring communication on impact measurement beyond clippings

  • Localise messaging on press release impact measurement without fragmenting it.
  • Establish what evidence demonstrates impact measurement is under control.
  • Archive every statement issued on press release impact measurement with date and approver.
  • Identify the data already collected that bears on impact measurement.
02

Impact measurement: recovery and rebuilding credibility

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Who decides what during a crisis involving impact measurement

  • Map the handovers in press release impact measurement between functions and secure them.
  • Prepare the summary of impact measurement that senior management will read.
  • Set the review interval for press release impact measurement and who attends.
  • Review whether impact measurement is aligned with the objectives of the communications function.

Session 2Building the method for impact measurement step by step

  • Set out the decisions in press release impact measurement that require sign-off and by whom.
  • Draft the minimum viable communications plan for impact measurement.
  • Set escalation thresholds for press release impact measurement that work out of hours.
  • Write the three key messages on impact measurement and test them against hard questions.
03

Impact measurement: crisis preparation, roles and authority

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1The hard cases in impact measurement and how to reason about them

  • Decide in advance when to correct misinformation about press release impact measurement and when not to.
  • Build a stakeholder map for impact measurement and the message each needs.
  • Sequence internal notification about press release impact measurement ahead of external release.
  • Draft materials on impact measurement that need no rewriting to be published.

Session 2Coordinating press release impact measurement across markets and languages

  • Record the rationale for each significant choice made about press release impact measurement.
  • Check communication on impact measurement against legal and regulatory constraint.
  • Identify the journalists who actually cover press release impact measurement and what they need.
  • Plan the recovery sequence after a reputational event involving impact measurement.
04

Impact measurement: internal audiences and sequencing

2 sessions · 8 points

Session 1Testing impact measurement before relying on it

  • Debrief after each significant episode involving press release impact measurement.
  • Establish who is informed, consulted and accountable in impact measurement.
  • Record what was learned when press release impact measurement did not go as planned.
  • Agree the smallest change to impact measurement that would be visibly useful.

Session 2Correcting a false story about impact measurement without amplifying it

  • Establish the boundary of press release impact measurement and record what sits outside it.
  • Set the response time target for enquiries about impact measurement.
  • Define what success in communicating press release impact measurement looks like, numerically.
  • Name the crisis roles for impact measurement and confirm authority to speak.

Choose the package that suits you

Silver Package

At least 3 people

USD1,250
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

Gold Package

At least 3 people

USD1,850
  • 5-night stay in a 5-star hotel
  • Workshop or Program Participation
  • Airport Transfers
  • Customized Badge
  • Expert Mentorship (Private Sessions)
  • Supervision & Secretarial Services
  • Accredited Certificate of Participation
  • Complete Training Kit
  • Coffee Break
  • Closing Ceremony

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