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Setting The Stage
In Module 1, you’ll focus on the hidden power of a communication plan and discover that it is much more than a simple template to capture project details. You’ll understand the power of the plan to deliver project success, position your expertise with your clients and strengthen the development of your career.
Gaining a clear understanding of these issues will help you maximize your effectiveness and your strength as a communicator.
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Unwrap Complexity & Overwhelm
In Module 2, you’ll sharpen your ability to determine when a communication plan is needed. You’ll also understand how best to kick off a communication planning effort and what key questions to ask to quickly capture important information from your clients.
Module 2 is also where you will uncover the one thing that you must understand in order to deliver project success – the business problem you are trying to solve, helping you prioritize what matters.
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Create Your Blueprint
In Module 3, you’ll take the building blocks of what you learned in Modules 1 and 2 and translate them into a step-by-step communication planning process that culminates with a thoughtful communication plan that reduces the overwhelm.
Step by step, you’ll create a standard blueprint that you can apply to any communication challenge.
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Calibrate Expectations & Gain Alignment
In Module 4 you’ll learn how best to share, gain feedback and the approval from your project owners, so that you understand what your clients expect from you.
Navigating these professional relationships well is incredibly important. Each interaction is an opportunity to demonstrate strength to your client.
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Employ A Standardized Process
In Module 5, you’ll understand how creating a consistent and transparent communication planning process not only keeps your clients informed about the project at hand but also educates them on how to interact with you.
A disciplined replicable process helps them how best to meet your needs as a communicator.
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Share the Blueprint
Module 6 provides you practical suggestions on how to share your customized communication blueprint with your peers and clients so that they can help you do your job more effectively.
Time is always in short supply. The more they know about what it takes to do your job, the more effective you can be in delivering results.
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Deliver Success, Gain Confidence
In Module 7, you’ll learn how a disciplined approach to communication planning will help you shine in the organizations you serve. You’ll have created a tool that is much more than a template – a process that will guide your success.