Session 2: Publics and Public OpinionHandouts Needed:Public Relations: An Overview (PRSA Foundation Monograph) - The Publics of Public Relations (HO #2d)Public Opinion Process (HO #6)"The Tipping Point" (HO #7)Calisthenics #1 - Audiences (HO #4)Calisthenics #2 - End Result (HO #5)
Session 3: Communications TheoryHandouts Needed:Shannon and Weaver Model (HO #8)Shannon and Weaver Model with feedback (HO #9)Schramm Model (HO #10)Calisthenics #3 (HO # 11)
Session 4: ResearchHandouts Needed:Exercise: Planned Parenthood (HO #12)A Graphic Presentation of the Four Step Process (HO #13)Calisthenics #4 - Research (HO #14)
Session 5: Research MethodsHandouts Needed:Content Analysis (HO #15)Table for Determining Random Sample Size (HO #16)Sample Size and Accuracy (HO #17)Survey Research (HO #18)Survey Reserach - Tips for Do-It-Yourselfers (HO#19)Focus Group Research (HO #20)Scientific Method (HO #21)Calisthenics #5 - Research Methods (HO #22)
Session 6: PlanningHandouts Needed:Lee King Pie Systems Case Study (HO #23)How to Organize the Public Relations Function (HO #24)Components of a Public Relations Plan/Communications Plan (HO #25)Calisthenics #6 - Strategy (HO #26)
Session 7: DiffusionHandouts Needed:Chart: Adoption Process & Sources (HO #27)Chart: Summary, Pattern, Figure 1 (HO #28)Chart: summary, Adoption Curve, Figure 2 (HO #29)Summary: Diffusion Process - Text (HO #30)Calisthenics #7, Applying the Diffusion Process (HO #31)
Session 8: Law and EthicsHandouts Needed:Ethics Pocket Card(Copies of this pocket Card can be obtained by contacting Judy Voss at judy.voss@prsa.org or call 212-460-1480.)
Session 9: Information TechnologyHandouts Needed:Online Resources (HO #32)Permission Marketing (HO #33)Technology Lecture Notes (HO #34)Other Considerations about Information Technology (HO #35)
Session 10: Case ProblemsHandouts Needed:AIDS Activism and Nurses' Residence (HO #36)Art Gallery Opportunity (HO #37)Steel Plant and Pollution (HO #38)New Sanitary Landfill (HO #39)Association Public Relations (HO #40)School Public Relations (HO #41)
Session 11: Business Literacy and Financial Literacy
Session 12: Personal Presentation
Session E: Short Exercises
Session P: Preliminary One-Day WorkshopHandouts Needed:Ethics Pocket CardA Graphic Presentation of the Four-Step Process (HO #13)Notes on the Four-Step Process (HO #43)Ramsey Stell Case Problem (HO #38)List of Materials in Bookshelf (HO #44)Detailed Knowledge, Skills and Abilities tested in the Examination for Accreditation in Public Relations with weightingSQ#R Method (HO#3)URLs for Session P (HO #47)Visuals for Session P
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