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Course

Nonprofit Skills®: Communication Styles

Time limit: 90 days

$129 Enroll

Full course description

This course, aimed at nonprofit leaders and aspiring leaders, is designed to help them become more effective communicators. Self-paced and highly interactive, the course covers basic communication theory: the four main communication styles, the different communication channels, and the difference between push communication and pull communication. It focuses on practical approaches to workplace communication: developing a clear message and tailoring it to your audience, adapting your communication style for different demographic groups, developing a communications plan for your organization, and communicating in times of crisis. It includes three case studies that allow learners to apply what they have learned to real-world situations, and it allows learners to download materials that they can use to hone their communication skills.

Learning Outcomes

• Describe different communication styles

• Explain how communication styles differ across demographic lines

• List best practices for communicating with different audiences

• Distinguish between primary and secondary messages

• Explain how nonprofit leaders can build a communications plan

• Describe the key features of communications software

• List best practices for communicating in times of crisis

Credits

• ATD CI Credits: 3

• CFRE Credits: 3

• HRCI Credits: 3

• SHRM Credits: 3

• IACET CEU Credits: 0.3