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This activity is suited for work with participants that are engaged in communications work in their organisations.

Purpose:To define communications
To get an overview of the range of communications tasks performed by participants.
Participants:At least 5, up to 20.

Time: about 60 min.

Materials:Flipcharts
Marker pens
Notebooks and pens
Process:1. Organise participants in small groups of 3-4. Assign the task:
  • Each participant gives a 3-minute presentation of his/her main tasks and responsibilities in the area of communications. During the presentations, the listeners compile a list of tasks.
Allow 10-15 min. for this exercise.
2. Do a quick round gathering the responses of participants on a flipchart.

3. Together with the group, try to categorise tasks and find headlines for each, such as media relations, internal communication, etc.

4. Ask the groups to get back together and develop a working definition of communications, based on the structured list of typical tasks.

5. Share definitions in plenary and select the best definition!
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I would also add the communication process that involves the sender reaching out to the receiver and through a defined medium of communication. Celestin

I would suggest that we use the thread function of the page for comments, the "Note" in the activities template is more for notes for the trainer. If you want to change the content of the activty, add to process etc.

Thanks a lot for your contribution :-)
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