PowerPoint presentations on communication
Below are various PowerPoint presentations I have developed
for training courses and workshops on various aspects of communication.
These can be treated as modules, to be combined and adapted as necessary.
Some are self-explanatory, but others require a trainer to explain and
fill in the gaps.
These presentations were prepared for different needs, so
some overlap in terms of content. The numbers are merely a filing code and
have no other significance.
Certain presentations are available in
Farsi (Persian),
Spanish and
Indonesian.
If you use these presentations, please credit the authors (in the
bottom left corner of the slides).
Please contact me if you would like
me to teach a course for you. Let me know your needs so I can tailor a
course specifically for you.
Paul Mundy,
www.mamud.com
Course outline
- 026
Timetable
41 kb
Sample outline of 1 week workshop
- 064
Timetable
25 kb
Sample outline of 1 day workshop on external communication
- 098 Timetable
92 kb
Sample timetable of 4-day writing course for researchers on
socioeconomic development

Public communication
Understanding and working with the media
- 003 Working with the
media
120 kb
14 slides. Why work with the mass media, importance of
media relations, different types of media organizations, needs of
journalists, elements of a news story.
- 010 Approaching the
media
89 kb
11 slides. How to develop and maintain good relations
with the media; ethics of delaing with the media.
- 005 Getting your
message across
75 kb
3 slides. Guidelines on preparing and writing the
message.
Writing and editing for your audience
- 006 Clutter and simplicity
91 kb
14 slides. How to write simply. Lots of examples (in
English).
- 008
Writing so readers understand you
320 kb
32 slides. Guidelines on how to write: use short words
and simple language, cut out unnecessary words, avoid jargon, avoid weak
verbs and abstract nouns, be precise, provide enough information...
- 009 Matching
words to readers
88 kb
13 slides. Exercise on adapting a report to different
audiences. Uses a fishing example.
- 030 Readability
279 kb
8 slides. How to use Microsoft Word's Readability
statistics.
- 043 Levels of
editing
125 kb
Spanish 97 kb
8 slides. Five levels of editing a manuscript: (1)
meaning, (2) structure, (3) content, (4) words, and (5) grammar &
spelling
- 034 Seven Cs of editing
88 kb
10 slides. Seven things to check when editing: (1) is
the content relevant, (2) is it correct, (3) is it clear, (4) is it
complete, (5) is it concise, (6) is it concrete, and (7) is it
consistent?
- 035 Style
114 kb
- 036 Jargon
71 kb
10 slides. Examples of jargon and developmentspeak,
plus suggestions for avoiding them.
- 089
Editing techniques
265 kb
- 095 Editing
step by step
891 kb

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090 Editorial entrepreneurship
61 kb
- 091 Sources
112 kb
Language styles
Outlining
- 085
3-sentence story
67 kb
7 slides. Summarizing a story in three sentences (the
problem, the solution, the results).
- 077 Finding the
story
75 kb
12 slides. Four questions in organizing your writing
(what is my subject, what am I trying to say about it, how will I say
it, have I said it well enough?). Includes the "elevator pitch"
technique: saying what you want to say in 2 minutes.
- 031 Outlining
750 kb
20 slides. Suggested outlines for a case study and
policy brief. Ideas for developing an outline and overcoming writer's
block. Brainstorming, mindmapping, outlining in Microsoft Word.
- 086 Putting
information in order
60 kb
16 slides. Twelve different ways of ordering
information (in lists, tables and figures, a story, a manuscript): (1)
alphabetical, (2) importance, (3) logical, (4) chronological, (5)
reverse chronological, (6) result and cause, (7) categorical, (8)
geographical, (9) general to specific, (10) specific to general, (11)
questions and answers, (12) familiar to unfamiliar.
Writeshops
Media tools
Websites and the internet
Interviews
- 011 Interviews
274 kb
29 slides. How to be interviewed; techniques for making
sure you get to say what you want (repetition, bridging, flagging,
hooking). Covers both print and radio/TV interviews.
- 004 Interviewees' and reporters' rights
78 kb
5 slides. What interviewees and reporters should expect
of each other.
Policy briefs
Case studies
- 078 Case studies: How
to do them
67 kb

12 slides. Definition of cases studies, 11 steps in
researching and writing them.
- 083 Anatomy
of a case study
1268 kb
12 slides. Shows elements of a case study in an annual
report or magazine, using SNV articles as examples.
- 094 Anatomy of
a case chapter
2017 kb

16 slides. Shows elements of a book chapter covering a
case. Highlights structure of the chapter.
- 084 SNV
guidelines on case writing
325 kb
- 080 Steps in writing
cases
92 kb
17 slides. Six steps in writing a case, from research
to rewriting.
- 081
Collecting information
45 kb
- 082 Leads
436 kb
- 087 Body of a
case study
78 kb
- 096 Analysis
and conclusions
59 kb

- 075 News values
75 kb
11 slides. Eight news values (timeliness, proximity,
impact, conflict, novelty, prominence, human interest, editorial policy)
- 076 Feature story
structure
38 kb
5 slides. Outline of case (or feature) story structure:
lead, body, conclusion
- 079 Feature
types
69 kb
15 slides. Twelve types of feature story: colour story,
human interest story, news feature, backgrounder, lifestyle feature,
travel story, general feature, interview piece, profile, investigative
feature, column, review.
Developing a communication strategy
Communication and your organization
Computer techniques
Project management
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