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Public Relations Courses

Public relations courses can help you learn media relations, crisis communication, brand management, and strategic messaging. You can build skills in audience analysis, content creation, and effective storytelling. Many courses introduce tools like press release software, social media management platforms, and analytics tools, that support measuring campaign success and engaging with diverse audiences.

Popular Public Relations Courses and Certifications


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    Simplilearn

    Blogging Course

    Skills you'll gain: Blogs, Performance Analysis, Content Performance Analysis, Performance Measurement, Content Scheduling, Content Development and Management, Performance Metric, Performance Improvement, Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, WordPress, Promotional Strategies, Content Marketing, Content Management Systems, Web Presence, Email Marketing, Workflow Management, Content Management, Drive Engagement

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of California, Santa Cruz

    Evidence-Based Psychotherapy

    Skills you'll gain: Psychotherapy, Clinical Psychology, Mental Health Therapies, Psychiatry, Mental and Behavioral Health Specialties, Mental Health Diseases and Disorders, Cognitive Behavioral Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, Clinical Social Work, Mental and Behavioral Health, Psychiatric Assessments, Psychology, Psychological Evaluations, Mental Health, Behavioral Health, Research Methodologies, Research, Diagnostic Tests, Clinical Research, Public Health

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Michigan

    Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Reducing Bias in Healthcare

    Skills you'll gain: Diversity Awareness, Diversity Training, Diversity Equity and Inclusion Initiatives, Health Equity, Health Disparities, Workplace inclusivity, Healthcare Ethics, Ethical Standards And Conduct, Cultural Responsiveness, Public Health, Community Health, Empathy & Emotional Intelligence, Leadership Development

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    University of Michigan

    Human Capital: Positive Downsizing and Navigating Politics

    Skills you'll gain: Human Resources, Human Resource Strategy, Industrial and Organizational Psychology, Human Capital, Human Resources Management and Planning, Human Resource Policies, Human Resource Management, Employee Relations, Workforce Development, Business Ethics, Project Documentation, Policy Development, Knowledge Transfer, Relationship Management, Organizational Change, Change Management

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    17 reviews

    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 4 Weeks

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    Amazon Web Services

    The ABCs of AWS: Learn the Basics of the AWS Cloud

    Skills you'll gain: Amazon Web Services, Serverless Computing, Amazon Bedrock, Cloud Services, Generative AI, Public Cloud, Cloud Hosting, AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM), Computing Platforms, Amazon DynamoDB, Cloud Applications, Relational Databases

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Coursera

    Automate Blog Advertisements with Zapier

    Skills you'll gain: Content Scheduling, Blogs, Social Media Content, Social Media Management, Facebook, Social Media, Instagram, Social Media Marketing, Marketing Automation, Owned Media, User Accounts, Web Presence, Advertising, Marketing

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    Coursera

    Get more followers by finding trending keywords and hashtags

    Skills you'll gain: Social Media, Social Media Content, Social Media Marketing, Social Media Analytics, Keyword Research, Driving engagement, Drive Engagement, Social Media Strategy

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    Beginner · Guided Project · Less Than 2 Hours

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    KodeKloud

    AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02)

    Skills you'll gain: Cloud Computing, Cloud Solutions, Cloud Engineering, Amazon CloudWatch, Cloud Computing Architecture, Identity and Access Management, Data Migration

    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    The Open University

    Sustainable Business Strategy for Future Leaders

    Skills you'll gain: Sustainable Business, Ideation, Systems Thinking, Sustainable Development, Creative Thinking, Corporate Sustainability, Brainstorming, Experimentation, Sustainable Systems, Creative Problem-Solving, Stakeholder Engagement, Business Modeling, Environmental Social And Corporate Governance (ESG), Stakeholder Analysis, Critical Thinking, Innovation, Cognitive flexibility, Creativity, Business Systems Analysis, Problem Solving

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    Intermediate · Specialization · 3 - 6 Months

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    University of Amsterdam

    Being Smart about Cycling Futures

    Skills you'll gain: Policy Analysis, Public Policies, Economics, Policy, and Social Studies, Social Sciences, Systems Thinking, Innovation, Sustainable Development, Sustainable Systems, Diversity Awareness, Sustainable Technologies, Critical Thinking, Ideation, Sociology, Research

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    Intermediate · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    University of Maryland, College Park

    Artificial Intelligence in Government

    Skills you'll gain: Artificial Intelligence, Automation, AI Integrations, Natural Language Processing, AI literacy, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML), Organizational Effectiveness, Organizational Change, Scalability, AI Workflows, Digital Transformation, Public Policies, Technical Consulting, Operational Efficiency, Technology Strategies, Public Affairs, Performance Measurement, Procurement

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    Beginner · Course · 1 - 3 Months

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    Microsoft

    Microsoft Sales Toolkit with Generative AI

    Skills you'll gain: Data Ethics, AI Personalization, Sales Process, Sales Presentation, Customer Engagement, Customer experience improvement, Customer Relationship Management (CRM) Software, Customer Retention, Prompt Engineering, Microsoft Copilot, Customer Analysis, Customer Relationship Management, Sales Strategy, Law, Regulation, and Compliance, Workflow Management, Sales, Responsible AI, Sales Presentations, Email Automation, Calendar Management

    Advanced · Professional Certificate · 3 - 6 Months

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In summary, here are 10 of our most popular public relations courses

  • Blogging Course: Simplilearn
  • Evidence-Based Psychotherapy: University of California, Santa Cruz
  • Advancing Health Equity: A Guide to Reducing Bias in Healthcare: University of Michigan
  • Human Capital: Positive Downsizing and Navigating Politics: University of Michigan
  • The ABCs of AWS: Learn the Basics of the AWS Cloud: Amazon Web Services
  • Automate Blog Advertisements with Zapier: Coursera
  • Get more followers by finding trending keywords and hashtags: Coursera
  • AWS Cloud Practitioner (CLF-C02): KodeKloud
  • Sustainable Business Strategy for Future Leaders: The Open University
  • Being Smart about Cycling Futures: University of Amsterdam

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