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Lightbox Session: Building a Successful Public Relations Career
Whoops! September has been such an interesting month!
It’s surreal that in the month we chose to talk about Public Relations and communications, we have seen a lot of PR and brand communication issues, both from personal brands and corporate bodies.
We are super excited and grateful to all our speakers who have helped us understand the issues so far, and build better strategies for communications.
But of course, we can’t end the month without our final session on how to build a career in Public Relations, because, let’s face it, many people will succeed exceedingly well with a career in Communications if only they are furnished with the right skills and information. And this is why we are bringing in this week’s speaker.
Tolulope Olorundero, (@tolucomms on Instagram) is a strategic and enterprising public relations and communications consultant as well as a board advisor in sub-Saharan Africa, with a core speciality in crises and reputation management, content strategy, corporate events ideation and execution, and business communication. She is the Founder and Principal Consultant @mosroncommunications one of Nigeria’s leading public relations companies.
If you think you have a future in PR and Comms., I sincerely hope you haven’t missed any of these sessions, but most importantly, make sure you do not miss Tolulope’s session this Thursday. Friday is a public holiday, after all, so make your Thursday evening a productive one.
If you or anyone you know would benefit from this session, you can join us by subscribing to the monthly N5k plan or yearly N50k plan on the AGS Tribe app.
Download the app for iOS or Android to get started.
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AGS Quote of the Day
“You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.”
C.S. Lewis