What would you recommend for comms planning training and/or books (other than Julian Cole - which I have done)? Looking at adding more comms planning to my skill set (which is more brand and digital at present). I’m on a client-side team (for context).

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Reach out to a comms leader or peer at your company (or other local companies) and ask to have an hour virtual coffee each month to hear about their work. Ask them about their work, why they chose certain things or came up with ideas, etc. Over time, you’ll begin to learn a bit more about the scope of comms and how ideally it should be plugged in with brand and digital work early and often to leverage full comprehensive communications plan opportunities.

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Also, start keeping an eye on PR News and PR Week, which often will feature certain campaigns and start to give you an idea of various type of work and how the planning process came to fruition.

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