Media relations is a large component of the public relations discipline and your interpersonal skills play a large role in building, fostering and maintaining a beneficial relationship with the media.

In today’s world of high digitization, dynamic optimization and global economy, the approach to project management is undoubtedly different than it used to be. But despite having a variety of ...

Success in the workplace usually requires a balance of job-specific knowledge and "people skills." Human Resources professionals call these "hard" and "soft" skills. Hard skills are easy to define, ...

This course is an introduction to effective public speaking as well as effective communication in small groups. All students will develop, organize, and deliver several types of speeches; study in ...

Cowritten by Eser Yilmaz and Tchiki Davis. Have you ever noticed that someone wasn't paying attention to what you said during a discussion? Or maybe you might have been forced to listen to someone’s ...

Imagine if Batman never left the Bat Cave. Or if Superman spent all day in the Fortress of Solitude, watching TV. Not very compelling, is it? The fact is that superheroes need to interact with other ...

If you've been following my series of articles here on Firehouse.com you will notice a certain pattern that seems to be focusing on building a department infrastructure to improve external and ...