Communication Skills
Leading institutions: University of Twente, Deloitte
EC: 1
General Description
Communication Skills' teaches candidates'Striving for effective communication is a must in today’s society, being it in the workplace to advertise services and products, being it in the academic environment. However, practitioners and researchers are often not properly trained in communication and thus, do not develop the proper communication skills. This reflect in the media practitioners and researchers choose to communicate their achievements, the level of knowledge they assume from the audience and ultimately, the way they communicate their achievements. In this course, candidates will learn to apply communication science in their routine activities, being taught how to write and speak effectively, and tailor communication to the needs of the target audience. Candidates will work on a tailored strategy to communicate their product/service or research, taking their communications goals and key stakeholders into consideration.