What?

Learn about the importance of clear communication and writing in advancing your career

When and Where?

11AM IST, Sunday Jan 30th, 2022  Register

Details and Outcomes

Introduction to Business Communication: This is an introductory session for you to get familiar with the importance of communication and soft skills and their role in your professional success. It is also to introduce you to the idea of being an effective communicator, the various modes and types of communication, e.g. verbal and non-verbal - as well as allow you to share your blind spots/ struggles that might be preventing you from getting your message across with confidence and to the right audience.

The aim of the Communication Series is to help you build compelling professional profiles - across platforms and opportunities; to ensure confident and persuasive outreach and public representations by you; and to create a lasting synergy between these two goals. All this in an interactive and participative format, through which we share examples, checklists and standout ideas to help you with your resumes, cover letters, basic business writing, public speaking and placement preparation, among other things.

Who?

Preeti Singh

Preeti Singh is a former journalist and editor who now freelances as a public engagement and communications specialist. She has previously worked as a senior advisor at 9.9 Insights (independent strategic advisor of the Washington DC-based Albright Stonebridge Group), as a journalist in both print and digital media, as a business editor and researcher. She has two decades of experience at a premier national defence and security think tank (the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses), as part of the Op-Ed team at India’s leading news media house (The Hindustan Times). She has been an editor in integrated media companies, where she built community engagements around tech-enabled governance and smart cities, as well as facilitated conversations between the government and leading tech companies (9.9 Media; BW Businessworld). Preeti holds a Master’s in Indian History, an M. Phil in Disarmament Studies and is a Chevening Gurukul Scholar from the London School of Economics and Political Science. She also edits non-fiction books and teaches business writing and communication at various management programmes. She does a podcast on communication skills and can be reached @TruthAbtNobody, both on Instagram and Twitter.