Amity University organized a five-day virtual training programme 'MEDIA AFFAIRS: COMMUNICATION AND ENGAGEMENT' for twenty-five members of the official media of The Government of Guyana from 30th May 2021 to 4th June 2021. The training was organized under the Indian Technical and Economic Co-operation Programme (ITEC) sponsored by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India.
The five-day training programme--Media Affairs-Communication and Engagement was facilitated by the Amity Institute of Training and Development and the Amity School of Communication, wherein faculties of Amity and eminent media personalities engaged with various aspects such as Communication Planning and Strategy, Building and Leveraging Media Relations’, Managing image on social media, How to engage audiences through storytelling, Public Speaking and Speech Writing; Effective presentation skills, How to face the camera and engage with the media; How to debunk fake news and deal with disinformation and Crisis Communication and Reputation Management. The training programme not only laid stress on theoretical aspects of writing, communicating but also deliberated on the importance of presentation skills and the art of Public speaking