DURATION: 8 WEEKS
START DATE: 16th September 2025
Frequency: once a week
MASTERCLASS IN STRATEGIC COMMUNICATION
Some lessons come from lectures. Others, you earn from lived experience.
The APN Greater Than College (GTC) Masterclass in Strategic Communication is designed for professionals in communication and public relations who have done the work and are now looking to consolidate their experience and learning to consistently lead with strategy. It is built from the DNA of over 20 years of real-world, award-winning work by communication firm, Apex Porter Novelli. Originally co-created as a graduate course with one of Kenya’s leading private universities, this masterclass transforms practical experience into strategic mastery.
This intensive 8-week program is for professionals ready to consolidate what they’ve learned, apply tested frameworks, refine their thinking, and link communication efforts to business results. It’s the anvil where frameworks are applied, skills are sharpened, and communicators evolve into confident strategic powerful leaders. Our promise is that we leave you greater than we found you.
You begin the course with a concrete challenge or opportunity that you bring from your current role or elsewhere. This becomes the foundation for applying everything you learn.
It is anchored on award-winning case studies, enriched by peer learning and feedback, and guided by seasoned facilitators in the industry. The course turns your knowledge into capability that helps you think like a business leader wearing a communication hat.
It is based on lessons from real work environments and is now open to professionals seeking to accelerate their careers.
8 weeks | Every Tuesday evening
2 hours per session | 6:00pm – 8:00pm
16th September 2025
Hybrid learning experience: Virtual sessions with select in-person engagements
Who It Is For
- Mid-career professionals in communication and public relations who want to supercharge their careers, gain clarity, and unlock the genius of consistently leading with strategy instead of self-limiting tactics.
- Those who’ve done work here and there and now want to consolidate their learning and gain mastery in applying proven frameworks as second nature.
- Veterans in the industry seeking to evolve their practice by linking communication to business impact and measurable ROI.
- Professionals in agency or in-house roles who are looking to challenge their capabilities by applying tested frameworks to real-world challenges and demonstrating their value.
What You’ll Walk Away With
- A strategic prototype or campaign, that you will develop and reviewed by peers and facilitators
- Frameworks tailored to your context not generic models
- Mastery in the application of tools, frameworks, and the theory of change that help you transform communication into a steering wheel that drives visible results meaningful to the business you serve
- A refined ability to link communication to business outcomes
- Tools to measure and demonstrate ROI in ways the C-suite cares about
- Your own live case study showcasing your strategic thinking and capability
- A consolidated, logical, and proven framework that integrates communication as a strategic input to business and organizational challenges and becomes your point of reference
Faculty
This masterclass is directed by Lawrence Gikaru an educator and accomplished leader in the field of communication with a declared mission of preparing the next generation of communication professionals. It will be taught by facilitators with practical industry experience in all key areas.
Founder and MD @Apex Porter Novelli/Strategic Communication business leader/Educator/Social entrepreneur/life-long learner
Senior Communication and Development Consultant
Chief Operating Officer
Associate Account Director
Digital & Social Media Executive
Data Scientist
Ready to join?
The course will be hybrid with in-person session at the beginning and at the conclusion when participants present to their peers their final case studies. The rest of the course will be weekly on-line sessions that will last for a maximum two hours with directed work between weekly sessions.
Enrollment is limited. Only 20 spaces are available to maintain the quality of the learning experience
Fill the Registration Form Or Request a Callback
Download a Copy of the Registration Form, Fill it Accordingly and Email it to gtc@apn.co.ke