During a 2020 survey of UK agency PR professionals, 52 percent of respondents stated that external training courses were the main source of social media training in their organizations; 39 percent of respondents named conferences and events as the main source of such training.
Main sources of social media training among PR professionals in the United Kingdom (UK) as of November 2020
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Public Relations and Communications Association. (March 31, 2021). Main sources of social media training among PR professionals in the United Kingdom (UK) as of November 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 17, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/675794/pr-agencies-main-sources-of-social-media-training-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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Public Relations and Communications Association. (2021). Main sources of social media training among PR professionals in the United Kingdom (UK) as of November 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 17, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/675794/pr-agencies-main-sources-of-social-media-training-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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