Questionnaires were sent to communication trainers in diverse businesses and organizations to discern how they perform their teaching and consulting functions. Survey results were obtained from 57 respondents (28% response rate) for the following areas: topics dealt with in seminars, workshops, and courses on communication; primary sources for preparing instructors to teach communication seminars; the way trainers carry out their teaching and course evaluation functions; the role of trainers in handling communication problems that arise in their organization; steps taken by trainers to integrate training with job performance; the training skills that contribute to successful performance as a communication trainer; and respondents' ratings of the relative importance of six suggestions for improving university preparation of practitioners. (Implications of the research are drawn for organizational communication courses in colleges, tables of the survey results are provided, and a 17-item bibliography of relevant publications is included.) (GW)