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Media Training and Social Media Workshops in Edmonton, St Albert

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Media Training & Social Media Workshops in Alberta

Workshops are designed for authors and entrepreneurs as well as executive directors, senior managers and communication directors at nonprofit organizations who want to enhance their media & communications skills. You'll learn up-to-date technologies & benefit from practical hands-on training that you can implement immediately into your media relations and communication efforts.

Our scheduled workshops generally run every third Wednesday of the month at our media training room in St Albert, Alberta. Registration is limited to 6 participants and include a wealth of resources to help you before and after the workshop.

As soon as your registration is completed, we set up an account for you on the website where you will be able to review and download the workshop handouts and resource materials before and after the workhop. You'll receive a notice by email when your account is set up.
Event Date/Time Location Short Event Description Price
 Workshops
Blogging for Business Workshop 2012 Date: February.15.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to design, write, publish, manage and optimize a company blog to tell your stories and increase your visibility online.
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$ 204.75
Strategic Social Media Plans Workshop 2012 Date: March.21.2012
Start: 10:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to create, share, execute and monitor the responses to your strategic social media plan. Read More... $ 309.75
Going Gaga for Google Workshop 2012 Date: April.18.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to use fifteen free Google tools to save time and increase your online visibility Read More... $ 204.75
Pitch Your Story to the Media Workshop 2012 Date: May.16.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to craft and pitch your stories to the media, browsers, bloggers and social media networks. Read More... $ 204.75
Blogging for Business Workshop 2012 Date: June.20.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to design, write, publish, manage and optimize a company blog to tell your stories and increase your visibility online.
Read More...
$ 204.75
LinkedIn for Business Workshop 2012 Date: July.18.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to use and optimize LinkedIn to build your reputation and improve your business communications Read More... $ 204.75
Facebook, Twitter, YouTube & Flickr for NonProfit Organizations Workshop 2012 Date: August.15.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to use Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Flickr to build your brand and get more fans Read More... $ 204.75
Master Media Interviews Workshop 2012 Date: September.19.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to master newspaper, radio, television or online interviews and feel comfortable, confident and capable of giving an outstanding media interview! Read More... $ 204.75
Creating & Optimizing Content for Websites & Social Media Workshop 2012 Date: October.17.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to design, produce, manage and optimize your content for websites, social media and search engines. Read More... $ 204.75
Twitter Your News Workshop 2012 Date: November.21.2012
Start: 01:00
End: 04:00
mediamag's training room, Summit Centre200 Boudreau Road, St. Albert (CA) Learn to use Twitter increase your supporter base, attract website traffic, grow readership, recruit volunteers, reach donors, and build relationships with the media.
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$ 204.75

What is unique about Marilyn Jones, our workshop instructor?

decisionsNowadays, many communication professionals are hanging out their media relations and social media training shingle. How can you tell one media relations or social media trainer from another? Marilyn Jones offers:

  • Thirty five years of publishing, media, communications and marketing experience working exclusively for not-for-profit organizations in Alberta
  • Experience of having given workshops on media, communications, social media and epublishing to more than 450 arts, entrepreneurs and community organizations throughout Alberta
  • Expertise in using online communication tools and content management systems that offer users the support of the open source community around the world
  • Creativity drawn from many years of marketing in the arts and social services and is able to integrate traditional and nontraditional communication tools grounded by sound marketing principles and practices
  • a Master of Publishing Degree

If you're thinking of refreshing your communication skills and taking some media relations or social media training, make sure that your investment of time and money is sound. You only have so much time even if cost wasn't an issue. Here's how to differientiate one instructor from another. Find out the instructor's name and do a Google search to find out their background, expertise and experience. The social media tools make it easy to differentiate an experienced and knowledgeable media relations and social media instructor from one who is not yet.

When you're searching for our instructor, search for Marilyn Jones. Or you can check out what participants and clients have to say about our media relations and social media training services.