Courses, Workshops & Training
“I like the way you teach … you make things very clear” - participant on one of the Community IT Recycling courses at ArcSpace in Hulme, Manchester
Courses on the Social Web, IT Strategy for decision makers; GNU/Linux for “Accidental Techies”; OpenOffice.org training; The INGOTs.
Social Media @ Green Drinks Shropshire
I’ll be giving a potted 45min version of the social media introduction at the next Green Drinks meeting. 6pm, Thurs 8 July at The Loggerheads pub, Shrewsbury. Also featuring Judy Coleridge, Editor of Shrewsbury Green Guide.
Feel free to come along - Green Drinks is also a great networking event. Meet people from environmental businesses, campaigns and social enterprises from across the region.
Profitable conversations: effective communication with websites & social media strategy
Websites need fresh, relevant content, and to be part of a conversation with anyone who lands on your pages. Twitter, Facebook & other Social Media tools are about communication, not technology; you need a simple strategy to promote your organisation or practice through web 2.0 tools.
Twitter is creating a huge buzz at the moment, and driving huge amounts of traffic & business to many people’s websites, while many others give up on Twitter after a few weeks, saying they “just don’t get it”. It’s all about the conversation; building relationships & trust, not simple self-promotion.
Learn how to make your own interactive website, or how to choose a provider of effective, accessible, and standards-compatible sites. Learn how to link together your online presence on Twitter, FaceBook, and other Social Media sites.
Twitter, Facebook, Del.icio.us, Flickr, YouTube, Wordpress Blogs. Learn what to say, and when to say it. How much time to allocate for simple, effective communication. How to plan for steady growth.
Accessibility. Why are two thirds of websites inaccessible to visually- & motion-impaired web users, 10 years after Web Standards were first introduced? Don’t shut out a part of your audience, learn how easy it is to communicate with everyone.
A 3 hour course, running at various locations in the North West (2-day course available upon request).
Prices:
3rd Sector infrastructure organisations; established businesses: £100
Small traders; Staffed VCOs: £50
New Start-ups; Community Groups: £30
For details of This Year’s courses in Manchester, Cheshire, Shropshire & Staffordshire, call Richard on 0779 456 07 14
Further Courses…
Details available upon request of “Keeping the Activist Active” workshop, and courses & training on IT Strategy for Decision Makers; Tech Training for Accidental Techies in the Organisation; The Free Software Desktop: Ubuntu, OpenOffice.Org & Mozilla Firefox.
