Communications & Media

Learn how to communicate effectively with the public, policymakers, and other planning professionals. Communications and media courses teach skills essential to creating press releases, public presentations, and other messaging essential to moving planning projects forward.

Communications & Media Courses

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Best Practices for Community Engagement

Dave Biggs

70 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Plain Language 101: Techniques to Write Clear, Readable, Inclusive Planning Materials

Mary Jane Nirdlinger

73 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Drawing in the Landscape: The Adventure Begins

Darryl Jones

36 Mins

AICP CM

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Storytelling for Planners

Andy Boenau

77 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Public Speaking, Communication, and Influence for Planners

Corrin Wendell

63 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Photoshop CC for Planners 2: More Tools and Techniques

Mike Ernst

58 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Organizational Behavior at the Individual Level

Kevin Lo

52 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Introduction

Mike Ernst

85 Mins

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Planning and Promoting Your Community Engagement Process

Dave Biggs

78 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

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Plain Language 102: Integrating Words and Images for Effective Communication

Mary Jane Nirdlinger

64 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Drawing in the Landscape: Pen, Pencil and Watercolor

Darryl Jones

57 Mins

AICP CM

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21st Century Storytelling: Video for Planners

Andy Boenau

46 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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How to Survive Your First Planning Commission Meeting

Corrin Wendell

70 Mins

AICP CM

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Photoshop CC for Planners 3: Advanced Techniques

Mike Ernst

62 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Bringing Emotional Intelligence to Urban Planning Work

Kevin Lo

44 Mins

AICP CM

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Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Intermediate

Mike Ernst

130 Mins

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MetroQuest Public Involvement Software: In Practice and In Action

Dave Biggs

74 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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How to Scope for Plan Implementation

Kelly Porter

44 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Gephi for Network Analysis and Visualization

Nader Afzalan

121 Mins

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Tableau for Planners: Introduction

Sean Maguire

56 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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From Planner to Leader: The First Step Toward Management

Corrin Wendell

72 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Photoshop CC for Planners 4: Creating Visual Simulations

Mike Ernst

75 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Principles of Materiality, Responsiveness, Inclusivity, and Impact

Carlos Zapata

61 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Photoshop CS5 for Planners - Advanced

Mike Ernst

115 Mins

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Mike Ernst

Mike Ernst is an urban planner and designer whose work has focused on participatory planning, community...

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Ben Schulman is a writer and editor based in Chicago, with a focus on architecture, urban...

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Corrin Wendell

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Claudia Kousoulas

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Tom Sanchez

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Dave Biggs

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Kevin Lo

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Kelly Porter

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Elizabeth Doerr

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Lynn Peterson

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Mary Reilly

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ArcGIS Pro Fundamentals and Beginner Analysis
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Instructor: Sloan Campi

This course introduces essential spatial analysis and data management techniques in ArcGIS Pro. You'll learn how to perform spatial queries and selections, symbolize and label data effectively, and utilize data editing and geoprocessing tools.

3.00

83 Mins

CIP

AICP CM

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Just Suburbs: The New Frontier for Equity and Inclusion

Instructor: David Dixon

Poverty is being displaced from central cities to suburbs. As a response, planners should look to strategies that create mixed-income neighborhoods—a place that everyone can call home.

4.47

56 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD

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