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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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Build A WordPress Website

Alexander Schilpp

50 Mins

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Virtual Reality for Planners 1: Introduction

45 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Building Websites with Squarespace

65 Mins

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Interpreting Places and Spaces

56 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Illustrator for Planners - Advanced

100 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

city street at night

External Relations for Planners

58 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Digital Accessibility for Planners: Documents - Part 1

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

102 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Creating Interactive iPlans with iBooks Author

Brittany Kubinski

55 Mins

3-D city created in SketchUp

Virtual Reality for Planners 2: Modeling in SketchUp

72 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Crafting Engaging Email Newsletters with Constant Contact

66 Mins

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Designing a Wayfinding System

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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InDesign for Planners - An Introduction

103 Mins

CNU-A

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Digital Publishing for Planners

95 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Digital Accessibility for Planners: Documents – Part 2

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

78 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Drawing in the Landscape: Painting Color

68 Mins

AICP CM

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Virtual Reality for Planners 3: Working with Unity

64 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Writing for Planners: Documents that Work

Claudia Kousoulas

74 Mins

AICP CM

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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

59 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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InDesign for Planners - Intermediate

73 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Writing a Press Release

49 Mins

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Digital Accessibility for Planners – Web

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

84 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Drawing in the Landscape: Water and Oil

44 Mins

AICP CM

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Virtual Reality for Planners 4: Refining the End User Experience

74 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Editing for Sense and Accuracy

Claudia Kousoulas

82 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

Top Communications & Media Instructors

Mike Ernst

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

Ben Schulman

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

Corrin Wendell

Corrin Wendell, FAICP is the Founder and Executive Director of YEP! Youth Engagement Planning, President &...

Claudia Kousoulas

Claudia has more than 25 years of experience as an urban planner with work ranging from...

Tom Sanchez

Tom Sanchez is a professor of Urban Planning specializing in Artificial Intelligence, Technology, and Landscape Architecture.

Adam Fine

Adam is the Director of experiential graphic design at Nova Scotia-based Fathom Studio and has worked...

Chase Mullen

Chase is the Director of Design Visualization at MIG. With an acute eye for graphics and...

Darryl Jones

Darryl Jones is an artist and filmmaker based in Oakland, CA.

Thomas Hamed

Thomas Hamed, AICP is a transportation planner who specializes in commuter transportation and mobility for all...

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel is an autistic planner, an independent accessibility consultant, and the founder of Opossum House...

Sean Maguire

Sean is a planning and economic development professional based in New York’s Capital Region.

Dave Biggs

Dave Biggs is an internationally-recognized speaker, author and public engagement strategist focusing on best practices to...

Mary Jane Nirdlinger

Mary Jane is a recognized expert in plain language and has worked with a wide range...

Carlos Zapata

Carlos Zapata is a Sustainability and ESG professional who is a graduate of Yale's MBA in...

Kevin Lo

Kevin Lo is an Associate Professor at the University of San Francisco School of Management in...

Andy Boenau

Andy Boenau is a storyteller disguised as an urban planner. His expertise includes public engagement, storyboarding...

Kelly Porter

Kelly Porter is the Assistant Director for City of Fort Worth Transportation and Public Works Department...

Elizabeth Doerr

Elizabeth Doerr is a writer with expertise and awareness around social and racial justice issues and...

Lynn Peterson

Lynn Peterson is a nationally recognized transportation and land use integration expert.

Kayla Hunter

Kayla is an experienced non-profit professional who works with at-risk youth to reimagine unused, neglected spaces...

Mary Reilly

Mary Reilly is a land use educator with Michigan State University Extension.

Fabian Geyrhalter

Fabian Geyrhalter is a Brand Strategist, Creative Director, a prolific author and speaker on the subject...

Kendra Smith

Kendra L. Smith, Ph.D. is the Associate Director for Community Engaged Research in the Office of...

Pete Sullivan

Pete Sullivan is Business Relationship Manager with the City of Durham Technology Solutions Department, former urban...

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Resilience Planning for Heat and Drought Events

Instructor: Chris Holtkamp

Learn how cities can prepare their infrastructure and social services for heat waves and droughts in a warming world.

4.40

85 Mins

CIP

AIA CES

AICP CM

Arbitrary Lines: How Zoning Broke the American City and How to Fix it

Instructor: Nolan Gray

Nolan Gray presents the complex history of zoning regulation, showing how major legislative decisions led to the country's current state of car reliance, sprawl, and inequity. Now, zoning reform is in the air. But why stop at mere reform?

4.53

67 Mins

AIA CES

AICP CM