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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Build A WordPress Website

Alexander Schilpp

50 Mins

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Virtual Reality for Planners 1: Introduction

Chase Mullen

45 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

Building Websites with Squarespace

Ben Schulman

65 Mins

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Interpreting Places and Spaces

Adam Fine

56 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Illustrator for Planners - Advanced

Mike Ernst

100 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

External Relations for Planners

Jeff Levine

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

Creating Interactive iPlans with iBooks Author

Brittany Kubinski

55 Mins

Virtual Reality for Planners 2: Modeling in SketchUp

Chase Mullen

72 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

Crafting Engaging Email Newsletters with Constant Contact

Ben Schulman

66 Mins

Designing a Wayfinding System

Adam Fine

58 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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InDesign for Planners - An Introduction

Mike Ernst

103 Mins

CNU-A

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Digital Publishing for Planners

Pete Sullivan

95 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

Person using a device to assist with listening to things online through audio, typically used for the blind

Digital Accessibility for Planners: Documents – Part 2

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

78 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

Drawing in the Landscape: Painting Color

Darryl Jones

68 Mins

AICP CM

Virtual Reality for Planners 3: Working with Unity

Chase Mullen

64 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

Writing for Planners: Documents that Work

Claudia Kousoulas

74 Mins

AICP CM

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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design

Kayla Hunter

59 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

InDesign for Planners - Intermediate

Mike Ernst

73 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

closeup of newspapers for writing press release course

Writing a Press Release

Ben Schulman

49 Mins

Digital Accessibility for Planners – Web

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

84 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

Drawing in the Landscape: Water and Oil

Darryl Jones

44 Mins

AICP CM

3D model of neighborhood in Unity software

Virtual Reality for Planners 4: Refining the End User Experience

Chase Mullen

74 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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...

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Ben Schulman

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

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Corrin Wendell

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

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Claudia Kousoulas

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

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Tom Sanchez

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

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Adam Fine

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

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Chase Mullen

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

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Darryl Jones

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

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Thomas Hamed

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

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Jonathan Katz-Ouziel

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

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Sean Maguire

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

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Dave Biggs

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

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Mary Jane Nirdlinger

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

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Carlos Zapata

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

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Kevin Lo

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

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Andy Boenau

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

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Kelly Porter

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

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Elizabeth Doerr

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

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Lynn Peterson

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

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Kayla Hunter

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

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Mary Reilly

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

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Fabian Geyrhalter

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

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Kendra Smith

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

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Pete Sullivan

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

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All Communications & Media Courses

SketchUp for Planners - Modeling Complex Forms and Structures

Instructor: Jaymes Dunsmore

Master the advanced features of SketchUp, including modeling historic structures and real-world buildings, working with SketchUp Plugins, and modeling complex forms.

4.28

70 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

Illustrator for Planners - Introduction

Instructor: Mike Ernst

Adobe Illustrator is widely recognized among design professionals as the premier vector drawing software, with many valuable design and mapping applications for urban planning. This course gives you a step-by-step introduction to the basic tools of Illustrator CS5.

4.27

99 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

Illustrator for Planners - Intermediate

Instructor: Mike Ernst

Adobe Illustrator is widely recognized among design professionals as the premier vector drawing software, with many valuable design and mapping applications for urban planning. This course builds upon the Introduction to Illustrator course, giving you step-by-step instructions on some of the more complex tools that come with Illustrator CS5.

4.28

101 Mins

AICP CM

CNU-A

SACPLAN CPD

Communications & Media