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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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InDesign for Planners - Intermediate

73 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Writing a Press Release

49 Mins

Typing on a braille keyboard

Digital Accessibility for Planners – Web

Jonathan Katz-Ouziel, Thomas Hamed

84 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

watercolor of house and trees

Drawing in the Landscape: Water and Oil

44 Mins

AICP CM

3D model of neighborhood in Unity software

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

A roadway and an Amtrak train during golden hour.

Roadways for People, Part 2

Lynn Peterson, Elizabeth Doerr

54 Mins

CIP
AICP CM

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Design in Planning: An Overview

Jason Kambitsis

58 Mins

SACPLAN CPD

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Mastering Mailchimp

43 Mins

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The First Five Years: A Practical Land Use Toolbox for New Planners

111 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Podcasting for Planners

58 Mins

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Effective City Branding

Fabian Geyrhalter

57 Mins

AIA CES
AICP CM

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Producing Engaging Documents

Claudia Kousoulas

76 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Demystifying AI: Terminology, Tools, and Techniques for Urban Planners

70 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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InDesign for Planners - Advanced

60 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Crowdsourcing and Urban Planning

26 Mins

AICP CM
SACPLAN CPD

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Own Your Worth: Salary Negotiation & Strategic Career Growth for Planners

73 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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Photoshop CC for Planners 1: Basic Functions

64 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A

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Working with the Public

67 Mins

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Best Practices for Community Engagement

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

36 Mins

AICP CM

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Storytelling for Planners

77 Mins

AICP CM
CNU-A
SACPLAN CPD

Public Speaking, Communication, and Influence for Planners

63 Mins

CIP
AIA CES
AICP CM

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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The American City, Part 2: The Invention of a New Scale

Instructor: Mark David Major

Understand how the physical characteristics of block size and street length distinguish American cities from earlier models of urbanism, and the implications of these physical characteristics for sustainability in the 21st century.

4.30

50 Mins

AIA CES

AICP CM

The American City, Part 1: A Brief History of the Regular Grid

Instructor: Mark David Major

Learn why the regular grid has been a standard part of the town planning vocabulary around the world for nearly five millennia.

4.13

47 Mins

AIA CES

AICP CM

Economic Thinking for Planners: Cities, Externalities, and Governance

Instructor: Peter Gordon

Through history, people have become better off as they urbanized. This course investigates how and why the quality of life has improved in cities.

4.17

56 Mins

AICP CM

SACPLAN CPD