Shrinking Media & Your Arts Organization

This is a personal invitation to you to come out as the Community Media Workshop and the League of Chicago Theatres partners together to bring the arts community together.

It is a FREE event and on top of that afterwards we will go enjoy $3 beer specials at Bar Louie to keep the conversation going.

The Incredible Shrinking Media & What It Means for
Your Arts Organization Panel Discussion.

Thursday, Jan. 15 from 6:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
Film Row Cinema Theatre - 8th Floor (Columbia College bldg)
1104 S. Wabash
Chicago, IL
http://www.mapquest.com
Near Orange line off of Roosevelt and Wabash
General Seating, First Come First Serve

RSVP REQUIRED at Diana@newstips.org

Are you noticing the more press releases you send out the less arts coverage you see in the news? As media shrinks and newsrooms become understaffed the arts becomes more underrepresented in traditional media. Join us in a discussion with media experts Kris Vire, Time Out Chicago, Catey Sullivan of Examiner.com, Scarlett Swerdlow of the IL Arts Alliance and moderated by Gordon Mayer of Community Media Workshop. They will share their insights on the trend of shifting media and new online alternatives to help your arts organization reach new audiences and increasing your visibility using new online media.

Prosper in the New Year With Professional Media Relations!

Not sure if your story or event is newsworthy? Does calling a reporter make you nervous?

I think arts organizations can learn so much by getting basic public relations skills.

Get an edge on the shifting media landscape with new skills.

Learn to tell your organization’s story to the media and funders while bringing added value to your organization.

Media Wizards Thom Clark and Gordon Mayer share their valuable media insights. Participants in this intensive five Friday half-day training designed specifically for nonprofit communicators plan media campaigns around one of their own stories, while learning basic public relations skills. Participants in the course also get the opportunity to develop a story and pitch it to journalists. The course includes one copy per organizations of Spin Works, the nonprofit PR handbook, and one copy of Getting on the Air, Online & into Print 2009, our indispensible directory of area media contacts plus many valuable handouts.

Trainer Thom Clark is co-founder and president of the Community Media Workshop, a Chicago-based nonprofit has trained over 2,000 organizations to use media more effectively.

Trainer Gordon Mayer is Vice President/Senior Trainer for the Community Media Workshop. He has worked as a writer and reporter, communications consultant and director and has managed nonprofit agencies’ programs.

Register Today at http://tinyurl.com/6bw9ds

Got questions? Call 312-369-6400

Making Media Connections 2008

Hear 95 experts at Making Media Connections




Learn about social media for nonprofits?
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Hear about best practices in nonprofit communications from leading advocacy, arts, community-based, and other organizations?
Workshops Wednesday, June 11 are full (except for MySpace & Facebook). But it’s not too late to benefit from the communications insights available at Making Media Connections.

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http://www.communitymediaworkshop.org/mmc2008

Making Media Connections Conference
Presented by Community Media Workshop
Wednesday • June 11 & Thursday • June 12
Columbia College Chicago Film Row Cinema.
1104 S. Wabash, 8th Floor Chicago, Illinois