Digital Skills
Workshops and Training
Our new workshops will nurture your skills and interests.
Business to business workshops from the media experts
Connecting communities: Strengthening engagement through impactful newsletters and blogs.
This session will give you tips for writing stories for newsletters or blog posts. You will be shown how to use AI tools to help you write articles that will appeal to your community and improve your communication with your audience.
In this session you will cover –looking at the range of social media platforms available, identifying your audience and the social media platforms they use, writing captivating headlines, considering your newsletter/blog post content, SEO for newsletters/blog posts, publishing methods for your newsletters/blog posts.
Creating eye catching social media posts using online design tools in Canva.
11th October 2024
10am - 12.30pm
Online
Canva is an online graphic design tool that uses templates and design ideas to help you make social media posts, newsletters, flyers, presentations and posters. It can be shared by your organization and several people can work on the same project. It is a quick way to produce professional looking graphic content and this half day session will guide you through the basics of how to use it.
In this session you will cover – using graphic elements to appeal to your audience/community, planning your posts, setting up brand kits on Canva, using Canva’s templates for different platforms, adding your images and video to your posts, using Canva to create moving GIFs, using Canva for newsletters.
Getting started with AI-powered writing tools.
18th October 2024
10am - 12.30pm
Launchpad, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE.
Are you nervous of using the new AI tools available? While there are definitely some pitfalls in using AI many of the applications can save you time and help you create more engaging content and comms. This session will introduce the key AI tools and get you experimenting with text-based tools.
Crafting Engaging visuals and videos with your Smartphone.
25th October 2024
10am - 12.30pm
Online
This session will go through the basics of using your phone to record, edit and upload creative images and film for your social media and web sites. You can use whichever phone you own, and we will go through useful apps and techniques to make appealing content.
In this session you will cover – using your photos to produce social media content with text, voice-overs and music, planning a longer video project, using your video to make short posts, content for websites or short films for your organisation, adding sound/audio/voice-overs, adding text and graphic elements, adding captions, the different formats for different social media platforms, exporting your film for uploading to different platforms.
Amplifying your cause: An introduction to creating compelling videos
8th Nov 10-12.30pm – Online
6th Dec 10-12.30pm – In-person
24thJan 10-12.30pm – In-person
14th Feb 10-12.30pm – Online
Do you need a video for your organisation’s website, social media or YouTube channel but can’t afford to hire a production company to make it for you? This course will be held over 4 workshops, 2 online and 2 in-person in order to help you produce your own video production.
We can help you plan, produce and edit a short video to promote your organisation, record an event or promote your activity. All you need to start is a phone and a laptop. Using free to download software will look at adding text, voice-overs and music and exporting your film for uploading to different platforms.
Creating eye catching social media posts using online design tools in Canva.
10th January 2025
10am - 12.30pm
Launchpad, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE.
Canva is an online graphic design tool that uses templates and design ideas to help you make social media posts, newsletters, flyers, presentations and posters. It can be shared by your organization and several people can work on the same project. It is a quick way to produce professional looking graphic content and this half day session will guide you through the basics of how to use it.
In this session you will cover – using graphic elements to appeal to your audience/community, planning your posts, setting up brand kits on Canva, using Canva’s templates for different platforms, adding your images and video to your posts, using Canva to create moving GIFs, using Canva for newsletters.
Crafting engaging visuals and videos with your Smartphone.
24th January 2025
10am - 12.30pm
Launchpad, Penryn Campus, Treliever Road, Penryn, Cornwall, TR10 9FE.
This session will go through the basics of using your phone to record, edit and upload creative images and film for your social media and web sites. You can use whichever phone you own, and we will go through useful apps and techniques to make appealing content.
In this session you will cover – using your photos to produce social media content with text, voice-overs and music, planning a longer video project, using your video to make short posts, content for websites or short films for your organisation, adding sound/audio/voice-overs, adding text and graphic elements, adding captions, the different formats for different social media platforms, exporting your film for uploading to different platforms.
Canva Clinics: tailored support workshops for your individual needs.
Canva is an online graphic design tool that uses templates and design ideas to help you make social media posts, newsletters, flyers, presentations and posters. It can be shared by your organization and several people can work on the same project. It is a quick way to produce professional looking graphic content.
This session is for anyone using Canva who would like some advice or help to use this tool. Contact us to discuss any issues you have been having and we will try to help you achieve your goals.
Contact sue@mormediacharity to discuss your needs.
£25 per hour per individual online.
£75 per hour per group online (2 or more people).
£100 per hour per group in person (up to 5 people).
N.B. This is not an introduction to Canva, we run a separate session for this purpose.
1-2-1 sessions: Customised support for effective media communications
Do you have specific digital skills needs that we can help with, would you find an online one to one useful to discuss your creative digital requirements for social media, marketing or client communication? We are happy to offer advice, training or support to individuals or small groups from a specific organisation online (or in person if this is more useful).
Contact sue@mormediacharity to discuss your needs.
£25 per hour per individual online.
£50 per hour per group online (2 or more people).
£100 per hour per group in person (up to 5 people).
