The Strategic Communication Academy is a robust, science-driven experiential workshop that offers leaders the opportunity to hone the core communication skills they need to build and manage relationships with the organizations and individuals crucial to helping them achieve their goals and to explain the significance of their work to funders, policymakers, journalists, and potential collaborators.
Our 1.5-day, hands-on communication workshops are led by trainers with deep expertise and experience and are driven by recent insights from psychology, sociology, neuroscience, public relations and political science scholarship.
Skills development sessions emphasize:
- Storytelling
- Visual Communication
- Working Effectively with Policy Makers and the News Media
- Effective Presentation
- Strategic Planning
- Message Development
- Theatrical Improv
- Using Social Media Effectively
We also offer training focused on storytelling, writing, and science communication.
Our training team includes:
- Ann Christiano, MPAP, Frank Karel Chair in Public Interest Communications and professor, University of Florida College of Journalism
- Claire Baralt, MS, assistant director, Communications, UF Clinical and Translational Science Institute
- Annie Neimand, frank research director
- Ellen Nodine, M.Ed, frank program director
- Matt Sheehan, MBA, director, Stories and Emerging Platforms, UF College of Journalism and Communications
- David Wescott, principal, Wescott Communication Strategies
For More Information, Contact:
Ellen Nodine
enodine@jou.ufl.edu
352-273-1098