2006 Training Calendar

We have some new workshops being offered this month. Hope you'll find them useful. If you're interested in signing up for any March workshop, please e-mail Agnes Bongers. Please remember managers are committed to clearing time from your schedule so that you can attend training sessions. We're told all you have to do is ask. 2006 TRAINING CALENDAR MARCH Thurs. March 9: Mediaviewer 1-2 p.m. 3-4 p.m. with Peter Haentjens This new software was cited as a top source of discontent by staff in the latest Learning Newsroom module. Content Editors, copy editors, designers, production staff and any one who occasionally fills in for those positions are encouraged to attend one of these sessions to learn tips on how to better navigate through the process. Please e-mail Peter Haentjens any questions you think should be addressed in the session. Mon. March 20: Breaking down business jargon. 1-2:30 p.m. Paul Bates, Dean of Business at DeGroote, McMaster's School of Business, will lead a session, primarily for business writers but everyone is welcome, on what to look for in company reports and offer tips on how to best interpret and explain business news. Tues. March 21, 1-3 p.m: Camera web training Rebecca will lead a small group through a hands-on training session on in-front-of-camera techniques. Where do you look? Where do you put your hands? How do you cut someone off nicely? Participants will come to the session with a short, prepared piece, be filmed on camera, then run through a kind critique with the group. Tues. March 28, 1-3 p.m: Producing a video for the web Following his example with The Beasely Poverty Project, Steve will lead a small group through the process of creating, narrating and editing a small video for the web. Steve knows the ins and outs of this after training himself through trial and error. (If Steve can do it, so can you.) ------------------------------------- APRIL: REPORTING WORKSHOP: Investigative reporting INSTRUCTORS: Joan Walters MAY: COMPUTER SKILLS FOR RESEARCH WORKSHOP: How to get the most out of your Web Browser and Bookmarks INSTRUCTOR: Bill Dunphy JUNE: CAR TRAINING WORKSHOP: Excel Training INSTRUCTOR: Fred Vallance-Jones JULY: NONE AUGUST: NONE SEPTEMBER: COPY HANDLING WORKSHOP: Grammar workshop INSTRUCTOR: Doug Haggo OCTOBER: WRITING WORKSHOP: Top 10 Tips for Good Writing INSTRUCTOR: Paul Wilson NOVEMBER: COMPUTER PROGRAMS WORKSHOP: Quickwire INSTRUCTOR: Jeff Booth DECEMBER: CONTENT EDITING WORKSHOP: How to effectively use Cascade INSTRUCTOR: TBA Training and Professional Development Workshops to date for 2006 JANUARY 16: Dazzling Display on Deadline: A rush-hour guide to punchy heds, deks, captions and coverlines, with Trish Snyder. Snyder is a senior features editor at House & Home magazine. She has held senior positions at Chatelaine, Chatelaine.com, Today's Parent and Canadian Inflight Magazine. At Chatelaine she led the display writing team and co-presented a display writing workshop at the annual conference held by the Canadian Magazine Publishing Association. (2:30-4:30 p.m.) 34 people attended. Handouts available from Carmelina. Will also be available on the blog shortly. JANUARY 31: From Dead to Read: How to Build a Newspaper Site that Works, with Rick Hirsch. He is a journalist and web director with the Miami Herald. Hirsch lead two workshops on how we can produce a dynamic, media-rich, popular and profitable website without running our staff into the ground, or sacrificing the quality of our paper. (1:30-3:00 and 3:30-5:00) 72 people attended. Handouts available from Carmelina. FEBRUARY 15: PHOTOGRAPHY Ron Scheffler will lead a workshop on digital workflow software. This workshop was requested by staff photographers. (90 minutes. 7 people attended) FEBRUARY 21 and 22: TIME MANAGEMENT Vickey and Toni led the final Learning Newsroom module. Sessions are Feb. 21, 2-6 p.m. Feb. 22, 10:30-2:30 and 3-7 p.m. FEBRUARY 23: QPS 3.0 DEMO We'll soon be working on a new front-end editorial system. We're looking for staff feedback on their preferred system. The other two being considered are CCI (www.ccieurope.com) and SaxoTech (www.saxotech.com). See Carla Ammerata for further details. Members of the Tools, Training and Professional Development Committee are: Agnes Bongers, Tammie Danciu, Marilyn McGrory, Sandi Van Harten, Roger Gillespie, Carmelina Prete, Joan Walters, Fred Vallance-Jones.