As a service organization, our mission is to provide opportunities for professional development and networking to editors, writers, photographers and others in  communications. However, we realize not all of our members are able to attend workshops in person and participate in live webinars.
AAEA has graciously allowed members of TOCA to take part in enriching webinars at a reduced rate.

2014 Poynter Institute Webinars
Poynter Institute has created a set of courses, available to you at reduced cost. This webinar series, which you can take at your convenience, is brought to you at a reduced cost through a grant from AAEA’s Professional Improvement Foundation and Exponent PR.

Get to the Point! Strategies for High-Impact Communications is a five-course online learning series designed to help communicators sharpen their skills. Once you have registered, you can access the courses  throughout 2014.

Whatever your role or experience level, this program will help you communicate more effectively on paper, online and in visual media. The courses can be taken in any order at any time once you register.

The courses include:

• Clarity is Key: Making Writing Clean and Concise
• Help! for Writers
• Five Steps to Stronger Data Visualization
• Social Media: Strategies and Tools for News
• The New Ethics of Journalism: A Guide for the 21st Century

Taken individually without this special offer, these proven Poynter courses would cost about $120. TOCA members pay only $70 when they register using a special promotional code.
Even better, the first 200 people to register get another $10 discount, thanks to funding from the AAEA Professional Improvement Fund and sponsorship by Exponent PR. That’s a total cost of just $60.  Where else can you get first-class continuing education at half price? That’s the beauty of AAEA membership.

Register today to get the best price and the most benefit from this specially selected continuing education program, available to TOCA from Poynter and AAEA.

How to register:
1. Go to www.newsu.org/courses/aaea-package
2. Use this promotional code to get the discounted price: 14PAAEA
3. Start learning! (If you have trouble on the site, notify Poynter at info@newsu.org)

(Please note: You will need to set up a Poynter News U account before registering for the AAEA program, which includes an emailed confirmation step. Don’t put the promo code above in the field for class code when you set up an account – use the promo code when you are paying for the program.)