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SUMMARY:Workshop: Media Release Training
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC
  "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2//EN"><html><body><p style="
 margin-bottom:11px"><span style="font-size:12pt"><
 span style="line-height:115%"><span style="font-fa
 mily:Aptos\,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-famil
 y:"Arial"\,sans-serif">Write media releases that g
 et your story heard!</span></b></span></span></spa
 n></p>\n \n <p style="margin-bottom:11px"><span st
 yle="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-height:115%
 "><span style="font-family:Aptos\,sans-serif"><spa
 n style="font-family:"Arial"\,sans-serif">This pra
 ctical 4-hour workshop is for community sector wor
 kers who want to turn their programs and advocacy 
 into clear\, newsworthy stories.</span></span></sp
 an></span></p>\n \n <p style="margin-bottom:11px">
 <span style="font-size:12pt"><span style="line-hei
 ght:115%"><span style="font-family:Aptos\,sans-ser
 if"><span style="font-family:"Arial"\,sans-serif">
 You’ll learn what journalists look for\, how to st
 ructure a strong media release\, and how to write 
 with clarity and impact. Through examples\, writin
 g exercises and feedback\, you’ll leave with pract
 ical tools you can use straight away.</span></span
 ></span></span></p>\n \n <p class="elementtoproof"
 ><span style="font-size:12pt\;"><span style="font-
 family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;"><b><span style="font-
 size:11pt\;">About the facilitator:</span></b></sp
 an></span></p>\n \n <p><span style="font-size:12pt
 \;"><span style="font-family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;"
 ><span style="font-size:11pt\;"><span style="color
 :#000000\;">As Group Account Director\, Amy provid
 es strategic direction across MediaCast’s campaign
 s\, ensuring creativity\, precision\, and measurab
 le results. With extensive experience in PR and me
 dia strategy and crisis communication\, she establ
 ishes performance frameworks and oversees rigorous
  measurement processes that keep campaign teams ac
 countable to achieving exceptional outcomes.</span
 ></span></span></span><span style="font-size:12pt\
 ;"><span style="font-family:Aptos\, sans-serif\;">
  </span></span></p>\n \n <p class="elementtoproof"
 ><img alt="image-20260311122241-1.png" height="450
 " src="https://actcoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/c
 ivicrm/persist/contribute/images/image-20260311122
 241-1.png" width="491" /></p>\n \n <h3>Fees</h3>\n
  \n <table border="1" cellpadding="1" cellspacing=
 "1" style="width:500px\;">\n 	<tbody>\n 		<tr>\n 	
 		<td>Member</td>\n 			<td>$190</td>\n 		</tr>\n 	
 	<tr>\n 			<td>Non-member</td>\n 			<td>$280</td>\
 n 		</tr>\n 		<tr>\n 			<td>Government</td>\n 			<
 td>$700</td>\n 		</tr>\n 	</tbody>\n </table>\n \n
  <p> </p>\n \n <p> </p>\n \n <p><i>ACTCOSS may be 
 able to reduce or waive fees for consumer represen
 tatives\, people experiencing disadvantage or smal
 l community organisations. Please contact ACTCOSS 
 and we’ll do our best to offer support to particip
 ate.</i></p>\n \n <p><br />\n <em>Read the trainin
 g cancellation and refund policy <a href="https://
 actcoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Training
 -cancellation-and-refund-policy.pdf">here</a> and 
 the privacy policy <a href="https://actcoss.org.au
 /privacy/">here</a>.</em></p></body></html>
DESCRIPTION:Write media releases that get your story heard!\n 
 \n \n \n This practical 4-hour workshop is for com
 munity sector workers who want to turn their progr
 ams and advocacy into clear\, newsworthy stories.\
 n \n \n \n You’ll learn what journalists look for\
 , how to structure a strong media release\, and ho
 w to write with clarity and impact. Through exampl
 es\, writing exercises and feedback\, you’ll leave
  with practical tools you can use straight away.\n
  \n \n \n About the facilitator:\n \n \n \n As Gro
 up Account Director\, Amy provides strategic direc
 tion across MediaCast’s campaigns\, ensuring creat
 ivity\, precision\, and measurable results. With e
 xtensive experience in PR and media strategy and c
 risis communication\, she establishes performance 
 frameworks and oversees rigorous measurement proce
 sses that keep campaign teams accountable to achie
 ving exceptional outcomes. \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n
  Fees\n \n \n \n 	\n 		\n 			Member\n 			$190\n 		
 \n \n 		\n 			Non-member\n 			$280\n 		\n \n 		\n 
 			Government\n 			$700\n 		\n \n 	\n \n \n  \n \n
  \n \n  \n \n \n \n ACTCOSS may be able to reduce 
 or waive fees for consumer representatives\, peopl
 e experiencing disadvantage or small community org
 anisations. Please contact ACTCOSS and we’ll do ou
 r best to offer support to participate.\n \n \n \n
  \n \n Read the training cancellation and refund p
 olicy here (https://actcoss.org.au/wp-content/uplo
 ads/2025/10/Training-cancellation-and-refund-polic
 y.pdf) and the privacy policy here (https://actcos
 s.org.au/privacy/).\n \n 
CATEGORIES:Workshop
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
DTSTAMP;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260903T093000
DTSTART;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260903T093000
DTEND;TZID=Australia/Sydney:20260903T133000
LOCATION:Online via MS Teams\n 
URL:https://actcoss.org.au/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=240
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