Date |
Price (APSE Members) |
Price (Non-APSE Members) |
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TUE 11/02/25 + WED 12/02/25
2 HALF DAYS 09:00 - 12:00 |
£187 + VAT |
£304 + VAT |
Delivered online via Microsoft Teams
To learn more about our in-house option or register interest in a future date, please contact us for details: [email protected]
The COVID-19 pandemic has meant that social media has become an even more important tool for communicating and interacting with communities, stakeholders, and customers. This course has been designed for both those who currently use social media as part of their role and those who are planning to do so.
You will be invited to complete pre-course questionnaires, which tease out your training needs, team roles profile and learning style.
This interactive course is delivered online and the topics will include:
- Social media policy, permission, and protocols
- Using social media to listen, communicate and engage
- Understanding the context for social media use
- Planning your social media output
- Different types of social media content
- Social media tools and tech
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the training, you will be able to:
- Explore the use of social media in a local authority context
- Demonstrate an understanding of how to utilise social media in your professional setting
- Design and implement a social media plan
- Analyse and evaluate the impact of your social media content and output
Assumed knowledge
We would expect those taking this course to be making personal or basic professional use of at least one social media platform and to be aware of the need to communicate with service users or members of the public.
No deep understanding of social media is a pre-requisite but curiosity and a desire to communicate effectively with the public is essential.
This course will be delivered online via Microsoft Teams. To access it, you will need a WiFi connection or mobile data hotspot. Downloading Microsoft Teams to your laptop, desktop or smart device will give a better performance and greater functionality throughout the day. This highly interactive training includes a mixture of presentations, video conferencing, group work, games, quizzes and video.
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Duration of this course
09:00 Start 12:00 Finish