Courant.com Editor Naedine Hazell sends us this posting about another good geek training opportunity. It is similar to what former Courant.com Editor Jeanne Leblanc will be offering in person later this month, only no coffee or scones.

 It’s from Amy L. Webb and an outfit called Webbmedia Group:

So it’s been a grim couple of weeks, and we’re now hearing of yet another newspaper shutting its doors. A few are on the chopping block this week, and more journalists will be out of jobs.

I’ve decided to reprise the free training sessions we offered to Gannett help the Rocky Mountain News, the staff of the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer – and anyone else out there who needs it.  We’re going to again offer a 75-minute session to help journalists understand the skills they have, the changing nature of media/ communications, and what to do next.  We’re also going to offer lots of examples of how non-news folks have made a successful go of monetized content either on the Web or on mobile.

Full details are here:
http://mydigimedia.com/2009/03/06/more_free_training.html. 

Here are the basics:

WHO: We’d prefer that you’re a newspaper refugee, but we won’t turn away working journalists or anyone working in communications. Sorry – we will not take technologists, consultants, academics or students. We’re going to check, so don’t try to pull a fast one on us.

WHEN: Wednesday, March 25th at 3pm Eastern Time. The training session
will last 75 minutes.

HOW/ WHERE: We’ll give registrants a call-in number and passcode ahead
of the session. You’ll need a computer (one that’s online, of course)
and a phone line to call into. After the session, we’ll give you access
to tipsheets and other information to help you continue learning on your
own.

HOW TO REGISTER: Send an email message to training@webbmediagroup.com with your full name, your email address and where you’re currently (or were recently) employed. Also tell us what kind of job you had (multimedia producer, city hall reporter for the paper, etc). For those of you who have previously participated in one of our training sessions, you’ll already know that we never do the same thing twice and that all of our sessions are completely personalized. To the extent we can, we’re going to try and do the same thing this time around – so share whatever information you’d like.
The more we get, the more meaningful we can make the information for you.
DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION IS MARCH 20th. NO EXCEPTIONS.

I’d like to cap the session at 200 people total, so this will be
first-come, first-served. While we’d prefer that you didn’t participate
in one of the previous sessions, this one will be different, so it’s
okay for you to register again.  All participants will get access to a
self-assessment worksheet, how-to guides and more following the session.
Please feel free to repost/ forward.

Cheers,
Amy
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Amy L. Webb
Webbmedia Group, LLC

Main Office: 267.342.4300
Company: http://www.webbmediagroup.com
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