Our team supports the College of Agriculture and Life Sciendes and Virginia Cooperative Extension faculty and staff members to improve their own communication and marketing skills.
We offer guidance on a variety of topics including:
- Media relations — working with the media, writing news releases and columns, acing interviews.
- Newsletter production
- Building online communities — Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
- Blogs
- Writing for the Web
- Branding
- Marketing
- Ensemble content management system (CMS)
- Virginia Cooperative Extension’s calendar system
We offer online, self-paced training modules and one-on-one support. Additional training support is available at various other university units, including CALS IT, Networked Learning Initiatives, UOPD, and employee access to Lynda.com.
We have moved to a new project-request system called WorkZone. After you submit your request, you will receive a link to log into the new system.
If you have any questions, please contact Lori Greiner for VCE peer- and non-peer publications, and Zeke Barlow for all other requests.
Training
CALS IT facilitates information technology training for the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences through customized training for projects and events, webinars, Lynda.com, and online tutorials. Topics focus on skills that support personal computing, communication, collaboration, and instruction.
Extension Learning
Find professional development sessions offered by eXtension at http://learn.extension.org.