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Advanced Social Media Training

Includes training on Creator Studio for both Facebook and Instagram, Business Manager, reporting and analytics, engaging with follower and a question and answer session.

Communicating Research to Non-Researchers

Communicating research findings, and not just to your peers, is an important part of the job for scientists at land-grant universities. Sometimes you may even need to be an advocate for science in general. There are many types of media and communication t...

Event Marketing and Promotion - Aubree Thomas

When hosting an event, it’s important to spread the word and get the information out to interested individuals. In this webinar, Aubree will review how to submit your events to the CAAS and Extension calendars, as well as additional steps you can take to ...

Facebook Ads and Boosting Posts

For most of us, being interviewed by a journalist isn’t quite like the conversations we have each day, but it doesn’t have to be a bad experience either. This webinar will not focus on crisis communication plans, but on some ways you can be prepared to he...

Google Drive Live

Join us as Mike Whitesides takes us on a test-drive of Google Drive. Learn how to use Google Drive to create documents, spreadsheets, forms and presentation slides. Mike will also teach us how to host files on GoogleDrive as well as share documents for co...

How to Use our Templates and Basic Design Tips

For most of us, being interviewed by a journalist isn’t quite like the conversations we have each day, but it doesn’t have to be a bad experience either. This webinar will not focus on crisis communication plans, but on some ways you can be prepared to he...

Instagram Reels

View the training for a brief overview of Reels/Tiktok and how you can use it in your marketing! Also included is a guide made in 2021 about Reels and Tiktoks.

Keeping Social Media Social - Sheri Anderson

Join Sheri Anderson as she gives the latest tips and best practices for posting and managing social media accounts. Learn how you can engage your social audience while keeping a consistent brand that is compliant with USU brand standards.

Let's Make a Reel

Come with social media manager Alisha Wilkins as she makes a Reel. See how to brainstorm, how to search for a Reel sound, and how to use trending audio.

MailChimp

Mailchimp is an email program that will help you manage and talk to your clients and customers. Learn everything you need to know to create your own newsletter. This includes how to create an audience, newsletter design tips, and how to use MailChimp to m...

Marketing Tips, Templates & Resources

Includes training on: marketing basics and guidelines, marketing team resources, marketing website resources, stock photo resources, ordering marketing materials, templates for flyers, web and PowerPoint.

Outlook Tips and Extension IT Resources

Do you have struggle with staying on top of your email? Does it overwhelm you? If so, this webinar will help. Mike Whitesides will discuss how to manage your email inbox, how to setup filters, how to create email signatures, how to organize emails and how...

Producing Your First Online Course

In this webinar you will learn how easy it is to turn your existing presentations into engaging online courses. We’ll cover the development process and what you can do to get started, as well as the benefits of taking your existing content online.

Project Management Software: Asana

Introducing Asana, a free project management software to make your life better! Learn how you and your team can structure work to turn goals into workable plans. Easily organize and plan workflows, projects, and more, so you can keep your work on schedule...

The Basics of Digital Marketing

Learn about digital marketing and how you can collaborate with the Extension marketing team to increase awareness and activity for your local programs. You will learn how to use social media ads, customer relationship management (CRM) software, and how to...

USU Branding, Wordmark Standards and Q&A

In this webinar, Mike Whitesides and Sheri Anderson will present on USU branding and wordmark standards. They will also be reviewing the university’s latest visual identity program and will end with a question and answer session.

Using Texting to Collect Customer Information

Collecting information so that we can communicate with interested people is vital to an effective communication strategy. We can make collecting information natural for consumers by allowing people to text us their information – now allowing us to collect...

What's This Spam and Phishing Stuff? - Terry Boharsik

Are spam and phishing two topics you want to learn more about? Join Terry Boharsik, Extension IT, as he explains spam and phishing and how you can learn to deal with both. Additionally, Terry will provide examples of each and answer any questions you may ...

When the Media Come Calling - Lynnette Harris

For most of us, being interviewed by a journalist isn’t quite like the conversations we have each day, but it doesn’t have to be a bad experience either. This webinar will not focus on crisis communication plans, but on some ways you can be prepared to he...

Photo/Video

Copywriting

Communicating Research to Non-Researchers

Communicating research findings, and not just to your peers, is an important part of the job for scientists at land-grant universities. Sometimes you may even need to be an advocate for science in general. There are many types of media and communication t...

When the Media Come Calling - Lynnette Harris

For most of us, being interviewed by a journalist isn’t quite like the conversations we have each day, but it doesn’t have to be a bad experience either. This webinar will not focus on crisis communication plans, but on some ways you can be prepared to he...

Social Media

Advanced Social Media Training

Includes training on Creator Studio for both Facebook and Instagram, Business Manager, reporting and analytics, engaging with follower and a question and answer session.

Facebook Ads and Boosting Posts

For most of us, being interviewed by a journalist isn’t quite like the conversations we have each day, but it doesn’t have to be a bad experience either. This webinar will not focus on crisis communication plans, but on some ways you can be prepared to he...

Instagram Reels

View the training for a brief overview of Reels/Tiktok and how you can use it in your marketing! Also included is a guide made in 2021 about Reels and Tiktoks.

Keeping Social Media Social - Sheri Anderson

Join Sheri Anderson as she gives the latest tips and best practices for posting and managing social media accounts. Learn how you can engage your social audience while keeping a consistent brand that is compliant with USU brand standards.

Let's Make a Reel

Come with social media manager Alisha Wilkins as she makes a Reel. See how to brainstorm, how to search for a Reel sound, and how to use trending audio.

The Basics of Digital Marketing

Learn about digital marketing and how you can collaborate with the Extension marketing team to increase awareness and activity for your local programs. You will learn how to use social media ads, customer relationship management (CRM) software, and how to...

Event Marketing

Event Marketing and Promotion - Aubree Thomas

When hosting an event, it’s important to spread the word and get the information out to interested individuals. In this webinar, Aubree will review how to submit your events to the CAAS and Extension calendars, as well as additional steps you can take to ...

Producing Your First Online Course

In this webinar you will learn how easy it is to turn your existing presentations into engaging online courses. We’ll cover the development process and what you can do to get started, as well as the benefits of taking your existing content online.

Branding

How to Use our Templates and Basic Design Tips

For most of us, being interviewed by a journalist isn’t quite like the conversations we have each day, but it doesn’t have to be a bad experience either. This webinar will not focus on crisis communication plans, but on some ways you can be prepared to he...

USU Branding, Wordmark Standards and Q&A

In this webinar, Mike Whitesides and Sheri Anderson will present on USU branding and wordmark standards. They will also be reviewing the university’s latest visual identity program and will end with a question and answer session.

General Marketing

MailChimp

Mailchimp is an email program that will help you manage and talk to your clients and customers. Learn everything you need to know to create your own newsletter. This includes how to create an audience, newsletter design tips, and how to use MailChimp to m...

Marketing Tips, Templates & Resources

Includes training on: marketing basics and guidelines, marketing team resources, marketing website resources, stock photo resources, ordering marketing materials, templates for flyers, web and PowerPoint.

Using Texting to Collect Customer Information

Collecting information so that we can communicate with interested people is vital to an effective communication strategy. We can make collecting information natural for consumers by allowing people to text us their information – now allowing us to collect...

Workflow for Staff Assistants - Alisha Straatman

Join Alisha Straatman, Cache County 4-H Coordinator, as she discusses her workflow and how she structured her day as a staff assistant in the Cache County Extension Office. Alisha will discuss how you can make social media and public relations a part of y...

I.T.

Google Drive Live

Join us as Mike Whitesides takes us on a test-drive of Google Drive. Learn how to use Google Drive to create documents, spreadsheets, forms and presentation slides. Mike will also teach us how to host files on GoogleDrive as well as share documents for co...

Outlook Tips and Extension IT Resources

Do you have struggle with staying on top of your email? Does it overwhelm you? If so, this webinar will help. Mike Whitesides will discuss how to manage your email inbox, how to setup filters, how to create email signatures, how to organize emails and how...

Project Management Software: Asana

Introducing Asana, a free project management software to make your life better! Learn how you and your team can structure work to turn goals into workable plans. Easily organize and plan workflows, projects, and more, so you can keep your work on schedule...

What's This Spam and Phishing Stuff? - Terry Boharsik

Are spam and phishing two topics you want to learn more about? Join Terry Boharsik, Extension IT, as he explains spam and phishing and how you can learn to deal with both. Additionally, Terry will provide examples of each and answer any questions you may ...