May 2022
FIRST STEPS IN AUDIO PODCASTING
Thinking of starting an audio podcast? Want to know how to start? Curious about how it can work for you and your business? Publishing Ireland and Athena Media have curated a half-day virtual workshop ‘First Steps in Audio Podcasting’ – aimed at beginners – and designed to give you an express session on podcasting today, including how to podcast remotely using video conferencing tools or how to record using your computer or your smartphone with an app. First Steps in…
Find out more »June 2022
Module 1 – Understanding Diversity, Inclusion, Equality and Belonging
AIM – To help participants understand exactly what Diversity, Equality, Inclusion and Belonging is in the workplace. This module is designed to help participants explore and understand the meaning of workplace diversity and Inclusion. It will also help participants better understand how to encourage and develop higher levels of employee engagement through effective D&I management. The module will help improve participants existing knowledge of diversity and workplace inclusion and explore strategies to help create higher levels of inclusion. This involves…
Find out more »Module 2 – Merging Cultures
AIM – To help participants understand the dynamics of a culturally diverse workspace. This module is designed to help participants explore and understand the dimensions of culture and what happens when cultures merge in a diverse working environment. It will help participants understand and appreciate how our cultural programming can impact the way we interact with and engage with others as either individuals or groups. The module includes an interactive video-based exercise. An optional addition to this module is to…
Find out more »September 2022
Module 3 – Understanding Unconscious Bias
AIM – To help participants understand what exactly unconscious bias is and how it operates. This aspect of the programme is intended to help raise awareness of what exactly UB is in a working environment and how it can adversely impact that environment if not effectively challenged. The module is designed to help participants understand how their individual behaviours, attitudes and language can contribute to the creation of either a positive or a negative working environment. Participants will engage in…
Find out more »Module 4 – The Neuroscience of Inclusion (DIEB Toolkit)
OBJECTIVES The module will introduce participants to a DEIB ‘toolkit’ and will demonstrate several skills to help develop a more inclusive working environment including This module is designed to introduce participants to the impact that experiences of inclusion or exclusion can have on us as human beings. The module will help participants to better understand and appreciate the influence of inclusion or exclusion on our mindsets and to be better able to understand how to more effectively motivate and influence…
Find out more »How to Edit Fiction – A Closer Look
3 Part 14th, 21st and 28th September 2022 This 3 Part Course course will take a close look at how editors can work with authors – those with book deals and those without – to help improve and shape their manuscripts. Drawing from a variety of texts on structure (James Woods' How Fiction Works, John Yorke's Into the Woods and Jessica Brody's Save the Cat! Writes a Novel among others) as well as examples from across genres – thrillers, children's…
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