Overview
Engaging your audience online to reach and involve community members who wouldn’t otherwise access your community centre or organisation. Utilise a range of social media and other digital content platforms to raise awareness of your cause and mobilise your community.
$25.00
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The Details
This course is for people currently in the Community Development sector. It is for staff, volunteers and students who want to develop basic skills for social media and online engagement. It is the final course in the Getting Started in Community Development package.
It is a self-paced course so you can start and stop as you like – the system will remember your progress. To complete this course it will take you approximately one and a half (1.5) hours.
What’s included in the price?
- Access for one person to the course
- Videos from community development professionals
- Learn from each other – read comments that learners have made and leave your own thoughts for future learners
- Downloadable and printable factsheets and document templates
- Extend Your Learning resources for further exploration
- A review quiz for each course to test your knowledge
- Certificate for each course completed with an 80% quiz mark
- Technical support via phone and email
By the end of this course you’ll:
- Understand the use of social media and online content to assist with social justice and community engagement
- Have a personalised digital engagement plan to help you determine your next steps
- Understand the different online platforms and their pros and cons
- Have the basic skills to create online videos, podcasts and social media posts
- Be able to decide whether your content should be live or pre-recorded depending on engagement levels
- Have a basic understanding of the types of online learning hubs and learning management systems (LMS) available
Learn your way
All of our courses are completely responsive. This means you can access them on your desktop, laptop, tablet or mobile phone.
Our team are available via email and phone to help with queries and technical issues. See our guide to Getting Started on the Learning Hub.
To purchase multiple licences for a course or package, or if you require an invoice, please contact us directly.
How do we know what we are talking about?
CCSA is the peak body for Community Centres across South Australia. Our mission is to support and build the capacity of centres so that they can develop inclusive communities. We know that meaningful community connectedness helps to solve wicked problems like loneliness, mental illness, racism, unemployment, illiteracy and family breakdown.
We enhance community connectedness through advocacy, research, capacity building and training. We support and walk alongside our 170+ member Community Centres and Neighbourhood Houses and other values-based community organisations.
We have developed this course to promote core skills and knowledge in community development workers and volunteers. These were identified through research commissioned by CCSA and from Community Centre managers’ feedback.
Get the full package...
The Getting Started in Community Development Package includes five courses for volunteers, students and professionals new to the sector. Learn how to transfer your current skills and build your knowledge.
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Take the next step...
The Community Development in Practice Package includes five courses for professionals and volunteers already engaged in the sector. Build on your knowledge and develop skills you can apply in your community.
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