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Leveraging AI: A communications manager’s guide to working smarter

Leveraging AI: A communications manager’s guide to working smarter

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming invaluable allies for school communications managers in an era of limited resources and increasing demands. From drafting social media posts to analyzing community feedback, AI can help streamline your workflow while maintaining the personal touch that makes school communications effective.

Leveraging AI: A communications manager’s guide to working smarter

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming invaluable allies for school communications managers in an era of limited resources and increasing demands. From drafting social media posts to analyzing community feedback, AI can help streamline your workflow while maintaining the personal touch that makes school communications effective.

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Leveraging AI: A communications manager’s guide to working smarter

Leveraging AI: A communications manager’s guide to working smarter

Artificial intelligence tools are becoming invaluable allies for school communications managers in an era of limited resources and increasing demands. From drafting social media posts to analyzing community feedback, AI can help streamline your workflow while maintaining the personal touch that makes school communications effective.

Video for Social Media

Video for Social Media

Tips for Creating Effective Social Media VideosIf doing interviews, take time before the shoot to prepare the right questions for the soundbites you need. Get plenty of extra footage, with multiple cameras while on location. Cut interviews using both views so that you...

Ensuring your election communications are PDC compliant

Ensuring your election communications are PDC compliant

The Public Disclosure Commission (PDC) is the Washington state body that regulates what districts are allowed to do when communicating about a school funding initiative. Their very lengthy guidelines can be found here. While they are absolutely the best source of...

Help! I just designed another flyer that should have been an email

Help! I just designed another flyer that should have been an email

Now don’t get me wrong: I love a good flyer. The flyer (or handout, poster, one-sheeter, take-away) is pretty much the mainstay of graphic design. In fact, it’s the bulk of what I designed at one of my first jobs working for my college bookstore. However, technology...

To Canva or not to Canva?

To Canva or not to Canva?

Why use Canva? Canva is a great tool for those with limited budgets who can't afford Adobe Creative Suite. It is also very user-friendly, making it easy for just about anyone to jump in feet first and start designing. The tool offers hundreds of design templates to...

Optimizing images for the web

Optimizing images for the web

What's the big deal? Well, the bigger the images, the longer they take to download and the more space they take up. When you have unlimited server space and a fast internet connection, it might not matter much. But not all of your website users may have access to that...