{"id":1812,"date":"2013-11-25T00:19:41","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T23:19:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/?p=1812"},"modified":"2019-03-05T23:32:08","modified_gmt":"2019-03-05T22:32:08","slug":"get-the-message","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/2013\/11\/25\/get-the-message\/","title":{"rendered":"Get the Message!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-tablet.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1817\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-tablet.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist communications workshop with tablet\" width=\"202\" height=\"268\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-tablet.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-tablet-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a>South Lancashire\u2019s Soroptimists tackled the topic of \u2018communications\u2019 at a recent \u2018Get the Message\u2019 workshop.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Margaret Carr (SI Warrington) drew on a long career in journalism to outline best practice in writing news releases. With some excellent examples she also pointed out the pitfalls of providing photos for the local press, and offered a variety of solutions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-smartphone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1838 alignleft\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-smartphone.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist communications workshop smartphone\" width=\"166\" height=\"221\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-smartphone.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-smartphone-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 166px) 100vw, 166px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span>Jenny Stanistreet (SI Crosby, Region Website Administrator) summarised the basics of website design and content.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Norma Parry (SI Ashton under Lyne, Region Secretary) then led an informative session on social networking \u2013 a tool for clubs to consider in order to reach a wider audience.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">A practical exercise &#8211;\u00a0hands-on preparation of club publicity material\u00a0 &#8211; led\u00a0to a lively exchange of ideas. The three presenters were on hand to answer questions and join in the discussions.<span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\"><a href=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-discussion.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1822 alignright\" src=\"\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-discussion.jpg\" alt=\"soroptimist communication workshop discussion group\" width=\"252\" height=\"189\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-discussion.jpg 400w, https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/files\/2013\/11\/communications-workshop-discussion-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Finally Val Moss (SI Manchester, Region Communications Officer) explained her role in editing the region\u2019s quarterly newsletter, \u2018<a title=\"link to south lancashire leader\" href=\"https:\/\/sigbi.org\/south-lancashire\/news-from-around-the-region\/\">South Lancashire Leader\u2019<\/a>. News and photos from clubs\u00a0&#8211; particularly on Programme Action projects &#8211; are always welcome.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: small\"><span style=\"color: #000000\">Joan Lunt (SI Southport, Region Organisational Development Officer) concluded the workshop by asking for feedback on \u2018Get the Message\u2019, as well as suggestions for future training sessions.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Lancashire\u2019s Soroptimists tackled the topic of \u2018communications\u2019 at a recent \u2018Get the Message\u2019 workshop&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"featured_media":1814,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1812","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Get the Message! | News | Blog | Events | SI South Lancashire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"SI South Lancashire : Blog &amp; News : Get the Message! : Keep up to date with the latest news, articles and events from the Soroptimists of SI South Lancashire . 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