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Energize your team with one of Jan’s tailor-made workshops – designed to address the issues and opportunities you face in your community.
Combining the latest research with relevant examples and years of practical experience, Jan creates a facilitated seminar to help you better plan and launch programs that make a difference. Plus her fun and engaging style leaves a lasting impression with the results to match.
What is facilitated training?
Whether you're working with Jan online or off, you’ll learn new skills, and identify practical ways to address issues and opportunities unique to you, your organization and your community. For example, by the end of the day in the communication and consultation planning workshop, you’ll have the foundations of a plan for your project ready to go.
Everyone’s a Media Spokesperson
Tips, tools and techniques to improve your media coverage
Whether you’re being interviewed by the media, presenting to your Council, Board or community group, you are the spokesperson for your program or project – especially in today’s world of blurred lines between media and social media.
Jan’s media and messaging spokesperson training will improve your media coverage, help you get your message out and reduce the need for ‘do overs’ – or damage control.
"Best ever!" - Tom Wilson, Media Relations Manager, City of Kelowna
From Facebook to the Front Page
Social Media Survival Skills for Elected Officials
Using Social Media to Build Trust
Social media, like Facebook and Twitter, offers local governments a dynamic platform to both inform and engage our constituents. And while social media provides many benefits, such as the potential for a rewarding two-way conversation, it also presents some challenges when it comes to engaging in this amplified and unregulated arena.
Drawing on strategies and success stories from both the public and private sectors, this interactive workshop explores how you can use these popular forms of social media to better build, engage and manage your online audience, your message, and your reputation. Including key steps to help you navigate those “nasty” online comments, so you can keep your social media social.
“Jan's training has provided me with skills and confidence to do my job more effectively as mayor, especially when addressing big issues within my community. She is my #1 choice and go-to person as a communications specialist." - Lilia Hansen, Mayor, Fort St. John
Rock your Next Council or Board Presentation
Tools and Techniques to Boost your Impact
From personal presentation skills to honing your PowerPoint or written report, boost your presence and effectiveness as a confident, competent, and compelling local government communicator. Jan’s interactive, practical, and fun workshop will help you establish connection and focus your content. Can include filming and feedback in a group setting or a one-on-one coaching session.
Online Training
COVID-19 has made us all revisit how we meet, learn and continue to advance our work. Jan's video training and one-on-one coaching provides an easy, effective way to expand your professional development via live teleconference and shared screen presentation, all from the comfort of your own office or remote location.
Ask Jan about custom training and coaching for you and your team today!
“Refreshing, inspiring learning environment." - Nancy Taylor, Former Executive Director, Local Government Management Association of BC
How to Rock your Next Council or Board Presentation
In a world where you have mere minutes to make your point, Jan will help you get your message across with this lively, interactive workshop designed to hone your skills as a public speaker and presenter.
Learn key tips to a solid delivery and common mistakes to avoid. Plus you’ll get the benefit of practical experience as we capture your presentation on camera and provide video feedback as a group.
“Well-prepared, engaging and inspiring!” - Julie Rogers, Communications Manager, District of Sechelt
What’s In It for Me?
Communication Planning for Successful Programs in Six Simple Steps
If you are thinking about stopping, starting or changing a program, project or service, you know you need to get ahead of the curve of public opinion to avoid project delays as a result of lack of communication.
Jan’s six simple steps for strategic and proactive communications will help you increase public awareness and support, reduce bad press and better equip your Council, Board and staff to handle questions.
“…A rewarding session with lasting results.” - Carol Suhan, Manager, Conservation & Energy Management, FortisBC
Looking for Something Else?
Let's chat!
Is there something else you're looking for in regards to communications training for local government that you don't see on this list? Please reach out to me as I may be able to create something catered to your needs!
Clients
- City of Kelowna
- YLW
- City of Fort St John
- City of Prince George
- Prince George Fire Rescue
- BC Wildfire Service
- Westbank First Nation
- College of New Caledonia
- City of Dawson Creek
- City of Castlegar
- City of Grand Forks
- City of Courtney
- City of Penticton
- District of Clearwater
- City of Powell River
- Powell River Regional District
- Cariboo Regional District
- Capital Regional District
- Doctors of BC
- Divisions of Family Practice
- BC Oil and Gas Commission
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Jan has provided our staff with media training for years. Her knowledge, insights and enthusiasm for communications and media relations have been invaluable in giving our project managers the confidence and strategies they need to work effectively with news media.
— Tom Wilson Communications Supervisor, City of Kelowna
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Jan’s training was great for our newly elected and returning Board members and we came away with practical tips and tools for media interviews and managing social media. Jan’s presentation style is relevant, lively and keeps the attention of everyone, which is not an easy feat!
— Margo Wagner Cariboo Regional District Board Chair
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I have had the pleasure of the Jan Enns training experience in two municipalities now and I will bring her into every municipality I work for. She is extremely well prepared, engaging and inspiring. Staff, from administration to CAO level, all love her and I am deemed a hero for hiring her. It makes my job as communications manager so much easier to have staff who have a better understanding of what I do and why it is important. We can all work together more effectively toward our common goals: transparent governance, an informed and engaged community, crisis management and effective media relations.
— Julie Rogers APR Communications Manager District of Sechelt
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Jan’s custom communications and engagement workshop made all the difference in how we inform and engage our community. We’re still reaping the benefits of her facilitated training - including Council’s Communications Policy and staff procedures, and support for hiring our very own Communications Coordinator. Jan’s able to package her energy and insights into a workshop that felt more like a conversation than a day of learning and we all took away new tools and skills that make us better communicators.
— Jon Wilsgard CAO/CO, Town of Golden
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Jan’s one-day media and messaging workshop for our Assistant Fire Chief’s was one of the most engaging sessions we’ve had. Her “Ripped from the Headlines” scenarios were a great opportunity to practice skills on relevant topics – in an informative, supportive and lively environment.