BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ChamberMaster//Event Calendar 2.0//EN METHOD:PUBLISH X-PUBLISHED-TTL:P3D REFRESH-INTERVAL:P3D CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART:20210923T120000Z DTEND:20210923T150000Z X-MICROSOFT-CDO-ALLDAYEVENT:FALSE SUMMARY:FREE ONLINE TRAINING: Social Media DESCRIPTION:SOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING\n\n\n\nThe Halifax Chamber of Commerce is working hard to provide our members with resources\, information and value. We are pleased to offer a round of FREE online training programs to help grow your business. This program is offered to businesses\, managers\, and employees at zero cost as a benefit of your membership. \n\n \nTRAINING OVERVIEW:\n\n\nSocial Media training is a 12 week program that will start on Thursday September 23rd and take place once per week every THURSDAY from 9:00 am - 12:00 pm. These training sessions are in high demand with our members. Please only register if you are 100% committed to fully participating in this training. You will be required to participate in 80% of the sessions in order to receive the certificate.\n\n \n\n \n This training is for members only. Future members interested in joining\, please contact Cindy Mann\, Membership Sales Manager: cindy@halifaxchamber.com \n \n \n There are only 12 spaces available for this session if the session is full\, please add yourself to the waitlist\, you will be contacted only if a spot opens up.\n \n \n We are limiting this training to 1 employee representative per membership in order to allow more members the opportunity to participate.\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nTRAINING TIMELINE:\n\n\n \n Once the training session is full\, you will be contacted with the required forms (Participant Agreement and Service Registration Intake Form) which must be completed in full and returned by the specified date or you will lose your spot.\n \n \n On the Participant Agreement you will be required to include deposit information. You will only be charged for the $100 deposit if you miss more than 80% of the sessions.\n \n \n Once you return your forms\, your contact information will be provided to your trainer and they will contact you to complete an Individual Needs Assessment to ensure this training is the right fit for you and your business.\n \n \n Your trainer will then become your point of contact for the training and they will provide you with the information on how to join the sessions each week.\n\n \n \n\n\n\n\n\nPARTICIPANT REQUIREMENTS:\n\n\n \n The program must be taken on a computer\, laptop\, or tablet\, no phones. \n \n \n Participants must have an Internet connection\, hardwired preferred vs wi-fi\, high speed no dial up.\n \n \n Headset or earbuds and must have a webcam. If no webcam\, in-laptop video participation is a requirement.\n \n \n Participants must display video\; required to ensure the connection to the instructor and other participants.\n \n \n A quiet place to focus is required\, free of distractions.\n \n\n\n*The above are critically important not only for the success of individual participants but also the success of the entire group.\n\n \n\n\nSOCIAL MEDIA TRAINING \n\nLearning Outcomes\n\n\n Marketing and promoting your business effectively on Facebook.\n Reduce time spent on social media\n\n Facebook Details and Concepts\n\n\n Facebook Foundations\n Profile Picture (The picture that everyone associates with you)\n Background Picture (The picture people see if the go directly to your account)\n Background setting (Controlling the privacy and business setting needed to help google find you)\n Call to Action Button (create an action for clients and customers)\n Insights (Create and evaluate statistics and set benchmarks and goals)\n Security (ensure settings prevent abuse of account)\n\n Course Details and Concepts\n\n\n Learn the Five Types of Business Posts (Inspiration\, Advertising\, Internal\, External\, Shared Success)\n Twitter\, LinkedIn\, Google+\,\n Instagram\, Pinterest (As time allows)\n Social Media Manager (Buffer\, Postcron\, Hootsuite)\n\n\n\n\nABOUT THE TRAINER:\n Zoran Jokic\, Senior Business Developer and Master Trainer\, Training First Consulting\n\n\n\nZoran has had a distinguished career in business and technology. Currently he is the CEO and Partner of Training First Consulting Inc.\n\n\n\nHis practical training first approach and hard work has utilized a company's strengths to meet its business goals and it has been recognized locally and globally. Zoran's 360 degrees approach has benefited many small to medium size businesses and organizations.\n\n\n\nHis tech acumen has developed the sense of modern and sophisticated outcomes when traditional businesses struggled to keep up with the newest demands.\n\n\n\nMr. Jokic is adept at corporate planning\, change management\, customer service excellence\, social media marketing\, training certification\, project management and sales development.\n\n\n\nHe became a Global innovation expert with strong external focus and influencing skills who excels as applying economic\, statistical\, financial and portfolio modeling tools to support strategic business decisions.\n\n\n\n He also provided training to customers/clients with new products and solutions with superior ease-of-use and seamless integration.\n\n\n\nZoran is also co-owner of Parkview News digital newspaper\, Chair for Adult Work Educators of NS\, and soccer enthusiast. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:
This training is for members only. Future members interested in joining\, please contact Cindy Mann\, Membership Sales Manager: cindy@halifaxchamber.com
\nThere are only 12 spaces available for this session &ndash\; if the session is full\, please add yourself to the waitlist\, you will be contacted only if a spot opens up.
\nWe are limiting this training to 1 employee representative per membership in order to allow more members the opportunity to participate.
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Once the training session is full\, you will be contacted with the required forms (Participant Agreement and Service Registration Intake Form) which must be completed in full and returned by the specified date or you will lose your spot.
\nOn the Participant Agreement you will be required to include deposit information. You will only be charged for the $100 deposit if you miss more than 80% of the sessions.
\nOnce you return your forms\, your contact information will be provided to your trainer and they will contact you to complete an Individual Needs Assessment to ensure this training is the right fit for you and your business.
\nYour trainer will then become your point of contact for the training and they will provide you with the information on how to join the sessions each week.
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The program must be taken on a computer\, laptop\, or tablet\, no phones.
\nParticipants must have an Internet connection\, hardwired preferred vs wi-fi\, high speed no dial up.
\nHeadset or earbuds and must have a webcam. If no webcam\, in-laptop video participation is a requirement.
\nParticipants must display video\; required to ensure the connection to the instructor and other participants.
\nA quiet place to focus is required\, free of distractions.
\n*The above are critically important not only for the success of individual participants but also the success of the entire group.
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Learning Outcomes
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