Communications Workshops
Spring 2013
This schedule may be updated throughout the semester. More detailed descriptions of individual workshops will be available on HKS Today prior to each workshop.
Thursday, January 31
4:10pm-5:30pm, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy
PAE Workshop: “Structuring a PAE or SYPA”
Monday, February 4
10:10am-11:30am, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Madeline Snow, MPA 2001, Director of EMS Program, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Digital Communications Workshop: “PowerPoint: Friend or Foe”
Tuesday, February 5
4:10pm-5:30pm, Land Hall, Belfer Building, Floor 4.5
Holly Weeks, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Public Speaking Workshop: “The Good Opening (Sex, Beer and Rock & Roll)”
Thursday, February 7
1:10pm-2:30pm, Littauer Building, Room 382
Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, Harvard Kennedy School Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “Writing and Pitching Op-eds”
4:10pm-5:30pm, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy
PAE Workshop: “Visualizing Data”
Monday, February 11
10:15am-11:45am
Doug Gavel and Molly Lanzarotta, Harvard Kennedy School Communications and Public Affairs
On-Camera Interview Basics
*Space is limited to HKS students only. Reservations are required.
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Marie Danziger, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy
Public Speaking Workshop: “The 5 Secrets of Powerful Speakers”
Tuesday, February 12
4:10pm-5:30pm, Land Hall, Belfer Building, Floor 4.5
Holly Weeks, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Public Speaking Workshop: “User-Friendly Speech Frameworks”
Wednesday, February 13
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Nicco Mele, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy, author of the forthcoming book, The End of Big: The Consequences of Radical Connectivity
Digital Communications Workshop: “How to Use Social Media Analytics”
Thursday, February 14
6:00pm-7:00pm, Littauer Building, Room 332
Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy
Writing Workshop: “The Executive Summary for White Papers and Briefing Books, PAE’s and SYPA’s”
Tuesday, February 19
1:10pm-2:30pm, Littauer Building, 382
Zach Stanley, Associate Vice President, Rasky Baerlein
Digital Communications Workshop: “Digital Public Affairs: Social Media for Advocacy”
Wednesday, February 20
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Holly Weeks, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Public Speaking Workshop: “Give Me Solutions, Not Problems”
Thursday, February 21
1:10pm-2:30pm, Littauer Building, Room 382
Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, Harvard Kennedy School Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “How to Revise”
Monday, February 25
10:10am-11:30am, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Madeline Snow, MPA 2001, Director of EMS Program, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Public Speaking Workshop: “Listening as a Leadership Skill”
Tuesday, February 26
4:10pm-5:30pm, Land Hall, Belfer Building, Floor 4.5
Holly Weeks, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy
Public Speaking Workshop: “Creating Your Speaker Persona”
Wednesday, February 27
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Josh Stearns, Journalism and Public Media Campaign Director, FreePress.net
Digital Communications Workshop: “Strategic Social Media Tools for Public Engagement on Policy Debates”
Thursday, February 28
1:10pm-2:30pm, Littauer Building, Room 382
Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, Harvard Kennedy School Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “The Personal Essay”
Friday, March 1
2:10pm-4:00pm, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Franco Sacchi, documentary filmmaker; Charles Mann, development economist; and Catherine Rielly, Executive Director of Rubia
Digital Communications Workshop: “Powerful Storytelling with a Video Camera: From Principles into Practice”
Monday, March 4
10:10am-11:30am, Weil Town Hall, Lobby
Madeline Snow, MPA 2001, Director of EMS Program, University of Massachusetts, Lowell
Public Speaking Workshop: “Making Meetings Matter”
Tuesday, March 5
1:10pm-2:30pm, Littauer Building, Room 382
Morra Aarons-Mele, MC/MPA 2008, Founder of Women Online
Digital Communications Workshop: “Using Social Media to Launch your Campaign or Organization”
Wednesday, March 6
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Greg Harris, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy & Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “The Productive Writer”
Thursday, March 7
1:10pm-2:30pm, Littauer Building, Room 382
Ken Gagne, Senior Associate Online Editor, ComputerWorld, IDG
Digital Communications Workshop: “How to Launch Your Own Website Using WordPress”
Friday, March 8
2:10pm-4:00pm, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Michael Sheridan, documentary filmmaker; Charles Mann, development economist; and Catherine Rielly, Executive Director of Rubia
Digital Communications Workshop: “Grassroots Video Storytelling: Afghanistan”
Monday, March 25
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Marie Danziger, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy
Public Speaking Workshop: “Mental Models for Public Speaking”
Tuesday, March 26
4:10pm-5:30pm, Land Hall, Belfer Building, Floor 4.5
John Sadowski, Harvard University, Department of Chemistry
Digital Communications Workshop: “How to Improve Wikipedia (and Your Career) without Getting the Internet Mad at You”
Wednesday, March 27
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Luci Herman, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy
Writing Workshop: “Framing for Policy and Politics”
Thursday, March 28
2:45pm-4:15pm
Doug Gavel and Molly Lanzarotta, Harvard Kennedy School Communications and Public Affairs
On-Camera Interview Basics
*Space is limited to HKS students only. Reservations are required.
Wednesday, April 3
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Greg Harris, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy & Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “Write and Publish Book Reviews”
Thursday, April 4
1:10pm-2:30pm, Littauer Building, Room 382
Morgan McVicar, MC/MPA 2003, Harvard Kennedy School Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “Everything You Need to Know about Plagiarism”
Wednesday, April 10
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Greg Harris, Harvard Kennedy School Lecturer in Public Policy & Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “How to Pitch a Journal or Magazine Article”
Thursday, April 11 *CANCELED*
Jerry Lanson, Associate Professor of Journalism, Emerson College, author of Writing for Others, Writing for Ourselves: Telling Stories in an Age of Blogging
Writing Workshop: “Organizing Your Writing”
Wednesday, April 17
1:10pm-2:30pm, RG-20, Rubenstein Building, Floor 1
Greg Harris, Harvard Kennedy School Adjunct Lecturer in Public Policy & Writing Consultant
Writing Workshop: “How to Write a Nonfiction Book Proposal”
Thursday, April 18
10:10am-11:30am, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Timothy Sandole, HKS Campus Wikipedian; Associate at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs
Digital Communications Workshop: “Anyone can be a Wikipedian: Lessons for Future Contributors in Public Policy”
Thursday, April 25
1:10pm-2:30pm, Weil Town Hall, Belfer Building, Lobby
Ian Palmquist, MC/MPA 2012, Director of Regional and Program Support for Equity Federation
Public Speaking Workshop: “The Art of the Ask: Surefire Strategies for Effective Fundraising”
Watch videos of previous workshops.
