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SUMMARY:Growing Your Local Identity: Telling Your Community’s Story – October 14th at 6.30pm online
DESCRIPTION:Every parish or town has a story – but are you making the most of yours? This practical session helps councils identify what makes their place distinctive and how to present that story clearly to residents, partners and visitors.\nThe course explores how local heritage, community assets, visual identity and engagement techniques all contribute to your story. You’ll spend time identifying the key elements of your story, learn how to use those to engage your community and start your action plan to support pride, participation and positive perception of their area. We’ll be sharing lots of examples to inspire you!\nDelivered by Jenny Procter – a sector Clerk, marketing and communications expert with three decades of experience across public and private sectors.\nIncludes:\n\nWhat is local identity?: An overview encompassing heritage, history and identity, and why it can bring out local pride of place.\nWhat is your story?: How to identify the people, places, landscape and values to build a strong local narrative for your community.\nTelling your Story: Delving into some examples of excellent storytelling, and the building of a focussed plan to match the tone, visuals and messaging of your story.\nPartnerships & Champions: Identifying local champions and forging strong partnerships with businesses and community stakeholders to boost the reach of your project.\nResourcing & Planning: Exploring many funding opportunities from grants to donations and sponsorship, as well as building a realistic plan to share your community’s story.\n\nDelivered by:  Jenny Procter – a sector Clerk, marketing and communications expert with three decades of experience across public and private sectors.\nRunning time:   2 hours approximately depending on Q&A\nRemote Access: Joining instructions will be issued closer to the time\nCancellation: A full refund will be given if 14 days or more notice prior to the date of the training course is given. However, this could cause an event to be cancelled if it becomes uneconomic to run.\nMembers £50 per ticket\nAssociate County Association Members: £50 per ticket\nNon-members £100 per ticket\n \n \n
URL:https://bucksalc.gov.uk/events/growing-your-local-identity-telling-your-communitys-story-october-14th-at-6-30pm-online/
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