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Partner for Success in 2025
Learn more about our CAPIO Annual Partners
Are you seeking solutions to take the load off of your staff in 2025? Learn more about how our CAPIO Annual Partners can assist you with your upcoming projects or technology through this free informational webinar.
This informative webinar featuring JPW Communications and Ascendant | GOVTEXT will be just 30 minutes long. Each informative session will last 10 minutes with 5 minutes for Q&A.
Take Your Agency’s Social Media to the Next Level with Video
Are you ready to elevate your social media game? Whether you’re a content creator or just looking to boost your Agency’s social media presence, this webinar will equip you with the skills needed to make your videos stand out. Veteran videographer Zach Camerino will share his expertise in a straightforward, actionable format that you can apply immediately to your work.
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Visual Storytelling: Photography for PR Pros
Power Lunch Webinar
Are you a PR professional looking to enhance your visual content without needing professional photography skills? Then, this webinar is tailored just for you!
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Considering running for the CAPIO Board of Directors?
Learn more at our free informational webinar
Have you thought about running for the CAPIO Board, but don’t know what is involved? Join us for this informational webinar where you’ll learn about each of the board positions, the monthly time commitment for each, and how to add your name to the ballot. Even if you’re not ready to run this year, but are considering it for a future year, join us for this informational webinar to learn more.
Partner for Success in 2025
Learn more about our CAPIO Annual Partners
Are you seeking solutions to take the load off of your staff in 2025? Learn more about how our CAPIO Annual Partners can assist you with your upcoming projects or technology through this free informational webinar.
This informative webinar featuring Tripepi Smith and Public Input will be just 30 minutes long. Each informative session will last 10 minutes with 5 minutes for Q&A.
Navigating PFAS: Data-Driven Communications Strategies for Public Agencies
Power Lunch Webinar
Recent news headlines have been sounding the alarm about “forever” chemicals called PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances). Across California, local governments and public agencies face a growing need to educate and inform the communities we serve about these troublesome pollutants and how they impact our health and environment. If you work for a fire, airport, water, or wastewater district, you likely already feel the urgency to create a PFAS communications strategy.
Mingle Bells 2024: Year-End Networking Celebration
Free Central CA Mixer!
Join us for the 2024 Mingle Bells, the annual event where communications professionals from across Central California come together to network, celebrate, and toast to a successful year. Whether you’re a seasoned pro or new to the field, this is a fabulous chance to connect with colleagues, share accomplishments, and enjoy an evening of appetizers and drinks in a relaxed setting.
Acing Media Relations and Getting Your Agency’s News Covered
Are you ready to elevate your media relations game and ensure your agency’s news gets the coverage it deserves? This dynamic webinar is packed with practical insights and strategies from seasoned communicator and this year’s CAPIO Rising Star award winner Joshua Dean. Learn how to build strong relationships with media professionals, craft compelling stories, and navigate the ever-evolving media landscape to ensure your news stands out.
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Making Your Special Events Shine in 2024
Power Lunch Webinar
Are you ready to take your agency’s special events to new heights in 2024? Join CAPIO for an engaging and candid panel discussion that promises to be a game-changer for executing events from concept to creation, ensuring every detail shines.
Our speakers will cover tips, tools, and insights on tackling large groundbreakings and ribbon cuttings, creating a State of the City event, and setting up the nation’s first-ever Swift City, honoring superstar Taylor Swift.
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Earn Your APR in 2023: Everything You Need to Know to Start Now!
Power Webinar
Ready to take the next step of professional development in your communications career? Wishing you were more strategic? Think APR!
Join us for a webinar that covers what Accreditation in Public Relations is, how it can help you develop a strategic communications mindset, and how you can start your own APR journey.
CAPIO ADVANCED TRACK: Rethinking Communication and Leadership with Emotional Intelligence and the Adversity Quotient
Power Lunch Webinar
During this CAPIO Advanced Track session, attendees will learn how emotional intelligence and adversity can increase team leadership capacity and productivity. In addition, the presenters will guide attendees through influencing multi-generational, diverse teams and motivating them to work together synergistically while understanding the value of collaboration in an inclusive, empathetic environment.
Mentorship Monday: Switching Gears in Your Career
February 6, 2023
If you’re a public-sector communicator searching for your next challenge, you may be looking at options for a higher-level role at your agency or a similar organization. But maybe you’re looking for more flexibility or balance than a traditional PIO role offers. There are different options to find meaning and advancement. There are also lots of reasons government communicators seek change.
During this roundtable discussion, you’ll learn from four communicators who have successfully transitioned from PIOs to other roles.
CAPIO 2023 State of Communications
Webinar
Welcome to 2023 where public-sector communicators continue to balance ever-changing communications strategies, priorities and best practices as well as keep the lines of two-way communication open for the communities they serve.
During CAPIO’s 2023 State of Communications webinar, attendees will learn about key issues facing California communicators and learn about CAPIO’s areas of focus for 2023 from CAPIO’s President Erin Morales and CAPIO President-Elect/Treasurer Lael Wageneck, APR.
PIO + Community Engagement = How to Manage both Jobs? Learn the top two things to do first!
Power Lunch Webinar
As a public-sector communicator you wear many hats. Oftentimes, you may find yourself leading an agency wide community engagement effort for a challenging project and program. Building trust and rapport with challenging internal and external audiences as well as making decisions in the face of adversity is crucial.
Join veteran community engagement and communications pro Kit Cole, founder of Kit Cole Consulting, as she shares key tips for leading effective, strategic community engagement efforts.
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CAPIO Advanced Track-Climbing the Charts: Strategies for Building a Pitch Perfect Communications Office
Webinar Training
As the chief communications professional, you are in charge of overseeing communications for your agency and possibly even building a communications division and team from the ground up. There will be new challenges and opportunities you face in this role as you work with internal and external audiences, oversee employees, measure success, and deal with sensitive and often controversial issues facing your agency.
CAPIO ADVANCED TRACK: Goal Setting for 2023: Strategies that Work
Power lunch webinar
A MEMBER EXCLUSIVE TRAINING
As public sector communicators, it can often feel that work and life bleeds together and there is a long to-do list that is never complete. Putting out small daily fires at home and at the office can lead to a sense of overwhelm and also places larger personal and professional goals, like training for a marathon or earning your Accreditation in Public Relations, on the back burner.
During this not-to-miss webinar, you’ll learn practical strategies to set yourself up for success in 2023.
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Creating a successful communications strategy starting with research
Research is an essential first step in creating an effective strategy that is data driven and shows results. It creates the foundation for our communications efforts, drives decision making and produces desired results.
Join CAPIO and ACWA for this webinar that will highlight how to conduct sound research and gather insights that will ensure your agency’s communications efforts stay on track and are able to adjust to change. Presenters Margaret Mohr, Scott Rose and Adam Probolsky will share insights on best practices and review a case study featuring how research shaped the state’s 2022 Save our Water campaign.
Lessons learned in the COVID trenches
Power Lunch Webinar
Even in the best of times grabbing the attention of an audience with public sector communications is a challenge. Distilling complex policy information down to something that is both understandable and engaging is no mean feat. The COVID-19 pandemic took these challenges and supercharged them. Now that we are beginning to see a light at the end of the tunnel what lessons can be learned from this year-long communications gauntlet and how can they be applied to public sector communications outside of times of crisis?
Writing for Maximum Engagement
Power Lunch Webinar
This webinar will provide everyone in your organization with the keys to unlock clear, accessible writing. Join the City of Carlsbad’s Communication & Engagement Director Kristina Ray and Staff Writer Tom Mallory for a master class in how to write effectively for government, from news releases, staff reports, web copy and more.
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The 411 on Developing a successful Citizens’ Academy
Power Lunch Webinar
Agency citizens’ academies are a great opportunity to educate your community on important issues and projects, build and maintain positive relationships, position your agency as a trusted source of information, increase communications and inspire future community leaders.
From deciding on the duration of the program, materials, budget, schedule and logistics, there are many factors to consider before launching your program.