Oregon Communications Hub
Tailored communications training and support for cohorts and organizations
The Fundamentals Academy
This cohort develops the skills of early-career communications professionals and prepares them for leadership roles. This 15-course curriculum builds foundational communications skills in strategy, messaging, planning, digital, media relations, and policy communications.
In each class, Academy participants will learn collectively by engaging, investigating, and putting group learnings into action. In each class, participants will receive templates they can easily adapt for their own work. Participants will also have access to weekly office hours, where they can receive 1:1 technical assistance, coaching, and consulting support on their specific projects.
The Academy also builds participants’ professional networks by connecting them with peers, guest trainers, and other communications professionals.
Senior Communicators Table
Oregon Senior Communicators Table meets monthly.
The Senior Communicators Table is a statewide monthly meeting for experienced communicators working for racial, gender, and economic justice. The Academy aims to create a space for senior communications professionals to strengthen their relationships with one another, collaborate, and acquire new skills.
About the Senior Communicators Table:
The sessions will be hybrid; in-person attendance is encouraged.
Held every third Tuesday of the month, from 2 to 4 p.m.
Feature guest speakers and trainers who are experts in their fields.
Include time for discussion and relationship building.
1:1 support is available upon request.
Participating organizations make an annual contribution, with a sliding scale ranging from $250 to $1,000.
Future Fundamentals Academy cohorts
Cohort schedules vary depending on funding availability. To be notified when applications are open for new cohorts, sign up for our updates.
Masayo Simon, Rogue Climate
“Thank you both so much for creating the space for our cohort to learn together and from each other. I've already been implementing so many of the things that I've learned from the past seven months in my work—and I've also been able to pass on the info to help my team at Rogue Climate, which is so awesome.”
Anthony Harden,
North by Northeast Community Health Center
“This academy is a great way to meet folks and get relevant information about communications. I got so many good takeaways from the academy! It really made me think a lot harder about the identity of all communication elements in relation to my organization!”
Oregon training model
Oregon cohorts include up to 30 students who collaborate across six months in 15 classes. Each session emphasizes peer learning and applying what you learn to solve real-life scenarios.
The Academy is designed to accelerate the impact of nonprofit communications staff working to advance racial, gender, and economic justice by focusing on the fundamentals of communications in four core learning areas:
Strategy, planning and messaging
Digital communications
Media relations
Communicating to move policy
Oregon cohorts draw on real-life experiences from communicators across the state and feature guest trainers and speakers, including current and former journalists, elected officials, nonprofit leaders, designers, strategists, and media planners.