<html xmlns:v="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" xmlns:m="http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii">
<meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)">
<!--[if !mso]><style>v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
.shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);}
</style><![endif]--><style><!--
/* Font Definitions */
@font-face
{font-family:Wingdings;
panose-1:5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0;}
@font-face
{font-family:"Cambria Math";
panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;}
@font-face
{font-family:Calibri;
panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;}
/* Style Definitions */
p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal
{margin:0in;
margin-bottom:.0001pt;
font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
h4
{mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4 Char";
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
font-weight:bold;}
a:link, span.MsoHyperlink
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#0563C1;
text-decoration:underline;}
a:visited, span.MsoHyperlinkFollowed
{mso-style-priority:99;
color:#954F72;
text-decoration:underline;}
p
{mso-style-priority:99;
mso-margin-top-alt:auto;
margin-right:0in;
mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;
margin-left:0in;
font-size:12.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;}
span.EmailStyle17
{mso-style-type:personal-compose;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;
color:windowtext;}
span.Heading4Char
{mso-style-name:"Heading 4 Char";
mso-style-priority:9;
mso-style-link:"Heading 4";
font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
font-weight:bold;}
.MsoChpDefault
{mso-style-type:export-only;
font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;}
@page WordSection1
{size:8.5in 11.0in;
margin:1.0in 1.0in 1.0in 1.0in;}
div.WordSection1
{page:WordSection1;}
/* List Definitions */
@list l0
{mso-list-id:1279795174;
mso-list-template-ids:-803305198;}
@list l0:level1
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0B7;
mso-level-tab-stop:.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Symbol;}
@list l0:level2
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:o;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New";
mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";}
@list l0:level3
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:1.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level4
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level5
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:2.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level6
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level7
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:3.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level8
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.0in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
@list l0:level9
{mso-level-number-format:bullet;
mso-level-text:\F0A7;
mso-level-tab-stop:4.5in;
mso-level-number-position:left;
text-indent:-.25in;
mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Wingdings;}
ol
{margin-bottom:0in;}
ul
{margin-bottom:0in;}
--></style><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapedefaults v:ext="edit" spidmax="1026" />
</xml><![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
<o:shapelayout v:ext="edit">
<o:idmap v:ext="edit" data="1" />
</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]-->
</head>
<body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72">
<div class="WordSection1">
<h4><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Capacity building opportunity! </span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><a href="http://bit.ly/ACICtrainings">http://bit.ly/ACICtrainings</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-weight:normal">
<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<h4><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><img border="0" width="398" height="561" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image003.jpg@01D224A5.06565290"></span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<h4><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;font-weight:normal">(See pdf poster also attached)</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Communications and Ethical Storytelling<o:p></o:p></span></h4>
<h4 style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></h4>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">When</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: 9:30-4pm, Thurs. Nov. 3, 2016<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Where</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: TBA, Fredericton, NB<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Cost</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: $25 for ACIC Members and students, $50 for non-members<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">RSVP</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">:
By Oct. 27</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">. Registration is limited to a maximum of 25 participants, so register early! RSVP by email with name, organization, food requirements, and travel subsidy need to Janelle:
<a href="mailto:%20janelle@acic-caci.org">janelle@acic-caci.org.</a> Registration fees cover the costs of training, all materials, break and lunch. Travel subsidies available to ACIC members.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About the workshop:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Crafting a Communications Strategy to improve your non-profit story-telling…with a side-trip into ethical communications</span></b></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">A one-day workshop for non-profit groups’ staff, board members and volunteers. We will focus on low-budget, big impact solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This one-day workshop will cover:</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Communications strategy as a key element of your organization’s health<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Organizational objectives and Communications objectives (they are different!)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Identifying stakeholders – their needs and their influence<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Developing core messages & getting to the heart of your story<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Determining key communications methods & tools (with a look at low-cost solutions)<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Ethical storytelling<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1">Social media plan<o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:.5in"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Participants will leave the workshop with knowledge of the fundamentals of creating a communications plan, plus practical ideas & tools for managing
your organization’s communications outreach. </span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">This professional development opportunity will be interactive and enjoyable – participants will have the chance to discuss their organizations, and get
ideas on communications solutions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Here are some testimonials from previous workshops by Sean Kelly:</span></em><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Engaging, lots of content, interactive, lots of examples – a great workshop.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“This was so, so valuable!”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“Honest and straightforward info – I would recommend this workshop to anyone.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">“It was fun, which always enhances learning.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">About Sean Kelly</span></strong><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">: Sean has spent more than 20 years working and
volunteering with non-profit groups, and he specializes in doing a lot with a little. Sean has extensive experience in communications, writing, film & radio production, public relations and social marketing. He has worked for groups including Cuso, the Lester
Pearson Institute and the Community Sector Council of Nova Scotia, and is currently the Communications Specialist for Clean Foundation.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Janelle Frail
<br>
Communications and Membership Officer<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">Atlantic Council for International Cooperation
</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">210-2099 Gottingen St., Halifax, NS B3K 3B2</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040"><br>
</span><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">(t) 902.431.2311 (f) 431.3216
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">(w)
<b><a href="http://www.acic-caci.org/"><span style="color:#404040">www. acic-caci.org</span></a>
</b><br>
Join us on <b><a href="https://www.facebook.com/pages/Atlantic-Council-for-International-Cooperation/100593573368049"><span style="color:#404040">Facebook</span></a></b>
<br>
Follow us on <b><a href="https://twitter.com/#!/acic"><span style="color:#404040">Twitter</span></a></b>!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA" style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:#404040">If you don’t want to receive emails from ACIC please reply to this email with “unsubscribe” in the subject line.<o:p></o:p></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
</div>
</body>
</html>