Nackey S. Loeb School Of Communications - Classes & Workshops

The Constitution for Teachers

The workshop will be led by Attorney Gregory V. Sullivan, who has argued before the New Hampshire Supreme Court in several landmark First Amendment and public access cases. Attorney Sullivan will explore how the three branches of the Federal Government interact with each other, with the 50 states and with the rights of American citizens, all as prescribed by the Constitution.

The Constitutional Amendments will be discussed, with an emphasis on the Bill of Rights and the five freedoms of the First Amendment. Participants also will discuss the role and significance of societal change as reflected in the Amendments, with a focus on the 15th, 19th and 26th Amendments, all dealing with voting rights.

The workshop will provide teachers with information and curriculum for general studies on the Constitution and help prepare students to participate in next fall’s Constitution Day lessons and essay contest.

Gregory V. Sullivan is president of Malloy & Sullivan, Lawyers Professional Corporation, a law firm with offices in Manchester and Hingham, Mass. He teaches First Amendment Law at Suffolk University Law School and the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications and is corporate counsel for the New Hampshire Union Leader. Attorney Sullivan also serves as Special Assistant Attorney General for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. To register for this workshop click here.

Photography for Public Relations

This one-day workshop is designed to help public relations photographs land on the web and in the paper, not in the trash.

Taking PR Photos will be presented at the school in Manchester on Aug. 22, from 9 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.

After two successful Loeb School workshops this year that concentrated on writing press releases, award-winning photography instructor Geoff Forester will offer proven suggestions on how to take public relations photos that stand out and enhance any press release. The workshop will include camera basics, taking good photos and selecting photos that best tell your story.

Geoff Forester has been a photojournalist for nearly 30 years at four newspapers. In 1994, he was named Photographer of the Year by the New Hampshire Photojournalists Association. He also has been a photo editor at the Concord Monitor and the Boston Globe and has taught photography at Boston University, the New Hampshire Institute of Art and the Loeb School.

To register for this workshop click here.

Student Media Workshop

This one-day skills building program is offered free to all New Hampshire High School students.

Students learn about ethics, First Amendment, interviewing, writing, editing, design, and photography from an instructional staff featuring veteran journalists and other experts. Skills are put to the test by developing, designing and producing news coverage of a special guest speaker. To register for this workshop click here.

Public Speaking and Professional Presentations

Effective communication is key to succeeding in today’s business environment. To be successful, individuals need to be able to deliver professional, confident and well-articulated presentations. Taught by Southern New Hampshire University Professor Andrea Bard, this workshop allows participants to develop important oral communication skills and knowledge through information and application. Each participant gives several presentations and receives constructive feedback regarding eye contact, nervous energy, organization, use of audiovisual aids and managing difficult questions.

Press Release Workshop

Have you ever wondered why some press releases make it into the media and others go nowhere?

The Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications is sponsoring a day-long workshop to offer some tips to help land your release in the news, not in the trash.

With reporters buried in press releases, instructors Stacy Milbouer and Karen Spiller will offer proven suggestions on how to stand out by delivering messages quickly, clearly and concisely. With all readers pressed for time, the class also will learn some insider tricks about how to write releases that are informative, compelling and most importantly, keep the reader's interest.

Karen Spiller writes press releases and organizes media events as a manager of media relations at BAE Systems in Nashua. She also had years of experience receiving press releases as a business writer for The Nashua Telegraph.

Stacy Milbouer is reporter and columnist for The Telegraph, where she receives more than her fair share of press releases – some good, and some that could benefit from this class.

Telling Your Family Story

Everyone has a story to tell and the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications with acclaimed story-tellers John Clayton and Fritz Wetherbee would like to help you tell yours.

Clayton and Wetherbee join a who’s who of story-tellers and historians for the third annual “Telling Your Family Story” workshop on March 8 from 8:45 to 3 p.m. at the school.

“This popular program will teach how to uncover family or community stories, how to present them and how to preserve them for future generations,” said David Tirrell-Wysocki, executive director of the Manchester school. “These skills are useful for local historians who record town lore and for residents who just want to make sure their dinner-table tales from grandma and grandpa are never forgotten.”

The program will focus on interviewing and listening skills, research and presentation, as well as how to preserve priceless photos and documents that are part of every family’s, or community's, history.

John Clayton’s sensitive columns in the New Hampshire Union Leader and Sunday News tell the heart-warming stories of everyday New Hampshire residents. Fritz Wetherbee, of WMUR’s Chronicle program, has been finding quirky people and wonderful stories from all over New Hampshire for more than 50 years.

New Hampshire historian and scholar R. Stuart Wallace will offer tips on the kind of research that might help put family stories in perspective and Lori Fisher of the New Hampshire Political Library will offer advice on preserving and protecting photos and family papers that often fade away in a box in the attic.

John Gfroerer and Lisa Brown of the video production company, Accompany, will demonstrate video techniques they have used in telling stories ranging from the N.H. Presidential Primary to WWII in New Hampshire.