Auburn Media’s Training Workshops offer tailored training to religious leaders and experts on religion, providing you with effective communication tools for media engagement. At Auburn, we are here to equip you to lead from the pulpit of the press. Our workshops are designed to give you practical tools to translate your sermon into soundbites and generate your own press. Whether you want to enter the news cycle of the moment, start turning your preaching into blogging and vlogging, or train your community's leaders for the inevitable crisis communications moment, we're here to help with one-on-one and group workshops.

The training workshops are designed and led by expert media trainer Macky Alston, Sundance award-winning documentarian, television producer (HBO, PBS, Discovery), and theologically-trained Director of Auburn Media.

Trainings address:

• * The development of your own core messages
• * Successful media strategies appropriate to television, radio, print, and the Internet
• * Interview rehearsal on camera using video playback
• * A working knowledge and comfort with media process and terminology. Whether you are under fire in your congregation, committed to public witness, or about to embark on a book tour, let Auburn Media Training prepare you to deliver your message with success.

For more information about our Workshops, please contact Rev. Kellie Anderson-Picallo, Associate for Media and Education, at (212) 870-3175 or KAnderson-Picallo@AuburnSeminary.org.

Some testimonials about our Media Training Workshops:

“The training was pivotal, enriching, edifying and affirming in so many ways. Your training helped me to see my calling, my journey–and myself–a little more clearly. And I am forever thankful.” – Rev. Irene Monroe, Pacific School of Religion, Huffington Post blogger, and syndicated religion columnist

“Auburn Media has been very successful in enabling religious communities to effectively convey their message through the media. Auburn’s uniqueness lies in its understanding the power of media and how religious leaders should frame their messages for the general public.” – Daisy Khan, American Society for Muslim Advancement

“I learned concrete skills that were relevant; I got to learn the theory and then practice it; the session was grounded explicitly in Jewish values and language; the training team was dynamic and engaging; I came away inspired and eager to try new ways of communicating with the world. Really, this was an incredible opportunity and I am deeply grateful to have been included”. – Rabbi Lisa Goldstein, Executive Director of Hillel of San Diego

"I am very, very grateful for the Auburn Media Training I received, which enabled me to both hone my media skills and think creatively about how media must be a part of any strategy around ethics, spirituality, technology and ecological concerns with corporations." - Sister Pat Daly, Executive Director, Tri-State Coalition for Responsible Investment