Winter 2025 Classes Open for Registration
This winter, the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications is offering an array of courses, with topics including personal and professional branding, First Amendment freedoms, writing from experience, and more. All classes are free and held online:
FREE FOUR-WEEK ONLINE CLASSES
The Winter Session at the Loeb School includes two, four-week classes to help participants develop and expand their written and oral communication skills at no cost.
Saying What You Mean with Clarity, with Lauren Collins Cline
Four Tuesdays: January 28, February 4, 11, 18 | 7:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Clarity is key in communication. This class will highlight simple tools that teach students how to clarify their thoughts so they can effectively deliver information to their chosen audience with the maximum impact.
Write What You Know: The Personal Narrative, with Sally Hirsh-Dickinson
Four Thursdays: January 30, February 6, 13, 20 | 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
In this writing workshop, students will retell a significant personal experience by going step-by-step through the empowering process of taking their story from draft to polished completion
FREE SINGLE-SESSION ONLINE OFFERINGS
These concise online classes allow learners to access the expertise of Loeb School instructors:
Beyond the Ballot Box: How to Advocate in the Granite State, with Citizens Count
Monday, January 27 | 12:00 pm -1:30 pm
In New Hampshire, everyday citizens have the power to affect real change. This workshop outlines how to follow activity in the state legislature, identify opportunities for advocacy, and make the best case for a cause, using a simple step-by-step process.
The First Amendment in the 21st Century, with Attorney Greg Sullivan
Wednesday, January 29 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
A vibrant discussion of the five freedoms of the First Amendment –freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly and to petition the government– and the courts’ ongoing challenge to grapple with the places where free expression intersects with privacy, public safety, and national security.
Free Speech in the Workplace, with Attorney Katy Sullivan
Monday, February 3 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
This dynamic dive into the legal rules for workplace speech includes an examination and examples of the type of speech that is (and is not) prohibited and protected in public and private work environments. Participants gain valuable insight into the benefit and potential cost of free speech at work.
Bring Your Brand to Life, with Kyle Chumas
Thursday, February 6 | 12:00 pm - 1:30 pm
Through interactive exercises and real-world examples, participants in this class learn why and how to distinguish themselves in the minds of colleagues, clients, or customers. This course provides students with tools to create a memorable and relatable personal or professional brand.
What the Government is Up To and Your Right to Know, with Attorney Greg Sullivan
Wednesday, February 12 | 6:30 pm - 7:30 pm
This class serves as both an introduction and refresher to New Hampshire’s Right to Know law. Students will go deeper into the law with real case examples, and stories ripped from the headlines and walk through the process of filing requests for information to government agencies.
Your Right to Criticize: Revisiting New York Times v. Sullivan, With Attorney Justin Silverman
Thursday, March 6 | 11:00 pm - 12:30 pm
This deep dive into the New York Times v. Sullivan landmark decision that shaped press freedom as we know it explores how it protects journalists from libel claims, why that’s so important for free public debate, and why these protections may be under threat in today’s legal and political landscape. .
For more information and to register for Winter 2025 classes, visit the Nackey S. Loeb School of Communications website, loebschool.org/register. Pre-registration is required for all classes and space is limited.