The Business of Me: Self-guided training

By Cassandra Nicholson on Jul 31, 2012 in Career tips, Entrepreneurs, Self-guided training, Selling yourself, Social media/community, Tools/tech, Training Archives

The pre-UNITY Convention workshop, “The Business of Me,” was originally held Aug. 1, 2012.

Mark S. Luckie, Twitter’s creative content manager for journalism and the media, offers tips for professional branding and marketing, pitching ideas, as well as financial and time management.

Learn five key action items to advance your career as an entrepreneur.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

How to:

Turn your idea into a business
Brand yourself and project your worth
Pitch your idea
Build a community of followers
Find funding
Manage your time and finances

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Mark S. Luckie is Twitter’s creative content manager for journalism and the media. He left a position as the social media editor for The Washington Post in 2012. He founded the 10,000 Words blog in 2007 and sold it to Mediabistro in 2010.

SELF-GUIDED LESSON

Check out the resources below. At your own pace, you can walk through the self-guided lesson on professional and career management.

Session recordings
- The Business of Me: Part I
- The Business of Me: Part II
- The Business of Me: Part III
PowerPoint presentations
PowerPoints may be viewed at Slideshare.net, a free service that may require a log-in before downloading the presentation.
- The Business of Me
Instructor
Mark S. Luckie is Twitter’s creative content manager for journalism and the media. He is an experienced journalism trainer and also the author of The Digital Journalist’s Handbook.
Additional resources
- The Business of Me - Resources (PDF)

About the Author

Cassandra Nicholson is responsible for organizing Webinar/workshop registrations and materials. She assists in the marketing of free training events and works directly with attendees and presenters.