Welcome to Collaboration U
A PMC Webinar Series on Sharing & Collaboration in Public Media
Interested in launching a public media collaborative or leveling up an existing partnership? Then our three-part webinar series “Collaboration U” is for you. Each one-hour session is designed for station and newsroom leaders, board members, and anyone thinking about how to share more, do more, and stretch further with the resources you have.
Sharing 101
How to Build a Collaborative
July 15 at 2:00pm ET
Join PMC Managing Director Alison Scholly and guest Kenya Young (President & CEO of Louisville Public Media) as we review the building blocks for starting a public media collaboration. In this session, you’ll:
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Understand the spectrum of collaborative options
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Apply a decision framework to your own situation
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Identify a realistic first step for your station(s)
You have more options than you think. Design the right model for your situation, start with a foundation of trust, and build with PMC tools that are free and easily accessible.
Sharing 201
The Secrets of Sharing — Lessons from PMC's Shared Services Research
July 22 at 2:00pm ET
In this session, PMC Director Rick Holter will reveal the key findings of our research into shared services. Six collaboratives, 60+ stations, four years of data — you’ll learn what consistently shows the most promise, what doesn’t, and how mini-collabs can unlock major efforts. After this session, you’ll:
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Understand the five potential shared services that rise to the top across collaboratives
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Recognize the friction points that show up everywhere (and how to design around them)
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See how collaborators across the country are turning survey findings into actual implementation
This session is for anyone seeking evidence-based strategies on how to start and scale a sustainable public media collaboration.
Sharing 301
Tales from the Collaborative Front — A Panel Discussion
July 29 at 2:00pm ET
Collaboration is messy, delicate, and balky at times — and the people who've done it would do it again. In our final session, you’ll hear from three public media leaders who've built or are currently building collaborations, including:
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The Texas Newsroom, expanding NPR’s first collaborative hub
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Rocky Mountain Community Radio, constructing a collaborative engineering service
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New England News Collaborative, launching multi-station task forces on digital innovation and engineering/traffic
