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Public Media Professional Development Day

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Join NETA and public media organizations across the country for PD Day 2025 on Tuesday, June 24 for three hours of national public media professional development, beginning at 1 PM ET / 10 AM PT. Making time for professional development is essential to stay current in your field, adapt to change, and remain competitive in today’s fast-paced environment. Investing in your skills and knowledge not only boosts your confidence and job performance but also opens doors to career advancement and new opportunities. Make your own professional growth a priority!

PD Day 2025 opportunities will include live sessions, on-demand courses, the best of NETA Webinar archives, recommended reading, and more! To help you start planning your schedule, we’ve collected some top opportunities organized by learning track. The full catalog of opportunities will be available in late May.

In preparation for PD Day, make sure you have a Public Media Learns account (and know how to sign in), and join relevant Peer Learning Communities. Contact publicmedialearns@netaonline.org if you need assistance. 


Opportunities by Learning Track

To help you start planning your schedule, we’ve collected some top opportunities organized by learning track. The full catalog of opportunities will be available in late May.

TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Data-Informed Decision Makingon-demandcourse$0Public Media Learns account
Introduction to Effective Analytics Communicationson-demandcourse$0Public Media Learns account
Introduction to Project Planningon-demandcourse$0Public Media Learns account
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Amplifying Outreach Through Ambassador Programson-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
Steal This (AI)deaon-demandwebinar$0 
Community Engagement: Sharing Your Storyon-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Tech Specs: Making Your Media Broadcast-Readyon-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
Unleashing Creativity and Applying Standards to Generative AIon-demandwebinar$0 
Underwriting & Public Media – Keeping It Legalon-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Contingency Planning Guidance & Template (cyber professionals)downloadable resourcePDF$0 
Protecting Your Backups From Ransomware (cyber professionals)on-demandpodcast$0 
Security Awareness Episodes by StaySafeOnline.org (everyone)on-demandYouTube series$0 
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Digital Fundraising for Public Mediaon-demandcourse$0Public Media Learns account
Underwriting & Public Media – Keeping It Legalon-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
Key FCC Rules for Public Televisionon-demandwebinar$0APTS Membership, PBS Hub access
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Amplifying Outreach Through Ambassador Programson-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
Tour of PBS LearningMediaon-demandvideo$0 
Sharing Is Caringon-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Journey to the C-Suiteon-demandrecorded presentation$0 
Collaborative Excellenceon-demandcourse$0Public Media Learns account
Innovate with Current: Visions for Public Media’s Futureon-demandwebinar$0 
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Public Media 101: NETA Memberson-demandcourse$100PML account; NETA membership
Public Media 101: non-memberson-demandcourse$550Public Media Learns account
PBS Standards & Practiceson-demandcourse$0Public Media Learns account
The Basics of Public Media for New Professionalson-demandwebsite$0 
TitleTypeMediaCostAccess
Flash Sharingon-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
Data Storytelling: Translating Stories Into Numberson-demandwebinar$0Public Media Learns account
2025 M+R Benchmarks & webinaron-demandPDF & webinar$0 

Thank you to our PD Day 2025 partners!