This Week in mb Courses

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EAST COAST
Tuesday
Financial Sanity for Everyone: How to save and invest on any income
The Grammar, Usage, and Style Tune-Up in Washington DC: focuses on the grammar, usage, and style issues that continue to trip up even the most seasoned editors.
Wednesday
How to Use Plot to Structure Your Fiction: The secrets of building and creating powerful storylines
12-Week Screenwriter: Start (and finish!) your screenplay in three months.
6-Week Copy Editor: Intermediate Level: focuses on sharpening essential skills and developing a more sophisticated copyediting sensibility.
How to Sell Articles About Sex & Relationships: This seminar will show you how to sell eye-opening stories about other people’s sex lives — and your own!
Thursday
The ABCs of Effective Public Relations: Break into the PR big leagues
WEST COAST
Wednesday
The mb One-Night Workshop: Pitch Clinic with Sally Lehrman in San Francisco: learn to package irresistible article ideas, target the right editors, follow-up intelligently and get multiple assignments.
Thursday
One-Night Workshop: How to Pitch to TV and Cable Networks: students will have the opportunity to practice their pitch and get an instant critique
Introduction to Microsoft Powerpoint in San Francisco: Learn the fundamentals of creating a slide show presentation
Friday
Create Great Presentations with Microsoft PowerPoint in San Francisco: Make your presentations pop with this intermediate-level course

Create a social media strategy, launch your campaign, and track the results in our Social Media Marketing Boot Camp starting February 16. The online event and workshop will feature speakers including The Onion's Baratunde Thurston (left), Facebook's Morin Oluwole, and bitly's Tim Devane. Register now.