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Issue and Crisis Management Certification

Get ready to enhance your skills in Issues and Crisis Management with ACE's comprehensive certification program in 2024! Here's what you need to know:

  Dates:

1️⃣ March 19, 2 p.m. CT: Issues Management and Risk Assessment

2️⃣ May 22, 2 p.m. CT: Crisis Communication

3️⃣ June 26: Post-Conference workshop at ACE in Salt Lake City


Learning Community: Leadership and Management

Coffee Chat: Leadership in Five Slides: Reporting Metrics

Thursday, April 11, 2024

2:00pm ET, 1:00pm CT, 12:00pm MT, 11:00am PT 

What gets measured gets done (or funded or recognized). What are you sharing with your leadership team to enhance understanding of your communications team’s efforts?  In five slides we’ll outline some thoughts on the need for reporting –what to count and how to share. Join Chris Vivian, Jerry Grasso, and Andrea Putman of the Leadership and Management Learning Community for a conversation about reporting.

Learning Community: Marketing and Social Media 

Coffee Chat: Exploring 2024 Social Media Trends

Thursday, April 25, 2024

2:00pm ET, 1:00pm CT, 12:00pm MT, 11:00am PT 

From emerging platforms to innovative content formats, social media is ever-evolving. Join us as we explore the latest trends in social media and discuss how it can be applied to our everyday work.




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