Courses (List)

PD Day Course List

Save the date for PD Day 2026 on Tuesday, December 8 beginning at 1PM ET / 10AM PT. Find online courses, downloadable resources, articles, podcasts, and more below, and start planning your PD Day 2026 schedule!

We continue to add to the catalog so check back frequently.

Courses

AI for Public Media: A Case Study with Connecticut Public

NETA

Track

Innovation, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Leadership, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Act Like a Leader, Think Like a Leader by Herminia Ibarra

Victory Strategies

Track

Leadership

Type

book

Course Details

After the Feed: AI and the Future of Community

NETA

Track

Innovation, Everyone

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Amplifying Outreach Through Ambassador Programs

NETA

Track

Education, Community Engagement

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Applied AI for Public Media: Marketing, Social, and Digital Strategy

NETA

Track

Innovation, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Broadcast Cybersecurity Precautions & Verification

Wayne Pacena, KAMU

Track

Cyber

Type

downloadable resources

Course Details

Building a Resilient Fundraising Portfolio

PBS

Track

Development & Fundraising, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing & Communications

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Collaborative Excellence

PBS

Track

Leadership

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Community-Powered Content: Integrating Engagement, Events, and Storytelling

NETA

Track

Content, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Contingency Planning Guidance & Template

ISACA

Track

Cyber

Type

downloadable resources

Course Details

Crafting What’s Next: Content Strategy Peer Exchange

NETA

Track

Content

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Creating Audience-First Digital Content

PBS

Track

Content, Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Creating Promos That Stick

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications, Content

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Creating a Thriving Digital Community

NETA

Track

Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Content, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Cultivate Your Creative Hustle While Making Media That Matters

NETA

Track

Innovation, Community Engagement, Content, Education, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Cyber Champions Learning Path - Essentials; Malware Defender; Mobile Defender

PBS

Track

Cyber

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Cybersecurity Trivia Twirl

Center for Development of Security Excellence

Track

Cyber, Everyone, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Content, Development & Fundraising, Education, Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Leadership, Newcomers

Type

game

Course Details

Data Breach Investigations Report - 2025

Verizon

Track

Cyber

Type

downloadable resources

Course Details

Data Governance

PBS

Track

Business Administration

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Data Storytelling: Translating Stories Into Numbers

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications, Content, Community Engagement, Education

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Data-Informed Decision Making

PBS

Track

Business Administration

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Designing Creative Organizations: The Five Dimensions Behind Sustainable Content Teams

NETA

Track

Content, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising, Education, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Digital Fundraising for Public Media

PBS

Track

Development & Fundraising

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Digital Safety Kit for Journalists

Committee to Protect Journalists

Track

Cyber, Everyone, Content, Newcomers

Type

article

Course Details

Education PLC Meetup: Hosting Interns and Work Study Students

NETA

Track

Education, Content, Community Engagement, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Election Coverage That Matters: Sharing News Strategies, Plans, & Lessons from the Field

NETA

Track

Content, Community Engagement, Education, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Elevating Community Voices: Building Station Partnerships with Independent Producers

NETA

Track

Content, Community Engagement

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

FBI Internet Crime Report - 2024

FBI

Track

Cyber

Type

downloadable resources

Course Details

Flash Sharing

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Fred Rogers Productions: Behind the Scenes

Fred Rogers Productions

Track

Education, Community Engagement, Content

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Fred Rogers Productions: Many Ways to Show You Care

Fred Rogers Productions

Track

Education, Community Engagement

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

From Silos to Synergy: Building Interdepartmental Workflows That Work

NETA

Track

Everyone, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Education, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Harnessing Resilience in the Face of Change

NETA

Track

Everyone, Leadership, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Education, Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

How NPR is Using AI

NETA

Track

Innovation, Content, Cyber, Leadership, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

How PBS News Innovates with Reddit

NETA

Track

Content, Community Engagement, Leadership, Innovation, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

How PBS can revive its pioneering spirit by embracing grassroots programming

Current

Track

Everyone

Type

article

Course Details

How Public Media Stations Are Building AI Policies

NETA

Track

Innovation, Content, Everyone, Leadership, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

How Successful People Think

John C. Maxwell

Track

Everyone, Leadership, Newcomers, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Education, Innovation, Marketing & Communications

Type

book

Course Details

Innovate With Current: The Secret History of Public Media

NETA

Track

Everyone, Leadership, Newcomers, Innovation, Community Engagement, Content, Education, Marketing & Communications, Development & Fundraising, Business Administration, Cyber

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Innovate With Current: Visions for Public Media’s Future

NETA

Track

Everyone, Leadership, Newcomers, Innovation, Community Engagement, Content, Education, Marketing & Communications, Development & Fundraising, Business Administration, Cyber

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Innovate with Current: Powering Public Media with Digital Revenue

NETA

Track

Innovation, Development & Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Leadership, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Innovate with Current: The Future of Public Media (2026)

NETA

Track

Innovation, Everyone, Community Engagement, Content, Development & Fundraising, Education, Leadership, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Introducing a Comedy Series About Cybersecurity

National Cyber Security Alliance

Track

Cyber, Everyone

Type

YouTube series

Course Details

Introducing the New, Improved Visual Cue Sheet

NETA

Track

Content, Business Administration

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Introduction to Effective Analytics Communications

PBS

Track

Business Administration

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Introduction to Project Planning

PBS

Track

Business Administration

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Journey to the C-Suite

NETA

Track

Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Key FCC Rules for Public Television

APTS

Track

Everyone, Content, Marketing & Communications, Development & Fundraising, Leadership, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Lean Teams, Bold Visions: Project Management in Public Media’s Uncertain Era

NETA

Track

Content, Community Engagement, Education, Innovation, Leadership, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Leaning Into Local: Celebrating Public Media's Community Impact

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Learning to Harness Uncertainty

NETA

Track

Innovation, Everyone, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Education, Leadership, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

M+R Benchmarks Study 2025

M+R

Track

Marketing & Communications, Development & Fundraising, Leadership

Type

downloadable resources

Course Details

M+R Benchmarks Study Webinar 2025

M+R

Track

Marketing & Communications, Development & Fundraising, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

MarCom PLC Meetup: Image & Value Messaging

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications, Content, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Marketing Efficiencies That Increase Impact

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement, Content, Innovation, Newcomers, Development & Fundraising

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Metadata Essentials: Unlocked

PBS

Track

Business Administration, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Education, Marketing & Communications

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Monetizing Station Content: Practical Strategies, Real Examples, & Replicable Ideas

NETA

Track

Content, Development & Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Leadership, Innovation

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Monetizing Within our Mission: Rethinking Revenue in Public Media

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement, Content, Development & Fundraising

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

More Working it Out With the Wombats!

NETA, GBH

Track

Education, Community Engagement

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Myths & Truths of Working With Influencers

NETA

Track

Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement, Content, Development & Fundraising, Education, Newcomers, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

NETA Webinar Archive

NETA

Track

Everyone, Community Engagement, Content, Education, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

PBS Standards & Practices

PBS

Track

Everyone, Content, Development & Fundraising, Education, Marketing & Communications, Leadership, Newcomers, Business Administration, Community Engagement

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Powwow Bound: Co-Creating Through Culture and Play

NETA

Track

Innovation, Education, Community Engagement, Content

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Predictions for Journalism, 2025: Public Media Reconciles its Past With the Present

Nieman Lab

Track

Everyone, Leadership, Content, Innovation, Newcomers

Type

article

Course Details

Protecting Your Backups From Ransomware

Defense In Depth Podcast: CISO Series

Track

Cyber

Type

podcast

Course Details

Public Media 101 for NETA Members

NETA

Track

Everyone, Newcomers

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Public Media 101 for Non-Members

NETA

Track

Newcomers, Everyone

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Public Media Innovators Weekly Newsletter

NETA

Track

Innovation, Everyone, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Education, Leadership, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers, Business Administration

Type

article

Course Details

Public Media, Music Copyrights, and You

NETA

Track

Content, Marketing & Communications

Type

downloadable resources

Course Details

Rights & Clearances 101

NETA

Track

Content, Newcomers

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

SEO + AI: Best Practices for 2026

NETA

Track

Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Development & Fundraising

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Security Awareness Episodes by StaySafeOnline.org

National Cyber Security Alliance

Track

Cyber, Everyone

Type

YouTube series

Course Details

Serving Adult Learners

NETA

Track

Education, Community Engagement

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Seven Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey

Victory Strategies

Track

Leadership

Type

book

Course Details

Share Your PD Day Experience

NETA

Track

Everyone, Business Administration, Community Engagement, Content, Cyber, Development & Fundraising, Education, Leadership, Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Newcomers

Type

live

Course Details

Sharing Is Caring

NETA

Track

Education

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Sharing Your Story

NETA

Track

Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Spot the Troll

Clemson University

Track

Cyber, Everyone

Type

game

Course Details

Start With Why by Simon Sinek

Victory Strategies

Track

Leadership, Everyone

Type

book

Course Details

Steal This (AI)dea

NETA

Track

Everyone, Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Education, Community Engagement, Cyber, Content

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Steal This Idea

PBS

Track

Innovation, Content, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising, Marketing & Communications, Education

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Steal This Idea: A Peer Exchange of Replicable Station Innovations

NETA

Track

Content, Community Engagement, Marketing & Communications, Innovation

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Strategic Marketing Foundations

PBS

Track

Marketing & Communications, Community Engagement, Content, Development & Fundraising

Type

on-demand course

Course Details

Tech Specs: Making Your Media Broadcast-Ready

NETA

Track

Content, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

The 50+ Gaming Audience You’re Overlooking

NETA

Track

Innovation, Community Engagement, Content, Education, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

The Basics of Public Media for New Professionals

Greater Public

Track

Everyone, Newcomers

Type

website

Course Details

The Essential Wooden: A Lifetime of Lessons on Leaders and Leadership by John Wooden and Steve Jamison

Victory Strategies

Track

Leadership

Type

book

Course Details

The Five Dysfunctions of a Team by Patrick Lencioni

Victory Strategies

Track

Leadership

Type

book

Course Details

The Hardest Problems in Security Aren’t “Security Problems”

Defense In Depth Podcast: CISO Series

Track

Cyber

Type

podcast

Course Details

The Silver Generation - Our Most Valuable Asset

NETA

Track

Content, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising, Marketing & Communications

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Tour of PBS LearningMedia

PBS

Track

Education, Content

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Underwriting and Public Media: Keeping It Legal

NETA

Track

Development & Fundraising, Leadership

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

Unleashing Creativity & Applying Standards to Generative AI

NETA

Track

Everyone, Innovation, Marketing & Communications, Education, Content

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

WHYY Media Academy

WHYY

Track

Education, Content

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details

What's Working With Public Media Newsletters

NETA, Current

Track

Marketing & Communications, Innovation, Community Engagement, Development & Fundraising, Education

Type

recorded webinar or presentation

Course Details