Welcome to Patch!

Day 1

Creating on Patch  

Part 1: 

Dive into the CMS and learn how to post on Patch. 

Part 2: 

Recap of morning session and photo basics. 

Day 2

Driving Traffic 

Part 1: 

Learn about newsletters, news alerts and the "super pinner."

Part 2: 

Using the pinner on your own.

Day 3

Photos and content gathering 

Part 1: 

Photo breakout session with David Allen.

Part 2: 

Using aggregation on Patch and SEO best practices.

Day 4

Diving Deeper

Part 1:

Aggregation review and skills recap.

Part 2: 

Headline options in the CMS and how/when to use them.

Day 5

Optimizing your content

Breaking News breakout session.

Day 6

Editor Essentials i  

Part 1: 

A 2-hour window that's blocked out on your calendar to work on getting through some self-guided training.  Please use this time as directed, and focus exclusively on working through the training.

Part 2: 

Social media breakout session.

Day 7

Editor Essentials II 

Part 1:

Another 2-hour window for you to work through self-guided training.  Take advantage of it!

Part 2: 

The final official Patch Training session, which covers a variety of odds and ends, called "everything but the kitchen sink."