Special Fall Pricing (September 2026): Regularly $750 is now 50% off—$375. Enroll here (live online).
Special Fall Pricing (November 2026): Regularly $750 is now 50% off—$375. Enroll here (live online).
AI is transforming how we approach social media marketing. This practical, 2-hour course will guide you through the essentials of using AI to support your role in social media marketing, including research and planning, content creation, and reporting.
Whether you’re feeling overwhelmed by new tools or curious about how to work smarter, not harder, this session will help you confidently integrate AI into your social media role.
We will look at a range of AI tools, including ChatGPT, Claude, Lately, Descript, Meta AI, and more.
By the end of this session, you’ll walk away with a clear understanding of how AI can support every stage of your social media workflow. You’ll learn how to speed up content calendar creation, generate fresh ideas, and structure campaigns using AI prompts that reflect your brand voice. When it comes to content creation, you’ll gain practical tips on writing engaging captions, adapting tone of voice, and repurposing content efficiently with AI support — all while keeping your human creativity at the core. You’ll also discover tools to generate on-brand images and short-form videos in minutes. Finally, we’ll show you how to automate your reporting and extract meaningful insights from your analytics, so you’re not just measuring what happened, but understanding what to do next.
You’ll leave equipped with tools and takeaways you can start using immediately, whether you’re building your next campaign or reviewing the last one.
Can’t Attend Live? No Problem!
Even if you miss the live workshop, you’ll still get everything:
All materials are emailed to registered attendees within 24 hours after the live session ends.
Key Takeaways:
In this course, you will learn how to:
How to Convince Your Boss Why You Should Take this Class:
Boost Efficiency and ROI:
This course will show me how to utilize AI tools to streamline content planning, creation, and reporting, saving time and improving results without increasing the budget.
Make Smarter, Data-Driven Decisions:
Learn how to use AI-powered analytics to uncover deeper insights from your social media performance, helping refine your strategy based on what’s actually working.
Immediate, Practical Takeaways:
The course is only 2 hours and packed with actionable tips you can implement straight away to enhance how you use social media for your organization.
The Presentations:
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Who Is This Course For?
The Presenter:

Luan Wise teaches the Linked Advertising, Instagram, and AI Essentials for Social Media Bootcamp at the Direct Marketing Association of Northern California.
Luan Wise is a chartered marketer and fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing with over 25 years of experience in agency, client-side, and consultancy roles working across sectors including B2B and B2C professional services, higher education, manufacturing, learning & development, not-for-profit, and more. She is a course instructor for LinkedIn Learning, an accredited lead trainer for Meta, and a coach for Google’s Digital Garage initiative.
Luan is a visiting fellow at the University of South Wales (UK) and regularly delivers guest lectures at university business schools. She also speaks at leading industry conferences, such as the Global Marketing Summit.
Luan is the author of the award-winning book ‘Relax! It’s Only Social Media’, and has recently published ‘Planning for Success: A practical guide to setting and achieving your social media marketing goals,’ featuring research conducted in collaboration with Warwick Business School, University of Warwick (UK).
For further information about Luan, visit www.luanwise.co.uk or social media profiles: linkedin.com/in/luanwise | twitter.com/luanwise | instagram.com/luanwise | facebook.com/luanwise | tiktok.com/@luanwise
If you are not sure how AI fits into your marketing role, this session breaks it out in a practical way. You’ll leave feeling more comfortable and inspired to explore and use AI tools.
I highly recommend the workshops by DMANC. Fanstastic instructors who are willing to answer your questions and explain past what is on the slides.

1-Module Course.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.
1-Module Course.
Tuesday, November 17, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST.
Special Fall-1 Pricing: Regularly $1,200 is now 50% off—$600. Enroll Here.
Special Fall-2 Pricing: Regularly $1,200 is now 50% off—$600. Enroll Here.
We all understand just how fast the marketing landscape is changing. Not only in terms of the advance of AI, but also with the rise of first-party data, the omnichannel experience, and the explosion in short-form social content.
All these developments have an impact on copywriting, with demand for increased personalization, effective story-telling and high-impact messaging across email, ads, social posts, video scripts and the web.
In this three-part copywriting Masterclass, you’ll be introduced to the essential principles of copywriting for digital and advertising channels. You’ll also explore the role that good copy plays in influencing behaviors and driving purchases, while learning about real-world case studies that demonstrate the impact of copywriting on marketing and business success.
You’ll come away with a greater feeling of confidence and a desire to experiment. Whether you’re using AI to help with the process or creating the content from scratch, you’ll also have useful tips and techniques you can apply in your day-to-day work.
The course covers the role that tone of voice plays in cultivating a unique brand identity and how writers can adapt content and messaging to specific audiences. You will have the opportunity to take part in discussion with other participants, while trying your hand at practical exercises and receiving constructive commentary and critique. With a limit of just 15 participants for the course, you can share your own ideas in the interactive session online and get live feedback from your instructor Phil Woodford.
In Part 1, you’ll focus on the briefing process, which is so important for strategic alignment and effective collaboration with colleagues across the business. You’ll then look at fundamental rules for writing. Before the end of Session 1, you’ll be assigned a small exercise to complete before Session 2—creating headlines for digital advertising. There’s an opportunity to consider the close relationship between words and imagery.
After a review of the headline-writing exercise and tips for best practice, Part 2 is centered around audience and tone of voice, exploring website copy for both B2C and B2B environments. What are the steps towards establishing a clear and consistent brand voice that lie behind a cohesive content strategy?
The Masterclass concludes in Part 3, with advice on writing longer-form web copy, email, social content and video scripting.
Can’t Attend Live? No Problem!
Even if you miss the live workshop, you’ll still get everything:
All materials are emailed to registered attendees within 24 hours after the live session ends.
Description:
Good copy is built around an effective briefing process, along with clear rules and principles. In this session, you’ll learn how to approach the writing task and gain tips on best practices.
After drawing up a checklist to guide you in your marketing copy and exploring some of the psychological techniques used in the process of persuasion, you’ll be challenged with a short practical exercise before the next session; you’ll have to write some digital advertising headlines. How can we make them stand out in a world where people’s attention spans are diminished, and everyone is confronted by an increasing volume of messages?
Key Takeaways:
Description:
Copy is usually stronger when it is written for a specific audience—making use of segmented data and effective targeting. After reviewing and discussing the short-form copywriting exercise briefed at the end of Module 1, we’ll move on to look at the use of personas in marketing communication and the way in which writers adapt their copy to different readers, reflecting their aspirations and motivations.
There will also be an opportunity to examine tone of voice in shaping the perception of the brand and to observe some of the devices writers use to establish a rapport with an audience. Your instructor will encourage you to explore website content during the session, drawing conclusions about the strategies of the writer and their understanding of the reader.
Key Takeaways:
Description:
In this final session, you’ll have the chance to explore some of the rules that surround today’s digital writing—whether it’s the pressure to impress search engines, the science of usability and user experience, or the need to engage people instantly in a world of diminishing attention. You’ll also look at some of the techniques that create more successful emails and different approaches to video content, including strategies for short-form videos on social platforms.
You’ll be shown the way in which story-telling principles can be applied by copywriters, particularly in longer pieces of online content such as articles, blogs, case studies, and thought leadership.
Key Takeaways:
How to Convince Your Boss Why You Should Take this Class:
Greater confidence: You’ll come out of the course with a more detailed understanding of the copywriter’s role and craft skills, allowing you to work more efficiently and effectively to meet the marketing objectives of your business.
Greater competence: You’ll learn rules for copywriting best practices and be more aware of some of the potential pitfalls to avoid, leading to fewer errors.
Greater understanding: You’ll explore the way copy works across different media and platforms, helping you to craft words that are more appropriate and engaging for your integrated marketing communications strategy. You’ll create more effective social posts, emails, web pages, and video scripts.
Greater cut-through: You’ll experiment with headline-writing techniques and examine the close interrelationship between words and images, leading to more impact with ads and social posts.
Greater adventurousness: You’ll be happier to experiment and try new approaches to copy, which may open up opportunities for more effective and impactful communication.
The Presentations:
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Who is the course for?
Marketing professionals at a range of levels and those working in communications, design and related fields.
The Presenter:

Phil started his career organizing and marketing international conferences for an engineering institute in London, England, before pursuing a career as a copywriter. He became an agency creative director and subsequently embarked on a freelance career, in which he works as a writer, trainer, consultant and lecturer. His current clients are based in the UK, France, Italy and the USA.
Website: www.herecomesthecavalry.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/phil-woodford-9160421/
The presenter, Phil Woodford was knowledgeable and proficient in his craft of copywriting. He posed great questions for feedback and collaboration. He always had valuable insights. The insight from the group was also beneficial. Phil’s voice was also an asset to this being an online course. He was easy to listen to and had an engaging speaking voice. I learned a lot from this course. Thank you. eneuman

Module 1: Essential rules for writing and techniques for engaging the reader.
Tuesday, Oct 06, 2026
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT.
Module 2: Audience and tone of voice.
Tuesday, Oct 20, 2026
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT.
Module 3: Writing for different media and channels.
Tuesday, Oct 27, 2026
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PDT.
Module 1: Essential rules for writing and techniques for engaging the reader.
Tuesday, Dec 01, 2026
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST.
Module 2: Audience and tone of voice.
Tuesday, Dec 08, 2026
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST.
Module 3: Writing for different media and channels.
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2026
from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. PST.
Special Fall-1 Pricing: Regularly $1,400 is now 50% off—$700. Enroll here.
Special Fall-2 Pricing: Regularly $1,400 is now 50% off—$700. Enroll here.
Introduction:
Video continues to be the most engaging and influential format in digital marketing. Short-form content now shapes brand discovery, builds audience loyalty, and drives measurable results across platforms like TikTok, Instagram, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
Creating video content for social media can be enjoyable and rewarding. But if you’re a marketing manager, social media manager, graphic designer, or other marketing professional who doesn’t have dedicated video training, it can be challenging, too. Do you need a new camera? Can you use a smartphone? What are you supposed to do in pre-production? What software is best for editing? How and where do you post your finished product?
While new tools, including AI, have entered the space, the foundation of impactful video has not changed: strong ideas, thoughtful storytelling, and a clear creative vision. Technology can support the process, but creativity remains human. If you’ve got a lot of time, not much else on your plate, and are willing to wade through a ton of YouTube videos to find the ones with useful advice, you can try to figure it out on your own. But if you’d like to get to the good stuff faster and more efficiently, this is the course for you.
Award-winning film educator Sa-Ra Zwarteveen has created this four-module Masterclass specifically for marketing pros. You’ll skip the trial and error and get expert, step-by-step guidance, training, and instructions while exploring how certain AI tools may assist with time-consuming steps like auto-captions. You’ll practice, too, and get expert feedback while you plan, shoot, and edit short-form videos during this interactive course. By the time you finish, you’ll have the knowledge, skills, and confidence you need to produce professional videos for your social media and marketing content needs.
Module 1 of this course will cover the role and importance of video in social media and marketing, video content strategies, visual storytelling, and how to plan a video.
Module 2 will focus on technical aspects of video production, whether on your smartphone, tablet, or DSLR/Mirrorless camera.
Module 3 will help you gain editing skills in Adobe Premiere Pro for your laptop and CapCut for your smartphone or tablet.
Module 4 will cover the last stage of the video process: distribution and sharing your video with the audience you want to reach.
Key Takeaways
Video Editing Software We’ll Be Using in This Masterclass:
We strongly recommend that you download the following software before the start of the workshops, as this is what the demos will be focused on:
Flexibility to Fit Your Schedule:
Can’t make it to the live sessions? No problem. You’ll receive the masterclass recordings, workbooks, and supplementary materials after each session so you can catch up, revisit the material, or reinforce what you learned.
Description:
The first step in making a short-form video for social media and marketing is to understand how social platforms prioritize video and how audiences consume content on different platforms. This will then help you with the next stage in the video-making process: pre-production. Translating your idea and written copy to video requires an understanding of video terminology, language, and grammar: what can a close-up convey? And how can you make your audience relate to the message in your video? In this module, you will learn about the different aspects of visual storytelling and put this knowledge into practice by starting pre-production for a marketing video.
Key Takeaways:
Description:
Once the plan for your short video is finalized, you can start on the production stage of your video-making process. This is when you would shoot all the footage that you need to tell your story coherently. In this module, you will learn how you can elevate your video and make your footage look polished and intentional, no matter your equipment, by understanding and practicing technical aspects of your camera, as well as understanding how to set your lighting and record sound professionally. During this module and before the next module, you will shoot your own footage that you planned in the previous module.
Key Takeaways:
Description:
After shooting all the footage for your video, you will progress to the next stage of the video-making process: post-production. It is important to edit your footage into a coherent story and ensure the message you want to convey is clear. In this module, you will learn about professional editing workflow and fundamental editing principles by editing the video you shot in the previous module. Adding titles and graphics, editing sound, and correcting color can elevate your video and make it stand out on social media. During this module and before the next module, you will edit your footage into a short marketing piece and receive feedback on your edit during the next module.
Key Takeaways:
Description:
The last stage of the video-making process is distribution: this is where you will share your video with the audience you want to reach. You will gain an understanding of the different social media platforms and what the audience’s expectations are for videos on each platform. You will also learn how to repurpose footage for landscape (horizontal) and portrait (vertical) videos to suit the social media platform. We will also look ahead to the future and discuss tips and trends in video marketing. In the last module, you will share your work and receive feedback from the course instructor.
Key Takeaways:
How to Convince Your Boss Why You Should Take this Class:
The Presentations:
Download Material:
Who is the course for?
Marketing professionals at a range of levels and those working in social media, communications, design, and related fields.
The Presenter:

Sa-Ra Zwarteveen teaches the Video Production for Social Media Masterclass for the Direct Marketing Association of Northern California.
Sa-Ra is an award-winning film educator and specialist in digital media, culture, and education. She works as a film educator and education programs coordinator at the British Film Institute. Sa-Ra also works as a lecturer at University College London, teaching film production to undergraduate and postgraduate students at the Institute of Education.
Her previous experience includes working at the Stedelijk Museum and EYE Filmmuseum in Amsterdam, where she programmed and delivered engagement and education events. Recent film education projects include the Chartered Institute of Marketing, London Film School, Cambridge University, Durham University, England and Wales Cricket Board, the Singaporean Government, and the Saudi Film Council.
Sa-Ra has extensive experience providing digital marketing and filmmaking courses for professionals in the UK and internationally. She is dedicated to film education and visual literacy as a discipline that can empower and drive creative experience.
Social media: www.linkedin.com/in/sarazwarteveen.
Sa-Ra was incredibly knowledgeable and professional in her presentation. She articulated everything in a way that was easy to follow and understand, and engaged with the class to make all participants feel welcomed.

Great workshop that can be applied to many different roles.

The first module of Video Production for Social Media was very informative and the 2-hour class flew by. Excellent instructor.

I am excited about the Video Production for Social Media Masterclass. Sa-Ra is doing a great job with explanations and examples of the concepts that she is teaching. The Types of Videos, Filmmaking Stages, and Film Language topics are covered well and are exciting to learn about.

Sa-Ra did a fabulous job breaking down really complex subjects about filmmaking and video content strategy!

This course does a great job introducing step by step of filming and social media.

Module 1: Video Marketing Strategies, Introduction to Filmmaking, and Pre-production.
Wednesday, September 23, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Module 2: Shooting on your smartphone or DSLR/Mirrorless camera.
Wednesday, September 30, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Module 3: Editing your video and exporting for social media.
Wednesday, October 7, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Module 4: Distribution, tips, and trends in video marketing.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PDT.
Module 1: Video Marketing Strategies, Introduction to Filmmaking, and Pre-production.
Wednesday, November 18, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST.
Module 2: Shooting on your smartphone or DSLR/Mirrorless camera.
Wednesday, December 2, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST.
Module 3: Editing your video and exporting for social media.
Wednesday, December 9, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST.
Module 4: Distribution, tips, and trends in video marketing.
Wednesday, December 16, 2026, from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. PST.


