CONFERENCES & TRAINING

BEYOND the Basics - Tentative Agenda

September 15-16, 2008, Hollywood, CA

 Monday, September 15

8:00a                 Welcome/Introductions

                          The Media Environment: “What You’re Up Against!”

                          Learning How to Think about Information

                          Audience Terms, Definitions and Tools

 10:20a               Audience Qualities

                           Forming the Right Question

                           Quarterly Maintenance – Part One: Using your Data

 12:00p                 Working Lunch

 1:00p                 Managing Interpersonal Relations

                           Airchecking – Stationality and What to Listen For

                                   Small Group Exercise (with audio)

3:20p                  The Process of Critique                               

5:30p                  Adjourn for the Day           

            

Tuesday,  September 16th

8:00a                  Quarterly Maintenance – Part Two: Using Your Data

9:50a                  Sharing Information –When, Why, with Whom and How

10:30a                Exercise: “Dream Schedule”

12:00pm                   Working Lunch (continue Dream Schedule)

1:30p                  Managing Up, Down and Sideways: Understanding and Communicating with Stakeholders

2:30p                  Making and Managing Change

When is it Time? 

                                    How to Plan for and Make Change                           

4:30p                  Discuss Other Issues that Arise in the Workshop / Questions and Comments

5:30p                  Adjourn