Quincy Marriott, 1000 Marriott Dr., Quincy, Ma 02169
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Steve Yelvington will be the keynote
speaker for NENMA’s Fall 2007 meeting on Oct. 24 at the Quincy, Mass., Marriot
(Download
Registration Form and mail or FAX to NENA offices). Steve’s talk will focus
on how newspapers begin to shift from being simply providers of information to
being builders of communities. For Steve, the challenge is energizing and
empowering communities: "I'm advocating that we incite the population to take
control of its own destiny."| And speaking of Social Networking... |
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Please forward this invitation to anyone you think would benefit from the day's programming! Also, feel free to forward this to any vendor you think might want to participate! And finally, for a first-hand taste experience of digital social networking, don't forget to check out the NENMA group on Facebook! |
8:00 - 9:00 Coffee and networking.
9:00 – 9:30 Welcome and introduction.
9:30 - 10:45 Fostering Community Online: Everybody's jumping into the community publishing game in ways small and large. Let's catch our breath and examine what has worked and what hasn't, get tips and advice from those in the trenches, and brainstorm some ideas to help us all.
11:00 - 12:15 Tracking Trends in Web Metrics: From the survival of the unique visitor to the potential demise of the page view and the efforts to measure total readership and market reach, how can we count our readers better?
12:30 - 2:00 Lunch.
1:00 - 2:00 Steve Yelvington will be the keynote speaker for NENMA’s Fall 2007 meeting. Steve’s talk will focus on how newspapers begin to shift from being simply providers of information to being builders or communities. For Steve, the challenge is energizing and empowering communities: "I’m advocating that we incite the population to take control of its own destiny." Steve is the principal strategist for Morris DigitalWorks. He currently concentrates on innovation processes and longterm strategic thinking on behalf of Morris Communications, which owns newspapers, radio stations, magazines, book publishing, and other businesses across the USA and in Europe.
2:15 - 3:30 Social Networking, Practice, Theory and Newspaper Applications: First it was forums, then blogs, now tools are coming fast and furious – from Twitter to Facebook and hundreds of other groupware tools. Newspapers (and online newspaper executives) are adopting social networking tools like for business and personal use. But who’s really making it work and connecting with readers?
3:45 - 5:00 Digital Media Speed Dating: You’re all familiar with the speed dating concept. This year’s buzz sessions will be formatted just the same way. You have three minutes with a partner to give your elevator speech on the best idea your site executed during the past year, then your partner will give you his and you’ll both move on. This will be an exciting way to collect great ideas and network with new people!
FALL MEETING COST: The cost is $125 per person, or $99 each if two or more attend from one paper.
ROOMS: If you'd like to stay the night of the conference (and maybe attend the NENA conference the next day!), rooms can be had for a conference rate of $169 a night. For reservations call (866) 449-7387. Refer to New England Newspaper Association room block and use reference code NENR. Cut-off date for reservations: October 2.
GENERAL QUESTIONS: E-mail Ernesto Burden at eburden@nh.com or call (603) 594-6458.
Vendor participation is $199 per table. Vendors can contact Ron Welby at (860) 701-4423 or r.welby@theday.com or Shannon Dunnigan at (781) 433-6755 or sdunnigan@gatehousemedia.com.
If you know of a vendor who should be there, forward this email!