2010 Seminar Agenda

Information Needs of Communities in a Democracy

March 1, 2010

10 a.m. – Welcome

10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.

Plenary Session: The Changing News Ecosystem

  • Speakers: Eric Newton, Vice President/Journalism – Knight Foundation
  • Terry Mazany, President and CEO, The Chicago Community Trust

11:45 a.m. – Noon - BREAK

Noon: Luncheon

  • Introduction: Paul Grogan, CEO, The Boston Foundation
  • Keynote Speaker: Bob Schieffer, Chief Washington Correspondent, CBS News

BREAK – 1:30 – 1:45 p.m.

1:45 - 3:30 p.m. Breakout Sessions – First Round

BREAKOUT SESSIONS:

1. New models for professional journalism:

Explore how journalism professionals are providing community news through non-profit news organizations and other new structures going beyond traditional media of daily newspapers and local broadcasting.

  • Facilitator: Anders Gyllenhaal, Executive Editor, The Miami Herald
  • Scribe: LuAnn Lovlin, The Winnipeg Foundation

2. Citizen and volunteer journalism

Learn how community residents are taking journalism into their own hands by starting web sites, blogs and other new forms of digital media.

  • Facilitator: Susan Mernit, Consultant/Entrepreneur
  • Scribe: Roberta King, Grand Rapids Foundation

3. Universal digital access: building the new public square

Provide access and engage your community members in open debates and discussions around important local issues. Explore how to ensure that all segments of the community are included and comfortable with new tools for community conversations.

  • Facilitator: Kim Marcille Romaner, Founder, Possibilities Amplified, Inc.
  • Scribe: Heidi Williamson, Berks County Community Foundation

4. Government web sites, libraries and other nonprofit hubs

Develop partnerships with local institutions that already are information providers but simply aren’t engaging enough people to have real impact.

  • Facilitator: Jerry Wareham, President & CEO WVIZ/PBS & 90.3 WCPN ideastream
  • Scribe: Carolyn Torgersen, Community Foundation of the Lowcountry

5. Information as a catalyst for action

Go beyond the information itself to see how and why people and communities engage with it to accomplish things.

  • Facilitator: Carolyn Lukensmeyer, Founder and President, AmericaSpeaks
  • Scribe: Nancy Jones, Community Foundation of Broward County

6. Mapping and understanding your community’s media ecosystem

Do you really know what you need to know to start new media projects in your community? Here’s a tour of the many different “media plants and animals” that make up a news ecosystem.

  • Facilitator: Esther Thorson, University of Missouri School of Journalism
  • Scribe: Megan Brownell, Arizona Foundation

7. News literacy, media literacy, digital literacy, civic literacy

How improvements in education and training are at the heart of increasing public demand for both excellent journalism and civic engagement.

  • Facilitator: Diana Mitsu Klos, Sr. Project Director, American Society of News Editors
  • Scribe: Susan Knudten, Rose Community Foundation

8. Broadening your pool of donors and ideas to include the information arena

Using masterful sales tools and techniques learn how to expand your organization’s potential in the information arena.

  • Facilitator: Dirk Beveridge, President, 4thGeneration Systems
  • Scribe: Anna-Marie Rooney, The San Diego Foundation

BREAK – 3:30 – 3:45 p.m.

3:45 – 5:30 p.m. Plenary Session

“Staying Current and on Top of the Future”

BREAK – 5:30- 6:30 p.m.

6:30 – 9:00 p.m. RECEPTION & DINNER

Dinner Panel: “Gaming for Engagement”

  • Moderator: Trabian Shorters, Vice President, Communities, Knight Foundation
  • Speakers: Jenna Dorn, CEO -National Academy of Public Administration
  • Frank Lantz, Co-Founder -Area/Code
  • Colleen Macklin, Associate Professor and Director – PETLab at Parsons, the New School for Design

March 2, 2010

Breakfast 7:30 - 8:30 a.m.

8:30 – 10:00 a.m. – Plenary Session

Developing Strength: Doing Something in Your Community

  • Moderator: Steve Gunderson, President and CEO – Council on Foundations
  • Speakers: Josie Heath, President, Community Foundation Serving Boulder County
  • Leslie Lilly, President and CEO, Community Foundation for Palm Beach and Martin County
  • JoAnn Turnquist, President, Central Carolina Community Foundation
  • Mayur Patel, Director, Strategic Assessment and Impact, Knight Foundation

BREAK – 10:00 – 10:15 a.m.

10:15 – Noon BREAKOUT SESSIONS – 2nd Round

BREAK Noon – 12:15 p.m.

12:15 – 2:00 p.m. Closing Luncheon