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Tentative Command Assignments

Thursday, March 8
10:00              MACPA Board Meeting
12:00              Lunch
3:00 – 7:00    MACnet Board Meeting
7:00 pm         Executive Boards Dinner

Friday, March 9
7:00 am         Registration Opens
7:00 am         Breakfast
7:00 – 9:00    Associate Member Set-up
8:00 am         Opening Session
8:30 am          Advanced InDesign Tips & Tricks with Kevin Slimp
8:30 am          Multimedia Master Class with Mike Blinder
10:00 am        Neutral Zone
10:15 am         Photo Editing and Color Correction Tips to Increase
the Quality of Your Publications with Kevin Slimp
10:15 am          Multimedia Master Class with Mike Blinder     
12:00 pm         Associate Member Luncheon & Keynote Speaker, Kevin Slimp
in Preparing Your Newspaper for the Future
1:00 pm           8 Quick Ways to Generate Revenue on Newspaper Websites with Kevin Slimp
1:00 pm           Multimedia Master Class with Mike Blinder
2:45 – 3:30      Associate Member Meet & Greet
3:45 pm          General Membership Meeting & Election
6:00 pm         Associate Member Hospitality
7:00 pm         Presidential Dinner & Entertainment

Saturday, March 10
7:00 am         Registration Opens
7:00 am         Breakfast
8:00 am         Team Building Star Trek CCSI with L J Fecho
10:30 am        Neutral Zone
10:45 – 11:45   Sales Track  – Managing Expectations
10:45 – 11:45   Sales Manager Track – Improving Your Team’s Closing Ratio
10:45 – 11:45   Publisher Track – Your Government and You with Jim Haigh 
12:00 pm         Lunch and Ad, Editorial & Website Awards
1:30 – 2:30      Sales Track – Customer Profiling
1:30 – 2:30      Sales Manager Track  – Creative Leadership for Managers, Supervisors & Team Leaders
1:30 – 2:30       Publishers Track – HR for Hire
2:45 – 3:45       Sales Track  – Social Networking
2:45 – 3:45      Sales Manager Track – Coaching and Mentoring
2:45 – 3:45       Publishers Session – Associate Member Roundtable
4:00 pm           Farewell & Kickoff for 2013 Conference
Details on the TLI Training and Publishers Sessions to follow at a later date.

FYI – Sunday Brunch will be on your own!