35th Annual Community Radio Conference

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Conference Schedule

Schedule of Events

Tuesday, June 8
9:00am - 5:00pm	NFCB Board Meeting
1:00pm - 5:00pm	CPB Meeting with African American Stations
6:00pm - 7:30pm	CPB Reception Honoring All Minority Stations
Wednesday, June 9
9:00am - 5:00pm	Intensive: Foundation Fundraising
9:00am - 5:00pm	Intensive: In the Midst of Building that Dream
9:00am - 10:30am	Joint meeting of Native American and Latino stations
10:30am - 5:00pm	Native American station meeting
10:30am - 5:00pm	First Annual Summit & Survey of Latino Public Radio
1:00pm - 5:00pm	Intensive: Developing Your Community Engagement Plan
4:00pm - 5:00pm	Meeting for Conference Newcomers
5:00pm - 5:30pm	Meeting for Workshop Presenters/Panelists
5:45pm - 7:00pm	Opening Reception, sponsored by Native Public Media and the Latino Public Radio Consortium
TBA	Organized dinner conversations
Thursday, June 10
7:00am - 8:00am	Yoga
7:30am - 8:45am	Breakfast
9:00am - 10:30am	Opening General Session Keynote by Maxie C. Jackson III, President & CEO of NFCB Remarks by Michael Eric Dyson, Professor, Author, and Radio Host
10:30am - 11:00am	Beverage Break sponsored by Lewis Kennedy Associates
11:00am - 12:30pm	Workshops Community Service Grants 101 Do-It-Yourself Audience Research Legal Issues in Broadcasting Successful Pledge Drives Professional Radio Interviewing Skills Audience Research: Practical Uses of Data from RRC Program Collaborations
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Lunch with FCC Commissioner Mignon Clyburn and Presentation of the Bader Award and the Volunteer of the Year Award
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Workshops Managing Program Change (3 hour workshop) CPB Compliance Exploring the Synergies between Community and Donor Relationships Build Your Own Public Media Camp Training Volunteers Writing for the Ear
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Beverage Break sponsored by Garvey Schubert Barer
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Workshops Managing Program Change (continued) Reading and Understanding Financial Statements Legal Update on Underwriting Issues Bilingual Journalism The Future of Music Online Success Stories: Great Websites, Great Communities
5:45pm - 6:45pm	Affiliates Meetings Radio Bilingüe Native Voice 1 Pacifica
5:45pm	LPRC Board Meeting
Friday, June 11
7:00am - 8:00am	Yoga
7:30am - 8:45am	Breakfast for Development Staff, sponsored by DEI Breakfast for Experienced Managers Breakfast for Everyone Else
9:00am - 10:30am	Workshops Making Program Change: Case Studies 1 Community Engagement 101 Love the Ones You’re With: Taking Care of the Donors You Have Creating Programs from Scratch Generating Revenue at Native and Latino Stations AMARC and Community Radio around the World
10:30am - 11:00am	Beverage Break
11:00am - 12:30pm	Plenary: The Future of Journalism
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Lunch sponsored by NPR
2:00pm - 3:30pm	Workshops Making Program Change: Case Studies 2 Stations Living Dangerously: Getting Started on Your Emergency Plan Legal Issues in Digital and Social Media Making Waves: Radio as an Anchor for Change Recruiting the Volunteers You Want Attack of the Mobile Apps!
3:30pm - 4:00pm	Beverage Break sponsored by Minnesota Public Radio
4:00pm - 5:30pm	Workshops New Horizons Funding News Speed Dating in a Social Media World 1 Let It Bleed: Veteran Producers Tell All Telling the Story of Change Media Reform/Media Democracy
6:30pm - ?	Reception at KFAI
Saturday, June 12
7:00am - 8:00am	Yoga
7:30am - 8:45am	NFCB Membership meeting and breakfast
9:00am - 2:00pm	Intensive: SAFER: Advancing Your Station’s Emergency Plan
9:00am - 10:30am	Workshops Public Media Technology Treasure Chest Best Practices in HR—Sharing among Managers What’s the Big Idea? Development Thinking Outside the Box Building A National Touring Network Model for Collaborationswith Local Radio and Musicians Getting the Board You Want
10:30am - 11:00am	Beverage Break
11:00am - 12:30pm	Workshops Professional Radio Interviewing Skills Adult Learning Styles: When Differences Matter Moving Donors to Mid-level Giving News and Public Affairs on a Small Budget Lend Us Your Ears: A Listening Session Speed Dating in a Social Media World 2
12:30pm - 2:00pm	Closing Lunch Closing Remarks by Amy Goodman, Host of Democracy Now!

NEW!
August 5, 2010
Job Opening: NFCB seeks AAPRS Project Manager
[Click here for information]

July 16, 2010
Support PTFP through letters and phone calls to legislators.
[Click here for information on the threats to PTFP]

July 12, 2010
NFCB receives CPB grant to provide services to African American stations.
[Click here to read the press release]

July 7, 2010
Maxie C Jackson III featured in this month's Media and Democracy Coalition newsletter
[Click here to read the newsletter]

July 7, 2010
NFCB members support threatened Radio Victoria in El Salvador.
[Click here to read the resolution]

July 6, 2010
NFCB and AMARC call on government officials to denounce attacks on media practitioners in the Americas.
[Click here to read the resolution]

June 14, 2010
National Black Programming Consortium announces the launch of the Public Media Corps in Wash. D.C.
[Click here to read the press release]

May 20, 2010
Democracy Now's Amy Goodman to give closing speech at NFCB conference
[Click here to read the press release]

May 8, 2010
NFCB files in the FCC's Future of Media Proceeding
[Click here to read the Testimony]

April 28, 2010
Maxie Jackson speaks at
FCC's non-commerical
media workshop on
Friday in Wash. DC.
[Click here to read press release]

February 24, 2010
NFCB files testimony
with the Senate in support
of PTFP for FY2011.
[Click here to read the Testimony]

February 4, 2010
More info on and registration for the 35th Annual Community Radio Conference is now available.
[Click here to Register Online]

February 3, 2010
The FCC established a Tribal Priority in broadcast licensing for Native America.
[Click here to read the press release]

November 16, 2009
Maxie C. Jackson III is NFCB's new President and CEO
[Click here to read press release]

NFCB and NPR announce the Station Action for Emergency Readiness (SAFER)
[Click here to read Press Release]

DEI-NFCB Collaboration
Website Now Launched
[Read the press release here]

Digital AudioCraft Available Now
[Click here]

Streaming Copyright Basics
from Melodie Virtue at
Garvey Schubert Barer
[Click here (121kb PDF)]

Results of the WMMT Audience Research Study
[Click here]

New Technologies,
New Music
If you missed NFCB's seminar series on independent music and digital platforms, we have all the content available now on demand.
[Click here to access all the files]

NFCB Participant Members covered by CPB Sound Exchange Agreement
CPB has reached an agreement with Sound Exchange around royalties for webcasters which covers NFCB participant members.
[Click here to learn more about this]

NFCB’s Strategic Plan
[Click here to view the Word document]

Basic Radio Station Website Strategies
See the PowerPoint presentation on listeners’ use of station websites and tips for designing yours.
[View Now]

Music Licensing Information
Includes fee schedules and links to licensing applications.

Check Your Indecency IQ
Attorney John Crigler of Garvey Schubert Barer has an indecency quiz. Take the quiz and see how much you know about current FCC indecency rulings. John has also written an indecency primer. Download and read the Primer.