2001
Fall Professional
Development Conference
 Media Careers in
Flux
Oct.
19-21
Donald W. Reynolds Center for Enterprise
Development, University of Arkansas Campus, Fayetteville,
Arkansas
Click for:  Registration Conference Schedule Hotel Information
Join us for an exciting array of
speakers and discussions focusing on changes in
technology and how they affect media workplaces, time and
stress management, freelancing, book publishing,
organizational identity development, improving writing
skills and more.
Plus:
Silent Auction Free Massages Health Break Snack Sacks
New Web Site Demo Goody Bags
Free time to explore antique malls or candle factory
outlet
Optional trip to War Eagle Craft Fair on Sunday
Conference fee: $35
Non-members may apply the fee to the $66.50 membership
dues. Fee includes all meals except on Sunday during War
Eagle Mill trip.
Please register in advance.
Contact:
Debbie Miller, dmiller@nwaonline.net,
(501) 273-7600
Friday, Oct. 19
6:30-8:00 p.m. Reception at Bank of
Fayetteville, 1 S. Block St.
(northwest corner of Fayetteville Square)
Saturday, Oct. 20
8:00-8:30 a.m. Registration and continental
breakfast
8:30-9:00 a.m. Welcome from Patsy
Watkins, Chair, U of A Dept. of Journalism
9:00-9:45 a.m. Management Issues in the Workplace
10:00 -10:45 a.m. Concurrent sessions
(select one)
- Developing an Organizational Identity
- Improving Writing Skills
11:00-11:45 a.m. Concurrent sessions
(select one)
- Technology and the Newsroom
- Translating and Promoting Awareness of Research
12:00 -1:00 p.m. Lunch
1:00-1:15 p.m. Movement and exercise break
1:15-2:15 p.m. Stress Management
2:30-3:30 p.m. Concurrent sessions
(select one)
- Freelancing and Book Publishing
- Book Review: Combining Faith and Work
3:30 p.m. Conclude/health break
3:30-4:00 p.m. Business meeting
3:30-6:30 p.m. Free time/optional carpool
to Tontitown flea markets,
antique malls and candle factory outlet
6:30 p.m. Dinner at the home of Jennifer
Fulford, 1658 Hotz, Fayetteville
Sunday, Oct. 21
8:00 a.m. Meet at Sleep Inn for optional carpool to War
Eagle Craft Fair
Room reservation deadline: Oct.
10
Fayetteville Sleep Inn, (501) 587-8700, 728 Milsap Road
(off College Avenue, near bypass and Northwest Arkansas
Mall). Special rate is $99.95 per night and includes
continental breakfast. Mention Jennifer Fulford and APW
for special rate.
For those of you desperately unable to
afford those rates, let Jennifer know (home 501-443-4642
or jennysound@yahoo.com)
and we'll do our best to find a member willing to
accomodate you in their home. We want as many members as
possible to enjoy the fall leaves, good company and great
food.
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