Networking And The New Media Landscape: 

Reporting News, Building Community, Making Money

The   Forum is organized around these three main tracks: 

1. News reporting (importance of craft, tools and techniques, strategies?) 

2. Building community / attracting an audience and strengthening networks on and offline

3. Making money - sources of funding

We want lots of participation and interaction, so the morning half of the program will feature a few short keynote talks, and lots of very short (5 minute) "show and tell" presentations. The afternoon will combine scheduled workshops with self-organized breakout sessions - bring your ideas. And there will be lots of time to network between scheduled events. 

Keynotes and speakers:

Here's our list of presenters - so far - but we have room for a few more:

(Scroll down to add your ideas).

• Wade Beavers, DoApps: "Mobile News - Accessing and contributing wherever and whenever"
• John Daenzer, Director of New Media at WCCO-TV / WCCO.com - "The Wire"
• Peter Fleck, PFHyper:  Going Hyperlocal: creating and sustaining hyperlocal news (Workshop)
  
• Mike Griffin, Macalester College: What's Happening With Media Reform
• Bob Ingrassia, Internet Broadcasting System: NewsBobber - a new Minnesota News Aggregator
• Rick Mahn, Social Media Breakfast MS:  online and offline communities and the benefits they bring.(Keynote)
• Julia Opoti, Laura Yuen, Zuhur Ahmed and Doug Mcgill: Media and Immigrants-- Developing relationships and networking with African immigrants in the Twin Cities and Greater Minnesota. (Workshop)
  
• Matt Peiken, 3 Minute Egg: "Go Independent, Go Video: How to conceive, launch and fund your own video blog." (Workshop)
  
• Justin Piehowski, Internet Broadcasting System: "How I Help TV Stations Make Money With Online Content
• Bruce Schneier: Blogging, the New Media, and the Generation Gap (Keynote)
  
• Ashley Schweitzer, Nonprofit Assistance Fund: The L3C Model for Funding Journalism
• Susannah Schouweiler and Andy Sturdevant of MnArtists.org: How New Media is Changing Arts Criticism (Workshop)
  
• David Skarjune, "Community Building in the Real and Online Worlds."
  
• Greg Snow, Perfect Porridge: Social Media 101: Strategies and Tools (Workshop)
  
• Matt Thompson, online community manager for the Knight Foundation: The media ecosystem in the Twin Cities - what I hope we are creating (Keynote)

  

Got a cool project or idea you want to present? (in five minutes or less...)

Just add your name, email address, and the title of your project, and a URL, if there is one. Or send an email to Ann Alquist, Ann@tcdailyplanet.net. When your topic is approved, you will be notified, and your idea will be added to the list above.

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Want to lead a workshop or breakout session? 

Same drill. Just add your name, email address and workshop idea below. Or send an email to Ann Alquist, Ann@tcdailyplanet.net. When your topic is approved, you will be notified, and your idea will be added to the list above.

 Workshops and breakout sessions will be scheduled for one-hour slots from 1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. 

Details on some of the presentations and workshops:

1. Social Media 101: Strategies and Tools:  Feel like you’re playing catch-up with the latest and greatest social media tools coming out each week? Struggling with applicable social marketing strategies for your organization and its publics?  Wondering why you should care if your Twitter friend is eating a ham sandwich? Join digital strategist Greg Swan for a foundational social marketing 101 presentation and discussion geared to arm you with the knowledge to experiment, utilize and master today’s social media tools for yourself, organization or employer.

Community Building Strategies - David Hedrick Skarjune, Online Community Builder, Windustry

Matt Peiken: "Video is Your Future!" Matt Peiken of 3-Minute Egg will show how he reinvented himself as a video journalist, illustrate why video skills make sense for you in today's media landscape and you can sustain yourself financially and creatively with a unique, local video blog.

  

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• Social Media 101: Strategies and Tools:  Feel like you’re playing catch-up with the latest and greatest social media tools coming out each week? Struggling with applicable social marketing strategies for your organization and its publics?  Wondering why you should care if your Twitter friend is eating a ham sandwich? Join digital strategist Greg Swan for a foundational social marketing 101 presentation and discussion geared to arm you with the knowledge to experiment, utilize and master today’s social media tools for yourself, organization or employer.

  Community Building Strategies: Crowdsourcing, Tribes, Netroots—What drives these new forms of online social networks? What do we need to know to make best use of social media to build community networks? We'll outline basics of network effects, social roles, and social capital; and consider strategies for community engagement and social participation.- David Hedrick Skarjune, Online Community Builder, Windustry

• Matt Peiken: I'm interested in leading a forum tentatively titled "Go Independent, Go Video: How to conceive, launch and fund your own video blog." It would use 3-Minute Egg as a base model and discussion about the openings, challenges and future for journalists who decide to strike out on their own.
  

• Going Hyperlocal Presentation & open discussion on creating and sustaining hyperlocal news including email forums, blogging, social networks, and new sites like buythechange.org and seeclickfix.com. - Peter Fleck, Manager, E-Democracy Seward Community Forum
  

This is the tentative schedule for the meeting. Once we have gathered session ideas and speakers start filling in the schedule closer to the date.