FMA Annual Meeting
Port Royal II
10:00 – 10:55 am
Registration Desk Open
Thursday, Aug. 10
9:00 am – 6:00 pm
Friday, Aug. 11
7:00 am – 7:00 pm
Exhibit Hall Open
Thursday, Aug. 10
11:30 am – 7:15 pm
Friday, Aug. 11
7:30 am – 4:00 pm
Charlie Awards Gala
Vanderbilt I
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Advertiser Insights: Naples Convention & Visitors Bureau
Port Royal I
11:00 am – Noon
Speaker: Ed Caum, Deputy Director of Tourism and Sports, Collier County Government
Creative Excellence Awards Banquet
Vanderbilt II
7:00 – 9:00 pm
Reception
Vanderbilt III
6:00 – 7:00 pm
Advertiser Insights: Ulta Beauty
Port Royal I
4:00 – 5:00 pm
Speaker: Cheryl Sone, Media Director, Ulta Beauty
Advertiser Insights: Freedom Health
Port Royal I
2:45 – 3:30 pm
Speaker: Ricardo Cabrera, Business Development Manager, Freedom Health & Optimum HealthCare
McClatchy Partnership with Simpli.fi
Port Royal I
2:00 – 2:45 pm
McClatchy Partnership with Simpli.fi
Speaker: Matt Christiansen, Sales Director – Local Media Companies, Simpli.fi
Break
Vanderbilt II & III
3:30 – 4:00 pm
6 Revenue Ideas To Drive Huge Profits
Port Royal II
2:45 – 3:30 pm
Speaker: Ryan Dohrn, Founder, Brain Swell Media and Carolyn Klinger, VP Strategy, Intersect Media Solutions
Selling Traditional Media to Haters
Port Royal II
2:00 – 2:45 pm
Selling Traditional Media to Haters
Speaker: Ryan Dohrn, Founder, Brain Swell Media
Lunch with Exhibitors
Vanderbilt II & III
Noon – 2:00 pm
Better Weekly Contest Awards Lunch
Vanderbilt I
Noon – 2:00 pm
For a list of winners in random order, please click here. The final list of winners will be available at 3:00 pm on Friday, August 11, 2017. Tickets to the awards presentation and luncheon can be purchased for $65 ($75 after July 15). Register today!
Finding the Real Florida
Port Royal II
11:00 am – Noon
Speaker: Jeff Klinkenberg
Digital Transformation
Estuary II
11:00 am – Noon
How four metropolitan newsrooms have pivoted from print-centric to audience obsessed. A panel of top editors involved in the Knight-Lenfest Table Stakes Project share lessons learned.
Moderator and presenter: Aminda “Mindy” Marques Gonzalez, Executive Editor and senior VP for News, Miami Herald
Panelists:
Matt Karolian, Director of Audience Engagement, Boston Globe
Sandra Shea, Director, Strategic Partnerships, Philadelphia News Network and Editorial Page Editor, Daily News
Mike Wilson, Editor, Dallas Morning News
Digital for Fun and Profit
Estuary I
11:00 am – Noon
Using video to increase sales, provide engaging content and to grow your audience.
Speakers: Robert Lee, Sun Coast Media Group; Robin Lankton, Naples Daily News; Michelle Mitchell, Sarasota Herald-Tribune; Andy Blizzard, Palm Beach Post; Emily Walsh, Observer Media Group; Sarah Cooksey, Orlando Sentinel
The Business of Designing for your Magazine
Port Royal II
4:00 – 5:00 pm
The Business of Designing for your Magazine
Speaker: Hector Sanchez, Art Director, Atlanta, Boston, Cincinnati, Portland, etc. Magazines
The Pulitzer Prize
Estuary II
10:00 – 10:55 am
One team covered the worst mass shooting in modern history. Another was part of an unprecedented cross-continental collaboration. And one reporter worked on her own to uncover deceit in a new dining trend. A panel of Florida’s 2017 winners and finalists talk about delivering prize worthy journalism.
Moderator: Jennifer Orsi, Managing Editor, Tampa Bay Times
Panelists:
John Cutter, Managing Editor, the Orlando Sentinel – Pulse Nightclub Shooting, finalist, Pulitzer Prize, Breaking News
Nicholas Nehamas, investigative reporter, the Miami Herald – The Panama Papers, Winner, Pulitzer Prize, Explanatory
Laura Reiley, restaurant critic, Tampa Bay Times – Farm to Fable, finalist, Pulitzer Prize, Criticism
Meeting the Changing Needs of Local Advertisers
Estuary I
10:00 – 10:55 am
How you can provide your advertisers with the digital and social media tools they want and need to reach their audience.
Speakers: Dana Wardeh, Orlando Sentinel Media Group and Mark Nusbaum, Florida Times-Union
FNAME Business Meeting
Port Royal I
10:00 – 10:55 am
10:00 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.
Sponsor – Capitol Marketing
10:05 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
FNAME Business Meeting
Why Print Still Matters
Vanderbilt I
9:00 – 9:45 am
Speakers: David Dunn-Rankin, President, SCMG; Mark Nusbaum, President, Times-Union Media; Bruce Faulmann, VP Advertising & Marketing, Tampa Bay Times and Pason Gaddis, President & CEO, Florida Weekly
Round-table discussions
Vanderbilt I
8:00 – 8:45 am
Meet with advertisers and speakers for three 20 minute round-table discussions
Round Table Topics
Advertiser insights: Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc.
Elissa Moran, Outreach Manager, Florida Telecommunications Relay, Inc.
Advertiser insights: Florida Medical Hearing Centers
Paul Campoamor, President and Co-Founder, Florida Medical Hearing Centers
Weekly Newspaper Idea Exchange
Dan Autrey, Publisher & President, Tampa Bay Newspapers
Daily Newspaper Idea Exchange
Joe DeLuca, Vice President and Tampa Publisher, Tampa Bay Times
Magazine Idea Exchange
Jaime Mark, Chief Creative Officer, Akers Media Group
Ad Directors Idea Exchange
Kelly Spamer, National Advertising Manager, Tampa Bay Times
Editors Idea Exchange
Aminda Marqués Gonzalez, Executive Editor & Vice President, Miami Herald
Breakfast Buffet
Vanderbilt II & III
7:00 – 9:00 am