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TPA Newspaper Leadership Retreat

TPA Newspaper Leadership Retreat—June 18-20, 2015

RESERVE A ROOM BY 5 P.M. JUNE 3 FOR GROUP RATE

Westin at the Domain 11301 Domain Drive, Austin, TX 78758

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Past Presidents Online Registration

 

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SCHEDULE 

THURSDAY JUNE 18
8:00 a.m. - Texas Newspaper Foundation Robert Burns Golf Tournament 
Location: Balcones Country Club, 8600 Balcones Club Drive, Austin
Noon - TPA Registration Desk opens
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose Foyer C
COMMITTEE MEETINGS
3:00 p.m. - Legislative Advisory Committee
Location: Westin Austin, Plumeria
4:30 p.m. - Board of Directors
Location: Westin Austin, Plumeria
DINNER
7:00 p.m. - Dinner Speaker: Dr. Thomas Tunstall
Topic: Shale Oil & Gas in Texas and Mexico: Latest Developments, Global Implications
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose C

FRIDAY JUNE 19
BREAKFAST
8:00 a.m. - Breakfast Speaker: Admiral Bobby Ray Inman 
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose C
GENERAL SESSION
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose D
9:30 a.m. - Legislative Update
Moderated by: Jim Moser, Moser Community Media, and Donnis Baggett
10:00 a.m. - Group Discussion: What Women Really Want, and Other Readers Too
Moderated by: Brandi Chionsini, Granite Publications
10:45 a.m. - Group Discussion: Dive Deeper Into Digital
Moderated by: Leonard Woolsey, Galveston County Daily News
11:15 a.m. - Group Discussion: 2015 Guide to Managing an Account Executive
Moderated by: David Compton, Brownwood Bulletin
LUNCHEON
12:00 p.m. - Luncheon Speaker: Kimberly Key “Surviving Chronic Deadline Fatigue”
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose C
1:30 p.m. - TPA Daily Newspaper Working Group
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose D
6:30 p.m. - Friday Evening Event 
Location: TopGolf (topgolf.com/us/austin)
2700 Esperanza Crossing, Austin, (512) 222-5950

SATURDAY JUNE 20
REGISTRATION
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose Foyer D
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST 
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose Foyer CD
8:00 a.m. - Texas Newspaper Foundation Board of Trustees meeting
​GENERAL SESSION
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose D
9:00 a.m. - Group Discussion: No Holds Barred Ad Ideas
Moderated by: Pat Canty, Odessa American
9:30 a.m. - Group Discussion: Reporter’s Notebook (you can’t make this stuff up)
Moderated by: Glenn Rea, Cuero Record
10:00 a.m. - Annual Business Session (convention planning, nominations, various other reports)
10:30 a.m. - BREAK (hotel checkout time is noon)
11:00 a.m. - Closing luncheon and Texas Better Newspaper Contest Awards
Location: Westin Austin, Primrose C