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Bonus Session - Grow Your Customer Engagement to Annual Commitments
Mike Centorani
Julie Foley and Liz Crider Huff
Destination 2020: How Do We Get There Stronger and Smarter?
Ken Doctor
Breakout sessions:
Branded Content
Pat Connolly
Bob Gilbreath
Ryan Stephens
Personalization and UX Strategies
Bill Densmore
Brandon Erlacher
Daniel Schaub
Top Events that Make Dollars and Sense
Chris Edwards
Scott Pompe
Stephen Wade
Solutions Stage - Alexa, OTT and Mobile Apps: Distribute and Monetize on All Digital Platforms
Nikhil Modi
Solutions Stage - Growing Revenue for Newspapers through Consumer Sports Magazines
Kevin Craig
Investing in Newspapers in 2018
Penelope Muse Abernathy (moderator)
Mark Adams
Mark Aldam
Jeremy Halbreich
Jim Moroney
Breakout sessions:
What Motivates New Subscribers
Jeff Sonderman
Gwen Vargo
Bringing Audio to Life
Jeremy Mims
Ginger Neal
Leading with Location-Based Multi-Media Solutions
David Kennedy and James Avis
Dan Hight
Solutions Stage - What's the Opportunity for Audience?
Deborah Fellows
Solutions Stage - Yes You Can (and must) Make Money from Social Media Accounts
Reinig Morris
Solutions Stage - Digital Transformation
Laura Cole
Breakout sessions:
Defining Your Subscription Strategy
Aaron Kotarek
Brian Howell
Curtis Huber
Troy Niday
How to Recruit, Sculpt and Retain Your Sales A-Team
Charity Huff
Peter Lamb
Accelerating Investments and New Ventures
Corey Ford
Solutions Stage - How Much Revenue are You Losing Due to Ad Fraud?
Casey Hester
Solutions Stage - Leverage Audiences to Drive Revenue Diversification
Tom Ratkovich
Solutions Stage - Leveraging Cross-Device Opportunities
Brendon Brigham
Audience Engagement, Ad Quality and Subscription Offers
Chris Hendricks
Kroger's Millions in Local Ad Spend are on the Line
Michael Wilhite
Breakout sessions:
Big Data - What Drives Performance for Advertisers Across Platforms
Jeff Burkett
Richard Jones
Finding Your Niche
Amy Glennon
Adam Ryan
Caywood Yamnik
Solutions Stage - Auto Promotions and Events (a case study)
Kevin Collins and Cesar Montes
Solutions Stage - Empowering Media Companies to Take Back Their Brands
Roberto Angulo and Sandy Glover
Solutions Stage - Taking Back Local Advertising with Targeted Local Niche Guides
Phil Pracht
Breakout sessions:
Programmatic Best Practices
Tobias Bennett
Nick Ames
Raymond Faust
NexGen Business Models: Finding Success
Jim Brady
Evan Smith
Agency Best Practices
Conan Gallaty
Rob Bunch
Arlea Hoffman
Solutions Stage - Why Website Design and Flexibility Matter
Bill Ostendorf
Solutions Stage - Reinventing Content Creation to Reach New Audiences
Michael Taylor
Solutions Stage - Customer Segmentation to Improve Digital Performance and Revenue
Matt Lindsay
Facebook Meets the Press
Alex Hardiman
Mega-Innovation Award Recipient
Honolulu Star-Advertiser, presented by David Kennedy
Mega-Innovation Award Finalists
Block Communications, presented by Lisa Hurm
Shaw Media, presented by Tom Shaw
WEHCO Media, presented by Conan Gallaty
Breakout sessions:
Be Relevant in Real Estate
Amy Sutton
Lucy Talley
Customer Centric Training, Tools and Operational Structure Key to Driving Revenue Growth
Meagan Tanner and Renee Warner
Investing in Print Products
Leonard Woolsey
How Nextdoor is Connecting Newspapers with Specific Neighborhoods
Steve Wymer
Matthew Hall
Tech & Truth: Engineering the Future of News
Seth Rogin
JJ Bannasch
Nicole Scaglione
Chris Willis
Get to Aha! Reposition Your Brand for Success
Andy Cunningham
