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The Western Kansas Mini-Convention is scheduled for Oct. 7 at the Highland Hotel and Convention Center in Great Bend.
The Mini-Convention is being sponsored by Kansas Electric Cooperatives.
The one-day convention is designed specifically for newspapers west of I-135 who sometimes cannot make it to the KPA convention. However, all Kansas Press Association member newspapers are welcome to attend the event.
Registration fee is $65, which includes continental breakfast and lunch.
Hereʼs the schedule:
9 a.m.: Continental Breakfast
9:30 - 11:30 a.m.: Speed Topics on writing, advertising, technology and circulation
11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.: Lunch with KPA Update on shield law and public notice
12:30 - 1:30 p.m.: Daily and Nondaily Roundtables
1:30 - 2:30 p.m.: Breakouts: Tom Eblen - "Reporting 101"; Ron Fields - "Online Video Basics"; Shane Peterson: "Monetizing Your Newspaper's Website"
2:30 - 2:45 - Break
2:45 - 3:45: Breakouts: Tom Eblen - "Sports Reporting from A to Z"; Ron Fields - "I Need a Website: Now What Do I Do?" Mary Karst - "The Economy Stinks - What Do I Do?" (Best Practices Discussion)
For hotel reservations, please call the Highland Hotel and Convention Center in Great Bend at 866-212-7122. The room rate is $59. To receive this rate, you must call before Sept. 23 and mention the group: KPA Mini-Convention.
Online registration is now available at http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=bskczxdab&oeidk=a07e302s5q219a7b12a
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