Breakfast
7:30 – 8:30 a.m.
OWAA Membership Business Meeting
8:45 – 10 a.m.
Blogs: What are they? How to create one and profit from it
10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Speaker: Matthew Miller
Have you wanted a blog to promote your writing or photography? This hands-on session will walk you through the steps of setting up a professional blog, even if you have a difficult time turning on your computer. Bring your laptop and you’ll leave this session with a fully operational blog!
Using Basic PR Tools to Help Sell Your Work
10:15 – 11:30 a.m.
Viking Room
Speaker: Mike Walker
It’s ironic that when members want to promote their new books, photos or videos, they fail to do anything more than tell a few friends in the media. They are missing huge opportunities to get the word out. Attend this session to find out how to more effectively publicize your new works.
TV Critique
10:15 – 11:45 a.m.
Moderators: Lisa Densmore and Dan Small
Get direct feedback on your television and film work! Find out how to turn your production into an award-winning, highly rated show! See samples of other member's television work and learn what's effective and what isn't in a most entertaining way. Patterned after the popular "Photo Critique," members who would like to participate in the TV Critique are requested to submit television segments to OWAA Headquarters prior to June 1, 2010. Submit as many segments as you like. Each segment should be on a DVD, formatted for Quicktime. (You can put more than one segment on the DVD.) Please limit running time per segment to four minutes or less. If you submit a longer segment or a full-length show, only the first four minutes will be shown during the TV Critique session. The TV/Video Business Meeting will be held at the conclusion of this session.
Lunch
Noon – 1:15 p.m.
OWAA Board Meeting
1:30 – 5 p.m.
Members welcome to attend
Educating the Non-Hunter
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Speaker: Dennis Dunn
With the November, 2004, merger of the Humane Society and Cleveland Amory's Fund for Animals, strategies have emerged for outlawing all hunting. What can we in the outdoor media do about it? Non-Hunters make up 77% of the population - they are the citizens we need to focus on educating against anti-hunting legislation, which may be coming at us in all 50 states, via the ballot box, over the next decade.
Internet Marketing
1:30 – 2:30 p.m.
Speaker: Peter Award
We all have a product to sell and the best place to sell it these days is on the Internet. Peter Awad, an e-commerce consultant with a decade of experience selling online, will discuss how to set up an e-commerce site, how to promote it, and most importantly, how to generate substantial sales. Books, images, articles or hard goods all have a marketplace on the Internet, but most individuals are not aware of the llogistics needed to make this a successful venture. Come and learn how to make it happen.
Spouse "Goodbye" Tea
2 – 3:30 p.m.
Photo Scavenger Hunt Contest
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
Moderators: Jack Ballard and Ron Bennett
Sponsored by Hunt's Photo and Video
At this entertaining event, the on-the-spot, creative interpretation of photography subject matter is presented, photos are critiqued and winners are announced.
The New Magazine Section Business Meeting: What it means for OWAAers?
2:45 – 3:45 p.m.
What should the new section focus on? How can we make this section relevant and valuable for OWAA members? Come get acquainted with other OWAA magazine writers, shape the focus of OWAA’s newest section, and help brainstorm ideas for next year’s conference sessions.
Newspaper Section Business Meeting
4 – 5 p.m.
EIC Reception and Winners Display
5 – 6 p.m.
OWAA EIC and Honorary Awards Banquet
6:15 – 9:30 p.m.