Monday, February 20

10:00 a.m.: Welcome: Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO, John S. and James L. Knight Foundation [Video]

• VIDEO: "Social Media Revolution" on YouTube

• VIDEO: Alberto Ibargüen welcomes participants to seminar

10:15 a.m.: Plenary Session:  Dan Gillmor, Director, Knight Center for Digital Media Entrepreneurship, Arizona State University.

• VIDEO: Dan Gillmor at MLS

(Break)

11:45 a.m.: “WOW and Doable! A look at five successful community information projects"  

• Moderator: Trabian Shorters, Vice President, Communities, Knight Foundation 

• Margot Rawlins – Silicon Valley Community Foundation [Video link]

• Chris Barge – Community Foundation Serving Boulder County [Video link]

• Clotilde Dedecker – Community Fdn. of Greater Buffalo [Video link]

• Tycoma Miller - West Anniston Foundation [Video link]

• Jennifer Ford Reedy – Minnesota Philanthropy Partners [Video link]

1:15 p.m. Breakout sessions (not presented on video)

3:45 p.m.: What’s now; what’s next and what does it mean?

• Moderator: Paula Ellis, Vice President/Strategic Initiatives, Knight Foundation

• Speakers: Amy Webb, Webbmedia Group  

• Michael Maness, Vice President, Journalism and Media Innovation, Knight Foundation  

• VIDEO: Amy Webb and Michael Maness (on Livestream)

5:30- 6:30 p.m. Break 

6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Featured Speaker: Eli Pariser, President of the Board, MoveOn.org and author, The Filter Bubble. With introduction by Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO, Knight Foundation

• VIDEO: Eli Pariser with intro by Alberto Ibargüen (on Livestream)

Tuesday, February 21

8:30 – 10:00 a.m.:  A Community Information Toolkit: Lessons learned in assessing and empowering your community [Video]

• Moderator: Mayur Patel, Vice President/Strategic Assessment, Knight Foundation

• Speakers: Kathy Bisbee, Executive Director, Community Media Access Partnership

  • VIDEO: "Community Media Access Partnership (CMAP) Toolkit" on Youtube

• Kelly Lucas, President and CEO, Incourage Community Foundation

  • VIDEO: "One Resident's Journey" (on YouTube)

  • VIDEO: "The Real Stories of the Swiftwater Mural" (on YouTube)

• Alicia Philipp, President, Community Foundation for Greater Atlanta

(break)

10:15-11:45 a.m.: Building partnerships; Lessons learned and lessons to be learned 

• Moderator: Dennis Scholl, Vice President for Arts, Knight Foundation

• Speakers: Joaquin Alvarado, Sr. Vice President, Digital Innovation, American Public Media

• Mary Lou Fulton, Program Manager, The California Endowment

• Sandy Close, Executive Director, New America Media 

• VIDEO: Building Partnerships on Livestream

(break)

Noon – 2:00 p.m.: Featured Speaker: Ethan Zuckerman, Director, MIT Center for Civic Media, with moderator Alberto Ibargüen, President and CEO, Knight Foundation

• VIDEO: Ethan Zuckerman, introduced by Alberto Ibargüen (on Livestream)