A Way With Words
2005 New Mexico Press Women Conference
Mark April 15 and 16 on your calendar for the 2005 New Mexico Press Women conference.
This is a Friday and Saturday, the first in recent history.
The award banquet will be on Friday night, and workshops
will be on Saturday with the convention ending Saturday
afternoon.
Schedule of Events
Friday, April 15, 2005
5:30-8:30 p.m.
Silent Auction and No Host Bar
6:30 p.m.
Communication Awards buffet Banquet begins
7:30 p.m.
Keynote Speaker, Susan Seligman
8:00-9:30 p.m.
Communication Awards presentation
9:30 p.m.
Auction Check-out
Saturday, April 16, 2005
7:15 a.m.-2 p.m.
Registration
7:30 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
Breakfast
8:00 a.m.-9:00 a.m.
NMPW Annual Meeting (during breakfast)
9:15 a.m.-11;30 a.m.
Workshop: Telling Your Story in a Media Crazy World, Susan Peterson
(There will be a 15-minute break at 10:15 a.m.)
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m.
Zia Award Luncheon
1:15 p.m.-3:15 p.m.
Workshop; Web Writing that Works, Jonathan Price
OR
1:15 p.m.
Board bus for field trip
1:45 p.m.-3:45 p.m.
Workshop: Silvery Minnow and the Rio Grande, New Mexico State Professor David Cowley
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Wine tasting at local winery
Conference Highlights
Banquet Speaker
Susan Seligman: Susan Seligman is the New Mexico Director of the Anti-Defamation League. In that capacity she works with law enforcement, media, schools, the legislature and various community and religious groups to combat prejudice, discrimination and anti-Semitism in New Mexico. Her many activities include passage of the New Mexico hate crimes bill into law, facilitating diversity trainings in schools and businesses, organizing law enforcement trainings on extremism and serving on various city and state task forces. She is a published author and free lance writer as well as a champion equestrian.
Workshops
Telling Your Story in a Media Crazy World: Explore new trends and realities in the age of instant news with an interactive discussion led by Susan Peterson, founder and president of The Communication Center/ Susan Peterson Productions Inc. As a professional media coach and former NBC and CBS correspondent, Peterson offers valuable perspective on the media and the changing face of journalism. Gain insights on what affects news coverage, shapes headlines and influences reporters, so you can better tell your story in a media crazy world.
Web Writing that Works: Lisa and Jonathan Price, who are professional web writers and editors, will offer tips about how writers can tailor prose fore-mail, web pages, and discussion lists. The Prices have written and edited hundreds of articles for web sites such as America Online, Hewlett-Packard's HP.com, Disney's Family.com, and Intuit.com. They have recently published Hot Text: Writing that Works (New Riders). Jonathan has taught writing at the University of New Mexico, New Mexico Tech, New York University and Rutgers.
Silvery Minnow Field Trip: David Cowley, an endangered species expert with New Mexico State University, will lead a field trip along the Middle Rio Grande, where he's studying whether the agriculture drainage system could serve as a refuge for the silvery minnow and other native fish. (D'Lyn Ford will provide more information.)
Zia Award Luncheon: This year's Zia Award winner will discuss her book.
Register Now
Clicking here will present
you with a Registration Packet complete with the form
to fill out and mail in with your check.
Early Bird Registration Deadline March 25
NMPW members are women and men who have paid annual state and national dues of $61.50. Non-members may apply at member rates if they submit an application for membership that can be accepted by NMPW.
Registration
Full Conference
Member
Early bird, $100
Regular, $120
Walk-in, $140
Nonmember
Early bird $130
Regular $150
Walk-in, $170
Banquet only
$35 for early bird, $40 for regular, $50 for walk-in
Breakfast only, $18
Lunch only, $21
Peterson workshop, $50
Price workshop, $50
Field trip, $50
Make checks payable to NMPW (Sorry, no credit cards accepted.)
Mail check and registration form to:
Sandy Schauer, NMPW Treasurer
PO Box 1054
Los Lunas, NM 87031-1054
Clicking here will present
you with a Registration Packet complete with the form
to fill out and mail in with your check.
Cancellations must be submitted in writing. A $25 fee will be assessed for any cancellations received on or before April 1. No refunds after April 1.
Conference Hotel Information
Please make your reservations directly with the hotel.
Sheraton Uptown
2600 Louisiana Blvd. NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
Rooms are $79/night single or double plus tax
Call 1-800-252-7722, Monday-Friday, 7 a.m.-7 p.m. MST
and identify yourself as an attendee of the New Mexico
Press Women Conference. Block of sleeping rooms will
be held through Friday, March 18. Rooms at that rate
may be available after then, but it is not assured.
Check-in time is 3 p.m.; check-out, noon.
Thank you to our sponsor: Sandia National Laboratories
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