Schedule
UPDATE: Below is the updated ComNet18 Schedule.
The Keynotes and Second Stage will take place at The Curran Theatre. Address: 445 Geary St, San Francisco, CA.
Registration, Pre-Conference Workshops, Field Trips, Breakout Sessions, Dialogues, and Headshots will take place at the Hotel Nikko. Address: 222 Mason St, San Francisco, CA.
The timing of the schedule has remained the same expect for two changes:
Prairie Populist: Communicating Solutions and Community Values has been canceled.
Editorial Wishes and Calendar Dreams: Systems of the Proactive and Productive has been moved to Thursday at 3pm.
Wednesday
Oct. 10
Registration Opens | 10:00am
Location: Hotel Nikko, 2nd Floor
Pre-Conference Workshops | 1:00pm - 5:30pm
Early Workshops | 1:00pm - 3:00pm
From Catalog to Catalyst: Building Future-Proof Archives for Today's Communicators
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel I
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel II
With All Due Respect: Designing Your Brand for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey II
Do You Need to "Change the Narrative" About Your Cause?
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Golden Gate
Imitation and Inspiration for Community Foundation Communicators *Special 4hr workshop*
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey I
Late Workshops | 3:30pm - 5:30pm
Creating Powerful Digital Engagement Campaigns
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel I
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel II
Invest for Impact: Maximize Your Content Operation
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey II
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Golden Gate
Imitation and Inspiration for Community Foundation Communicators *Special 4hr workshop*
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey I
Pre-Conference Field Trips | 9:45am - 4:00pm
Location: Various
Facebook | 10:15am - 2:45pm
LinkedIn and Microsoft | 1:00pm - 4:00pm
KQED | 11:00am - 2:30pm
The San Francisco Giants | 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Reddit | 9:45am - 12:15pm
Opening Night Reception | 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Exploratorium
Pier 15 (Embarcadero at Green St)
San Francisco, CA 94111
Thursday
Oct. 11
Breakfast | 7:30am - 8:45am
Location: The Curran Theatre, 1st Floor
Keynote Speaker | 8:45am - 10:15am
Lena Waithe interviewed by Joshua Johnson
Location: The Curran Theatre
Professional Headshots | 10:00am - 2:00pm
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Hallway between Golden Gate/Olympic
Breakout Sessions | 11:00am - 12:00pm
How to Create Your Own News Bureau
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel I
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey I
Augmented Reality Keeps Rivers Free-Flowing
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey II
Messaging Beyond Jargon: Creating Equity in Social Change Communications
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel II
110 Degrees in the Shade: Using the Heat of Public Controversy to Power the Mission
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Bay View
The Race Card Project: What’s YOUR Story?
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Peninsula
5 Keys to Video Storytelling: How to Empower Your Team to Create Videos with Their Cellphones
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Golden Gate
Second Stage
What's in Our Way?: What Research Tells Us About What We are All Up Against
Location: The Curran Theatre
Dialogues
A Conversation About Narrative Change
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Olympic
Measuring Communications Impact: Is This Working?
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Hallway between Bay View/Peninsula
The Global Communicators Dilemma
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Hallway between Lincoln/Peninsula
Journalism, Trust and Philanthropy
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Lincoln
Into the Spotlight: Branding and Family Foundations
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Presidio
Lunch | 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location: The Curran Theatre, 1st Floor
Keynote Speaker | 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Location: The Curran Theatre
Breakout Sessions | 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Philanthropy Can’t Save Journalism, but It Could Do More to Help
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Bay View
Embrace the Green, Not the Wash. How Companies are Communicating on Social Good
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey II
Empower Your Audience By Handing Them The Mic
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel II
Editorial Wishes and Calendar Dreams: Systems of the Proactive and Productive
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel I
**Prairie Populist canceled. Editorial Wishes moved from Friday.**
Like Old Denim Jeans, Email is Always in Style
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Golden Gate
The Race Card Project: What’s YOUR Story?
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Peninsula
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey I
Second Stage
Live Stories Change Lives - A Storytelling Showcase
Location: The Curran Theatre
Dialogues
We Can Do Better Than Likes and Shares: What Communicators Need to Know to Spark and Sustain Action
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Hallway between Lincoln/Peninsula
Shifting the Demeaning Poverty Narrative
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Lincoln
Disability is the “D” in Diversity
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Presidio
A Fresh Voice for an Established Foundation
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Olympic
From Retweet to Shifting Practice
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Hallway between Bay View/Peninsula
Keynote Speaker | 4:15pm - 5:15pm
David Frum interviewed by Lara Setrakian
Location: The Curran Theatre
Twilight Reception | 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Location: The Curran Theatre, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Floor
FRIDAY
Oct. 12
Breakfast | 7:00am - 8:45am
Location: The Curran Theatre, 1st Floor
Local Keynote Panel | 7:45am - 8:45am
SF Keynote Panel: Housing and Homelessness
Location: The Curran Theatre
Keynote Speaker | 8:55am - 10:00am
Location: The Curran Theatre
Breakout Sessions | 10:15am - 11:15am
How "Fake News" and Disinformation Affect Your Cause—and How to Counter It
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey II
Discovering Millennials: Findings from a National Science Media Survey
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Peninsula
Asset Framing: The Other Side of the Story
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Bay View
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel I
Speaking with One Voice: How 30 Foundations Collaborated on Strategic Communications
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monetary I
Lessons from the Frontiers of Data Storytelling
Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel II
Second Stage
Location: The Curran Theatre
Dialogues
In Our Shoes: Empowering Difference through Multicultural Communications
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Hallway between Bay View/Peninsula
Advancing Equity: Lets You and Me Talk about Race
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Olympic
Why the Hell Do Foundations Need to Think About Branding?
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Presidio
Let’s Talk about Impact: Strategies to Leverage Learning and Evaluation
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Lincoln
Arm Yourself: Communications to Rise Above the Opposition
Location: Hotel Nikko, 25th Floor, Hallway between Lincoln/Peninsula
Keynote Speaker | 11:30am - 12:15pm
Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms
Location: The Curran Theatre