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.

Map of new ComNet18 sites.

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

  • From Thought Leader to Successful Author: How to Turn Your Particular Expertise into a Rewarding Book and a Bigger Platform

    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

  • Shine in the Media Spotlight

    Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Carmel II

  • Invest for Impact: Maximize Your Content Operation

    Location: Hotel Nikko, 3rd Floor, Monterey II

  • Capturing the Public Debate

    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

• If A Tree Falls In A Forest… : How To Understand Your Audience and Make Sure Stories Never Go Unheard

  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

• Eric Asche

  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

• The Multiplier Effect! How Small Investments in Communications Can Make Exponential Impact in Organizations and Communities

  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