2010 MNA/MFPA Convention

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2010 MNA/MFPA Convention

MINNESOTA COMING TOGETHER

Follow-Up Handouts

Click HERE to access all the available handouts from the Convention!

Legal Update

The 2010 Convention Legal Update is now available.

MNA has joined with MFPA for a great 2010 convention convention!

The MNA Board voted to merge our 2010 convention with the Minnesota Free
Paper Association, giving the two associations more resources to provide our
members with an excellent convention.

2010 BNC Winners

BNC Duplicate Plaque Order Form

College BNC Duplicate Plaque Form

Who Was At the 2010 Convention

Mills & Vance Trophy Winners

2010 Half Century Club

2010 DSTJ Award

PDF Program

We’ll have something for everyone!

Save the dates, January 27-29, 2010. This year’s program will help your
newspaper and staff build on its strengths in online, marketing, reporting,
advertising, management, creative design, new technology and circulation.

Member Registration Form

Student Registration

Educator Registration

Tradeshow

Half Century Club Nomination Form

The convention will kick off with an exciting opening night event

sponsored by the Minnesota News Council and the League of Women Voters
in cooperation with MNA. They will present a 2010 Pre-Caucus Gubernatorial
Debate on Wednesday, January 27, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The event is free
and open to all convention attendees. All major party candidates for governor
have been invited to participate in this debate.

The debate is a “must-attend” event. With precinct caucuses one week later,
this is a unique opportunity to see and hear the candidates. If you have
questions you’d like to see asked at the debate, please submit them via e-mail
to info@news-council.org.

More detailed information can be found here.

A pre-debate reception is set for 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. You may purchase tickets
to the reception in advance, with the convention registration form, for $25.

R eserve Your Hotel Room

Thursday’s luncheon speaker, back by demand, is Mary Jo Paloranta. Her topic,
“The New World of Work — Uniting the Passion Within,” is sure to excite
all who attend to get the most from this great convention to bring home!

Other Thursday sessions will inspire you and provide new ideas, increase revenue
and present information that you can use right away. They include…

Mary Jo Paloranta Flyer

• Anton van Zyl and Zaidi Khumalo discuss the challenges of being independent
South African publishers and the importance of newspapers in their communities

• Ways to build a strong news story, feature or column

• The Best Just Got Better (a great new twist to Show Me the $$) Download Form.

• A panel of members sharing how they are handling Internet and social media
policies

• “The Perfect Media Kit” — what advertisers want to know

• 100 story ideas

• Find solutions to become better organized and more productive

• Search Engine Optimization and Search Engine Marketing —what it means
and how do you use it

• Achieve Success in today’s competitive environment, Brian Flanagan, founder
of Flanagan Training Group

Thursday’s program will end with MNA’s Celebration Awards Banquet and
Ceremony. Be sure to send all of your award winners to this special event
where their peers will honor them.

Anton van Zyl and Zaidi Khumalo Flyer

New Social Media Flyer

Sharon Sorenson Flyer

Not to be outdone by Thursday’s program, Friday will bring a fantastic
lineup of educational sessions designed just for you.

The day will begin with a panel of members sharing information about
free versus paid content online; creating a video show for your newspaper’s
Web site with Jeff Achen, including equipment recommendations; a sales
training session on Becoming the Best of the Best with Tom Yunt, and design
elements for newspapers with Ed Henninger. Russell Viers will share creative
ideas with you to save time and increase revenue, with new ways to use Creative
Suite, a rockin’ power app. Russell is an Adobe Certified Instructor who also
teaches QuarkXPress. His 27 years in the newspaper and printing industries
allows him to bring real world expertise to those he trains. Viers is an internationally
known speaker who entertains and educates.

Friday’s luncheon will feature Dan Buettner, the New York Times best-selling
author of “The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer from the People Who’ve
Lived the Longest”. Buettner is an internationally recognized explorer who founded
Blue Zones. In 2009, Dan led the successful project in Albert Lea, MN, to implement
community and social changes that improve quality of life and added an average of
at least two years to life expectancy to each resident's life.

Friday afternoon sessions will include the ever-popular legal update with Mark
Anfinson and Tom Yunt’s advertising session on 12 Ideas to Take to the Street
and Understanding Today’s Media Landscape . Viers will continue his Rockin’ Power
App session, and Henninger will introduce Web Design.

Friday will wrap up with MFPA’s Contest Awards Banquet and Ceremony and will
recognize all MFPA award winners.

What’s in it for you?

1. Excellent educational sessions

2. Inspiration

3. Affordable… registration and meal costs are LOWER

4. An opportunity to network and enjoy time with your newspaper friends

Put the dates on your calendar … January 27-29, 2010.

This is one convention you can’t afford to miss!