Date Topic Speaker Location
February 12

To Blog or Not to Blog

 Andre Natta, www.bhamterminal.com
John Archibald, Birmingham News and Wade Kwon, wadeonbirmingham.com		 1313 Metro Central Auditorium
March 11 Make your opinion count Panel of editorial board members from newspapers 1313 Metro Central Auditorium
April 8 Freelance Writers: Opening Doors You Can't Lori Ditoro, Jeanie McLean and Marti Slay 1313 Metro Central Auditorium
May 13 Professional Development Tiffany Dávila-Dunne 1313 Metro Central Auditorium
June 5 Joint meeting with PRCA Julia Crigler, Lawler Ballard Van Durand
Jeremy Flint, Kinetic

Justice Mitchell, Luckie & Co.

 Regions Bank Upper Level Auditorium
July 8 How to maximize the value of an e-newsletter & online surveys Sally Sinclair of Sinclair Services SEC Headquarters
August 12 Belk Wins Over Parisian Loyalists Gary Siler, Senior VP, Director of Stores for the Belk Western Division 1313 Metro Central Auditorium
September 9 How Birmingham Southern handled the church burnings President Dr. David Pollick 1313 Metro Central Auditorium
October 14 Getting National Media’s Attention Don Logan, former CEO of Time Warner 1313 Metro Central Auditorium
November 11 Challenges of transitioning from a for-profit business to a not-for-profit health care company Mike Warren, CEO Children’s Hospital Children’s Hospital
December 9 What journalists want in your online newsroom Ibrey Woodall, TEKgroup International, Inc. Southern Progress