Strategic Investment: Demonstrating the Impact of PR
Learn how to engage your audience for the best ROI at the 2012 CHE Senior Summit.

Wednesday, April 25

      
Noon–7:30 p.m. Registration
    

Optional Pre-Conference Plenary*

1–5 p.m. 

"Learning to Teach: Taking PR to the Classroom"*
Please access the link to register
  *This is an Optional Ticketed Event and is not included in the conference registration fee.
  
2–5 p.m. Behind the Scenes Media Tours (Groups leave at different times from hotel lobby.)
Tours include Inside Higher Ed , The Chronicle of Higher Education, Associated Press, National Public Radio and The Washington Post.
  
                         
6:30–7:30 p.m. Welcome Reception
  Join newcomers, the Counselors to Higher Education Executive Committee and other Conference attendees for cocktails and appetizers and network with your colleagues as we kick off this year’s summit. 

      

7:30–9:30 p.m. Pat Jackson Lecture and Dinner and Presentation of the 2012 Advocate for Higher Education Award
  

"Composing the Future: How Colleges and Universities Can Help Transform the World"

  Rebecca Chopp, president of Swarthmore College
    

Thursday, April 26

   
8 a.m.–5 p.m. Registration 
        
8–8:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast
  
8:30–9:45 a.m.Plenary Session I
                  "The New Rules of Media Pitching for Higher Education: Boost Your Credibility and Placements Despite Shrinking Coverage"
Michael Smart, national news director, Brigham Young University, Media Consultant
                  
10–11:15 a.m. Plenary Session II
  "The Push-Pull of Communications and Marketing: Reduce Spending, Extend Reach"
Ron Sauder, vice president for communications and marketing, Emory University
Michael Warden, vice president for communications and marketing, Georgia Institute of Technology
    
11:30 a.m.–1 p.m. Keynote Luncheon
  "Pride and Pariah: The Impact of Athletics on Universities"
  Teresa Valerio Parrot, principal, TVP Communications
    
1:30–2:45 p.m. Plenary Session III
  "The Beauty (and Strategy) Behind a Bold and Distinctive Brand Campaign"
Deborah Wiltrout, assistant vice president of marketing, American University
  
                            
3–4 p.m. Plenary Session IV
  "Reinventing News on Your University Website"
Georgy Cohen, owner, Crosstown Digital Communications; Co-Founder, Meet Content; and former manager for web content and strategy, Tufts University
       
4:15-5:15 p.m.
Plenary Session V
"Activating Your Publics"

Rich Mintz, vice president of strategy, Blue State Digital
                
6–7:30 p.m.Off-Site Networking Reception - Inside Higher Ed
                         
7:30–10 p.m. Dinner on Your Own – Enjoy a free evening in Washington, D.C. 
                           

Friday, April 27

   
8 a.m.–1 p.m.Registration
           
7:30–8 a.m.Continental Breakfast
                          
8–9 a.m. Plenary Session VI
  "Developing a Social Content Strategy: Finding the Right Mix of Earned, Owned and Paid Media"
Amy Mengel, head of marketing and research, readMedia
       
 9:15–10:15 a.m.  Plenary Session VII 
"The 7 Habits of Highly Effective PR People"
Lori Doyle, senior vice president for university communications, Drexel University
          
10:15–11:30 a.m. National Media Panel on Higher Education
"Higher Education in the Newsroom"
Scott Smallwood, managing editor,The Chronicle of Higher Education
Doug Lederman, co-editor, Inside Higher Education
Jenna Johnson, national higher-education writer, The Washington Post           
David Pluviose, editor, Diverse: Issues In Higher Education
     
Noon–1:30 p.m.Keynote Luncheon
"Alert! Best Practices in Emergency Notification"
Joe Brennan, Ph.D., associate vice president for university communications, University at Buffalo
Scott McGrath, director of product management & Services, Rave Mobile Safety
     
     
1:30 p.m. Summit Concludes