2012 Schedule (Travel Writers & Photographers Conference)
Thursday, August 9
11:00 am and beyond
REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
CONFERENCE KICK-OFF
Elaine Petrocelli, Karen West & Don George
Location: Event Room
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
THE LIFE OF A TRAVEL WRITER
Don George & Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
THE LIFE OF A TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER
Jeff Pflueger
Location: Event Room
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
CULTIVATING YOUR CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
Linda McFerrin, Michael Shapiro, Jeff Pflueger
Location: Event Room
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
LITERATURE THAT TRANSPORTS US
Don George & Elaine Petrocelli
Location: Event Room
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Break
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF FACULTY
Don George, Robert Holmes & Elaine Petrocelli
Location: Event Room
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
OPENING DINNER UNDER THE STARS
Location: Patio
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
AN EVENING WITH PETER GREENBERG
In conversation with Phil Cousineau
Location: Event Room
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
INFORMAL GATHERING – CAFÉ & PATIO
Friday, August 10
8:30 am
COFFEE, PASTRIES & INFORMAL GATHERING
9:00 am - Noon
1. Writing for Magazines & Newspapers
Spud Hilton
Location: Event Room
2. Personal Essay & Memoir
Larry Habegger
Location: Meeting Room
3. Travel Writing & Blogging in the Digital Age
Jim Benning & Pam Mandel
Location: Gallery
4. Travel Photography
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Jeff Pflueger
Location: Used Book Room
5. Researching & Selling Service Stories
Chris Gray Faust & Pauline Frommer
Location: TBA
6. Travel Writing Advanced Intensive
David Farley
Location: TBA
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
LUNCH on the Patio
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
TAKING YOUR TRAVELS INTO FICTION:
MURDER AT THE LANTERNE ROUGE
Cara Black in conversation with Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
GUIDEBOOK WRITING
Pauline Frommer & Lonely Planet
Location: Gallery
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
DEVELOPING A WEBSITE (for Writers & Photographers)
Pam Mandel, Chris Gray Faust & Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Location: Meeting Room
ENHANCING YOUR EXISTING WEBSITE
Jim Benning, Jeff Pflueger & Spud Hilton
Location: Gallery
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR FOOD & WINE
Robert Holmes & Andrea Johnson
Location: Used Book Room
TELL ME A STORY: THE ART OF SCENE-SETTING
Andrew Evans, Andrew McCarthy & Don George
Location: Event Room
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
SOCIAL MEDIA: TWEET & SHOUT!
Pauline Frommer, Susan Orlean, Andrew McCarthy &
Pam Mandel
Location: Event Room
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
SELF PUBLISHING: BRINGING YOUR TRAVEL OR PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK TO THE TABLE
Robert Holmes, Phil Cousineau, Michael Shapiro &
Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Location: Event Room
FOOD BLOGGING WORKSHOP
TBA
Location: Gallery
LONELY PLANET PUBLICATIONS
Andy Murdock
Location: Meeting Room
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
DEVELOPING A WINE LIST ~ WINE TASTING
Shelley Lindgren
Location: Event Room
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
EVENING RECESS
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
AN EVENING WITH ANDREW MCCARTHY & DON GEORGE
Location: Event Room
10:00 pm - Midnight
INFORMAL GATHERING IN BOOK PASSAGE CAFE
Saturday, August 11
8:30 am
COFFEE & INFORMAL GATHERING
9:00 am - Noon
1. Writing for Magazines & Newspapers
Spud Hilton
Location: Event Room
2. Personal Essay & Memoir
Larry Habegger
Location: Meeting Room
3. Travel Writing & Blogging in the Digital Age
Jim Benning & Pam Mandel
Location: Gallery
4. Travel Photography
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Jeff Pflueger
Location: Used Book Room
5. Researching & Selling Service Stories
Chris Gray Faust & Pauline Frommer
Location: TBA
6. Travel Writing Advanced Intensive
David Farley
Location: TBA
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
LUNCH on the Patio
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
APPROACHING NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE WRITING
Julia Cosgrove, Peter Fish & Spud Hilton
Location: Meeting Room
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE WEB
Jeff Pflueger & Andrew Evans
Location: Used Book Room
ART OF ATTENTION – TRULY SEEING
Phil Cousineau, Georgia Hesse, David Farley &
Larry Habegger
Location: Event Room
MAKING A LIVING AS A TRAVEL WRITER
Pam Mandel, Chris Gray Faust, Michael Shapiro &
Georgia Hesse
Location: Gallery
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
POLISHING THE TRAVEL ARTICLE FOR SUBMISSION
Jim Benning, Julia Cosgrove, David Farley, Chris Gray Faust, Peter Fish, Pauline Frommer, Larry Habegger, Georgia Hesse, Spud Hilton, Pam Mandel, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Michael Shapiro
Location: Patio
DIGITAL WORKSHOP
Pam Mandel
Location: Event Room
ALUMNI SALON:
INFORMAL Q&A FOR RETURNING PARTICIPANTS
Don George, Andrew McCarthy & Susan Orlean
Location: Gallery
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
FOOD PUBLICATIONS
Dianne Jacob
Location: Meeting Room
MARKETING YOUR PHOTOS AS ART
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Stuart Schwartz
Location: Used Book Room
DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS; HOW TO FIND AND CHOOSE YOUR STORY BUILDING BLOCKS
Susan Orlean, Andrew McCarthy, David Farley & Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
WRITING FOR THE WEB
Andrew Evans, Pam Mandel, Jim Benning, Chris Gray Faust
Location: Gallery
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
WHAT AN AGENT CAN DO FOR YOU
Amy Rennert & Andy Ross
Location: Meeting Room
LUST IN TRANSLATION
Phil Cousineau, Don George, Andrew McCarthy, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Susan Orlean
Location: Event Room
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
EVENING RECESS
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
AMERICAN GYPSY: A MEMOIR
OKSANA MARAFIOTI in conversation with Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
AN EVENING WITH SUSAN ORLEAN
In conversation with Don George
Location: Event Room
9:30 pm – Midnight
INFORMAL GATHERING – CAFÉ & EVENT ROOM
Sunday, August 12
8:30 am
COFFEE & INFORMAL GATHERING
9:00 am – Noon
1. Writing for Magazines & Newspapers
Spud Hilton
Location: Event Room
2. Personal Essay & Memoir
Larry Habegger
Location: Meeting Room
3. Travel Writing & Blogging in the Digital Age
Jim Benning & Pam Mandel
Location: Gallery
4. Travel Photography
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Jeff Pflueger
Location: Used Book Room
5. Researching Selling & Service Stories
Chris Gray Faust & Pauline Frommer
Location: TBA
6. Travel Writing Advanced Intensive
David Farley
Location: TBA
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
LUNCH on the Patio
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
ANDREW EVANS: ON THE ROAD WITH THE
DIGITAL NOMAD
Location: Event Room
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
THE ANNUAL SUITCASE AWARDS
Location: Event Room
3:30 pm
CLOSING CEREMONIES:
CHAMPAGNE & CHOCOLATE RECEPTION
Location: Event Room
11:00 am and beyond
REGISTRATION/CHECK-IN
1:30 pm - 2:00 pm
CONFERENCE KICK-OFF
Elaine Petrocelli, Karen West & Don George
Location: Event Room
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
THE LIFE OF A TRAVEL WRITER
Don George & Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
THE LIFE OF A TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER
Jeff Pflueger
Location: Event Room
4:00 pm – 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm - 5:00 pm
CULTIVATING YOUR CONFERENCE EXPERIENCE
Linda McFerrin, Michael Shapiro, Jeff Pflueger
Location: Event Room
5:00 pm – 5:30 pm
LITERATURE THAT TRANSPORTS US
Don George & Elaine Petrocelli
Location: Event Room
5:30 pm – 6:00 pm
Break
6:00 pm - 6:30 pm
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTION OF FACULTY
Don George, Robert Holmes & Elaine Petrocelli
Location: Event Room
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
OPENING DINNER UNDER THE STARS
Location: Patio
8:00 pm - 9:30 pm
AN EVENING WITH PETER GREENBERG
In conversation with Phil Cousineau
Location: Event Room
9:30 pm – 11:00 pm
INFORMAL GATHERING – CAFÉ & PATIO
Friday, August 10
8:30 am
COFFEE, PASTRIES & INFORMAL GATHERING
9:00 am - Noon
1. Writing for Magazines & Newspapers
Spud Hilton
Location: Event Room
2. Personal Essay & Memoir
Larry Habegger
Location: Meeting Room
3. Travel Writing & Blogging in the Digital Age
Jim Benning & Pam Mandel
Location: Gallery
4. Travel Photography
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Jeff Pflueger
Location: Used Book Room
5. Researching & Selling Service Stories
Chris Gray Faust & Pauline Frommer
Location: TBA
6. Travel Writing Advanced Intensive
David Farley
Location: TBA
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
LUNCH on the Patio
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
TAKING YOUR TRAVELS INTO FICTION:
MURDER AT THE LANTERNE ROUGE
Cara Black in conversation with Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
GUIDEBOOK WRITING
Pauline Frommer & Lonely Planet
Location: Gallery
2:00 pm – 3:30 pm
DEVELOPING A WEBSITE (for Writers & Photographers)
Pam Mandel, Chris Gray Faust & Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Location: Meeting Room
ENHANCING YOUR EXISTING WEBSITE
Jim Benning, Jeff Pflueger & Spud Hilton
Location: Gallery
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR FOOD & WINE
Robert Holmes & Andrea Johnson
Location: Used Book Room
TELL ME A STORY: THE ART OF SCENE-SETTING
Andrew Evans, Andrew McCarthy & Don George
Location: Event Room
3:30 pm – 4:00 pm
Break
4:00 pm – 5:30 pm
SOCIAL MEDIA: TWEET & SHOUT!
Pauline Frommer, Susan Orlean, Andrew McCarthy &
Pam Mandel
Location: Event Room
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
SELF PUBLISHING: BRINGING YOUR TRAVEL OR PHOTOGRAPHY BOOK TO THE TABLE
Robert Holmes, Phil Cousineau, Michael Shapiro &
Linda Watanabe McFerrin
Location: Event Room
FOOD BLOGGING WORKSHOP
TBA
Location: Gallery
LONELY PLANET PUBLICATIONS
Andy Murdock
Location: Meeting Room
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
DEVELOPING A WINE LIST ~ WINE TASTING
Shelley Lindgren
Location: Event Room
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
EVENING RECESS
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
AN EVENING WITH ANDREW MCCARTHY & DON GEORGE
Location: Event Room
10:00 pm - Midnight
INFORMAL GATHERING IN BOOK PASSAGE CAFE
Saturday, August 11
8:30 am
COFFEE & INFORMAL GATHERING
9:00 am - Noon
1. Writing for Magazines & Newspapers
Spud Hilton
Location: Event Room
2. Personal Essay & Memoir
Larry Habegger
Location: Meeting Room
3. Travel Writing & Blogging in the Digital Age
Jim Benning & Pam Mandel
Location: Gallery
4. Travel Photography
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Jeff Pflueger
Location: Used Book Room
5. Researching & Selling Service Stories
Chris Gray Faust & Pauline Frommer
Location: TBA
6. Travel Writing Advanced Intensive
David Farley
Location: TBA
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
LUNCH on the Patio
1:00 pm - 2:30 pm
APPROACHING NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE WRITING
Julia Cosgrove, Peter Fish & Spud Hilton
Location: Meeting Room
PHOTOGRAPHY FOR THE WEB
Jeff Pflueger & Andrew Evans
Location: Used Book Room
ART OF ATTENTION – TRULY SEEING
Phil Cousineau, Georgia Hesse, David Farley &
Larry Habegger
Location: Event Room
MAKING A LIVING AS A TRAVEL WRITER
Pam Mandel, Chris Gray Faust, Michael Shapiro &
Georgia Hesse
Location: Gallery
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Break
3:00 pm – 4:00 pm
POLISHING THE TRAVEL ARTICLE FOR SUBMISSION
Jim Benning, Julia Cosgrove, David Farley, Chris Gray Faust, Peter Fish, Pauline Frommer, Larry Habegger, Georgia Hesse, Spud Hilton, Pam Mandel, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Michael Shapiro
Location: Patio
DIGITAL WORKSHOP
Pam Mandel
Location: Event Room
ALUMNI SALON:
INFORMAL Q&A FOR RETURNING PARTICIPANTS
Don George, Andrew McCarthy & Susan Orlean
Location: Gallery
4:00 pm - 4:30 pm
Break
4:30 pm - 5:30 pm
FOOD PUBLICATIONS
Dianne Jacob
Location: Meeting Room
MARKETING YOUR PHOTOS AS ART
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Stuart Schwartz
Location: Used Book Room
DETAILS, DETAILS, DETAILS; HOW TO FIND AND CHOOSE YOUR STORY BUILDING BLOCKS
Susan Orlean, Andrew McCarthy, David Farley & Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
WRITING FOR THE WEB
Andrew Evans, Pam Mandel, Jim Benning, Chris Gray Faust
Location: Gallery
5:30 pm – 6:30 pm
WHAT AN AGENT CAN DO FOR YOU
Amy Rennert & Andy Ross
Location: Meeting Room
LUST IN TRANSLATION
Phil Cousineau, Don George, Andrew McCarthy, Linda Watanabe McFerrin, Susan Orlean
Location: Event Room
6:30 pm – 7:30 pm
EVENING RECESS
7:30 pm – 8:30 pm
AMERICAN GYPSY: A MEMOIR
OKSANA MARAFIOTI in conversation with Georgia Hesse
Location: Event Room
8:30 pm – 9:30 pm
AN EVENING WITH SUSAN ORLEAN
In conversation with Don George
Location: Event Room
9:30 pm – Midnight
INFORMAL GATHERING – CAFÉ & EVENT ROOM
Sunday, August 12
8:30 am
COFFEE & INFORMAL GATHERING
9:00 am – Noon
1. Writing for Magazines & Newspapers
Spud Hilton
Location: Event Room
2. Personal Essay & Memoir
Larry Habegger
Location: Meeting Room
3. Travel Writing & Blogging in the Digital Age
Jim Benning & Pam Mandel
Location: Gallery
4. Travel Photography
Robert Holmes, Andrea Johnson & Jeff Pflueger
Location: Used Book Room
5. Researching Selling & Service Stories
Chris Gray Faust & Pauline Frommer
Location: TBA
6. Travel Writing Advanced Intensive
David Farley
Location: TBA
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
LUNCH on the Patio
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
ANDREW EVANS: ON THE ROAD WITH THE
DIGITAL NOMAD
Location: Event Room
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
THE ANNUAL SUITCASE AWARDS
Location: Event Room
3:30 pm
CLOSING CEREMONIES:
CHAMPAGNE & CHOCOLATE RECEPTION
Location: Event Room
