Monday, June 12
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. – ACE Board Meeting – Bonnet Carre
Tuesday, June 13
8:00 a.m.–noon – ACE Board Meeting – Bonnet Carre
8:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. – Extension Video Producers Workshop – Royal C
Noon–6:00 p.m. – Registration Check-in – Queen Anne Mezzanine
2:00–3:00 p.m. – Learning Community Leaders Meeting – Royal A
3:00–4:00 p.m. – State Representatives Meeting – Royal B
3:00–4:00 p.m. – JAC Board Meeting – Royal A
4:00–5:00 p.m. – Retirees and Past Presidents Reception – Hemingway Suite, Room 1600
5:00–6:00 p.m.– First-timer/New Member Welcome – Bonnet Carre
6:00–7:00 p.m. – Welcome Reception and Gold Award Winners Displays – Riverview and Vieux Carre
Wednesday, June 14
7:00 a.m.–5:00 p.m. – Registration Check-in – Queen Anne Mezzanine
7:00–8:30 a.m. – Breakfast available – Queen Anne Ballroom
7:45 a.m. – Welcome – Queen Anne Ballroom
8:00–8:45 a.m. – Keynote Presentation – Audience FarmingTM: Cultivating Audiences through Strategic Communication (Cory Cart) – Queen Anne Ballroom
9:00–9:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 1
- Engaging Digital Influencers to Share Your Authentic Story (Cory Cart) – Royal A
- Lessons Learned: Developing and Delivering a Statewide Virtual Professional Development Conference (Tamara Meredith) – Royal B
- Engaging Online Through Community-based Social Marketing (Lauri Baker, Audrey King, Kris Boone) – Beauregard
- The Camera in Your Pocket: Video Production Made Simple With Smartphones and iPads (90 min., ends at 10:45 a.m.) (Simone Keith) – Royal Salon
- Mobile Virtual Reality Apps for Immersive Learning (Michael Riese and Jamie Loizzo) – Royal D
10:00–10:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 2
- Showcase Session 1 – Royal A
- Diamond in the Rough (15 min.) (Clint Thompson)
- Preview of ACE Words and Pictures Workshop in Yorkshire, U.K. (15 min.) (Joanne Littlefield, Edwin Remsberg, Laura Castellanna)
- Showcase Session 2 – Royal B
- Don’t Take Things Without Asking! Attributing Images in PPT (5 min.) (Jennifer Chilek)
- Do Extension Users Prefer to Receive Information From a Facebook Page or From a County Website? An Examination of the Online Content Preferences of Adult 4-H Audiences in Idaho (15 min.) (Erik Anderson and Amanda Schachtschneider)
- Super Short Suggestions for Stellar Presentations (5 min.) (Barbara Chamberlin, New Mexico State University)
- Re-energizing Impact Communication: Lessons Learned So Far (Gail Wells and Kym Pokorny) – Royal C
- The “Ins” and “Outs” of Dialogue About Animal Agriculture (Jason Ellis, Kris Boone, Stephanie Coombes) – Beauregard
- The Camera In Your Pocket: Video Production Made Simple with Smartphones and iPads (90 min., starts at 9:00 a.m.) (Simone Keith) – Royal Salon
- Facilitating Graphic Communication and Technology Strategies (Mike Panaggio and Andrew Kniberg) – Royal D
11:00–11:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 3
- Life Goes On: Planning for Retirement (Janet Rodekohr, Judy Winn, Tom Knecht, Linda Benedict, Thomas Merrill) – Royal B
- Minimum Viable Product: A New Approach for Extension Web Projects (Bryan Mayjor and Jennifer Alexander) – Royal C
- Showcase Session 3 – Royal D
- Are You Ready? Small Business Disaster Plan Video, Program and App (15 min.) (Becky Koch)
- Infusing Your Day With Creative Energy (15 min.) (Joy Landis, Mindy Tape, Mallory Fournier)
- Changing With the Times: Teaching Students Responsive Web Design With the Bootstrap Framework (Courtney Meyers) – Beauregard
- Digital Natural History Photography (C.C. Lockwood) – Royal A
- Leadership and Management Learning Community – Royal Salon
Noon – Lunch and ACE Professional Award Presentation – Queen Anne Ballroom
1:00–1:45 p.m. – Hermance Speaker – Louisiana Wild (C.C. Lockwood) – Queen Anne Ballroom
2:00–5:00 p.m. – Extension Video Producers Workshop Show-and-Tell Session – Royal C
2:00 p.m. – Professional Development Tours (depart from hotel lobby)
- New Orleans Gardens (New Orleans Botanical Garden, Grow Dat Youth Farm, Capstone Farm in the Lower Ninth Ward)
- New Orleans Communication Firms (Lamar Advertising, Vivid Ink Graphics, Zehno)
- Audubon Butterfly Garden and Insectarium/Audubon Aquarium of the Americas
- Mardi Gras World
Evening on Your Own
9:00–11:00 p.m. – Hospitality Suite – Hemingway Suite, Room 1600
Thursday, June 15
6:00 a.m. – Joe Marks Memorial Fun Run/Walk – meet in hotel lobby (signed waiver required)
7:00 a.m.–6:00 p.m. – Registration Desk Open – Queen Anne Mezzanine
All Day – Academic/Professional Posters and ACE Silent Auction – Queen Anne Ballroom
7:00–8:30 a.m. – Breakfast Available – Queen Anne Ballroom
7:30 a.m. – ACE General Awards – Queen Anne Ballroom
8:00–8:45 a.m. – Keynote Presentation – Communicating Science in the Internet Age: Connecting Our Science to the Public (Kevin Folta) – Queen Anne Ballroom
9:00–9:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 4
- Transforming a Service Bureau Into a Strategic Communications Program (Ruth Borger, Jana Barnash, Tracy Bryant) – Royal B
- How Should This Dam Thing Work? (Gloria Holcombe, Kris Boone, Audrey King) – Beauregard
- Reinforce the Message and Make it Accessible to All With YouTube Captioning (Jennifer Chilek) – Royal Salon
- Dancing with Trolls—Positive Outcomes from Hostile Online Interactions (Kevin Folta) – Royal A
- Academic Programs and Research Learning Community – Royal D
10:00–10:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 5
- Make Science Great Again: 5 Imperatives for Science Communicators (90 min., ends at 11:45 a.m.) (Ann Christiano and Annie Neimand) – Royal A
- Marrying Your Brand With National Campaigns (Jamie Wilson, Andrea Harris, Jennifer McIver) – Royal B
- Section 508 – Accessibility 101 (Dianne Bell) – Beauregard
- Tweet This, Not That: Just Because You Can Doesn’t Mean You Should (Selina Meiners) – Royal Salon
- Social Media Analytics (Brad Brewster) – Royal D
11:00–11:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 6
- Make Science Great Again: 5 Imperatives for Science Communicators (90 min., starts at 10:00 a.m.) (Ann Christiano and Annie Neimand) – Royal A
- Creating a Video Literacy Program for Extension Agents and Specialists (Simone Keith) – Royal B
- Publishing and Graphic Design Peer Critique (Joy Landis) – Beauregard
- Eat, Cook, Click: New Technologies for Communicating Food Behavior (Barbara Chamberlin and Jeanne Gleason) – Royal Salon
- Social Media Learning Community – Royal D
- Diversity Learning Community – Royal C
Noon – Lunch – Queen Anne Ballroom
12:45 p.m. – Reuben Brigham Award Presentation – Queen Anne Ballroom
1:00–1:45 p.m. – Critique and Awards Program – Queen Anne Ballroom
2:00–2:45 p.m. – Breakout Session 7
- Digital Asset Management? Get Started! (Karen Zimmermann) – Royal C
- Video Production With Slog: It’s Not Your Father’s Gamma (Craig Woods) – Royal D
- What Workers Think: Engaging Latino Nursery Workers Using Focus Groups (Dio Morales and Ariel Ginsburg) – Beauregard
- Media Relations and Writing Learning Communities – Royal A
- Telling a Story With Targeted Social Media Posts (Jennifer Chilek) – Royal B
- Communicating Online (Academic Research Paper Presentations) – Royal Salon
- A Content Analysis of Extension’s Presence on 1890 Land-Grant University Websites (Garrett Steede, Diane Meyer, Laura Fischer, Courtney Meyers)
- #TransformFFA: Transforming Social Media Use into Strategic Brand Communication (Tiffany Rogers-Randolph, Lisa Lundy, Jessica Harsh, Raychel Rabon)
3:00–3:45 p.m. – Breakout Session 8
- Putting the “National” in the National WWII Museum (Kenneth Hoffman) – Royal B
- How Even You Can Create and Publish Captivating 3D Content (Alan Dennis and Jim Sloan) – Royal D
- Streaming Science: The Creation of a Mobile Electronic Field Trip for STEM Engagement (Jamie Loizzo) – Beauregard
- Managing Your Personal Brand (Tommy Karam) – Royal A
- Communicating Effectively (Academic Research Paper Presentations) – Royal Salons
- Eating Animals: The Influence of Food-based Narratives (Gillian Spolarich, Amanda Ruth-McSwain, Lisa Lundy)
- Communicating Science: A Systematic Review of the Modern Role of Source Credibility (Ariana Bigham and Courtney Meyers)
3:45–4:15 p.m. – Extended Break (Posters Hosted) – Queen Anne Parlor
View list of poster presenters
4:15–5:00 p.m. – Breakout Session 9
- Kids+Cams=Creativity: Teaching Video Production Skills to Youth (Randy LaBauve) – Royal B
- Showcase Session 4 – Royal C
- Seeing More With Educational Videos (15 min.) (Clint Thompson)
- Over Exposed: Photo Essays in Expected and Unexpected Ways (15 min.) (Steve Elliott)
- Showcase Session 5 – Royal D
- How Do You Measure Up? Using Facepager to Dig Deeper Into Facebook Analytics (15 min.) (Anissa Zagonel, Lauri Baker, Courtney Boman)
- Redefined Possibilities: Changing What Video Can Be on Colorado’s Western Slope (15 min.) (Susan Hutton and Joanne Littlefield)
- Night Photography in New Orleans (Edwin Remsberg) – Royal A
- Communicating with Consumers (Academic Research Paper Presentations) – Royal Salon
- Increasing Millennial Consumers’ Knowledge of Blueberry Health Benefits through an Informational Flyer (Anna Warner, Alexa Lamm, Joy Rumble)
- Developing Communication Strategies to Encourage Water-Conservation Behavior (Cassie Wandersee and Alexa Lamm)
- The Communication Effectiveness of Scientist-Stakeholder Partnerships Addressing Agriculture and Natural Resources Issues: A Citation Analysis of the [State] Water and Climate Alliance (Shuyang Qu and Tracy Irani)
- Assessing Consumer Exposure to Citrus Greening and Gene Technologies News in Print Media (Jeremy D’Angelo, Jason Ellis, Taylor Ruth)
5:15–6:00 p.m. – Breakout Session 10
- Showcase Session 6 – Royal C
- Re-energizing Your Classroom: Using Multimedia Case Studies to Encourage Students to Think Critically (15 min.) (Courtney Meyers, Katie Abrams, Ricky Telg)
- Science Communication and Public Engagement Training Needs of Extension Agents (15 min.) (Ruth Taylor, Ricky Telg, Lisa Lundy)
- Showcase Session 7 – Royal D
- 10 Ways a Communicator Can Help the Chief Executive (15 min.) (Chris Moran)
- 5 Ways to Make a Speech Sizzle (15 min.) (Chris Moran)
- Marketing Learning Community – Royal A
- Instructional Design and IT Learning Community – Royal B
- Publishing and Graphic Design Learning Community – Beauregard
- Communications Considerations (Academic Research Paper Presentations) – Royal Salon
- Opening the Closed Mind: A Literary Review of Creativity in Higher Education (Hope Hancock, Courtney Gibson, Erica Irlbeck, Courtney Meyers)
- Agricultural Communicators’ Professional Development Needs within Career Stages (Courtney Meyers, Lisa Rodgers, Garrett Steede, David Doerfert, Erica Irlbeck)
- Cultivating Creativity: Faculty Conceptions of Creativity in Agricultural Communications Students (Courtney Gibson, Hope Hancock, Erica Irlbeck, Courtney Meyers)
Evening on Your Own
9:00–11:00 p.m. – Hospitality Suite – Hemingway Suite, Room 1600
Friday, June 16
7:00 a.m.–11:45 a.m. – Registration Desk Open – Queen Anne Mezzanine
7:00-8:30 a.m. – Breakfast Available – Queen Anne Ballroom
7:00-8:00 a.m. – ACE Leadership Institute Roundtable – Queen Anne Ballroom
8:00–8:45 a.m. – ACE Business Meeting – Queen Anne Ballroom
9:00–9:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 11
- Showcase Session 8 – Royal A
- Creativity Warm-up Exercises (15 min.) (Quisto Settle)
- An Introvert’s Guide to Presentations (15 min.) (Quisto Settle)
- Metadata: Getting the Basics Right to Improve Productivity (Steve Patton) – Royal B
- How to Manipulate the Instagram Algorithm (Lindsey Davidson) – Royal C
- Social Networking South Carolina Agriculture (Denise Attaway and Donna Bowen) – Royal D
- Tapping Into Wisconsin Cooperative Extension: A Grass Roots, Statewide Multiplatform Communications and Marketing Campaign (Pamela Seelman) – Royal Salon
- Compel and Persuade (John Deveney) – Beauregard
10:00–10:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 12
- Creative Collaboration (Tracy Bryant and Cheli Scott) – Royal A
- Having Fun With Needs Assessments (Quisto Settle) – Royal C
- Sharing Your Story: Creating Compelling Videos That Advance Your Brand (Tamsin Ford, Samantha Nash, Pamela Seelman) – Royal Salon
- Electronic Media and Photography Learning Community – Royal B
11:00–11:45 a.m. – Breakout Session 13
- Showcase Session 9 – Royal A
- iPhone Tips From a Right Brainer (15 min.) (Sharon Dowdy and Merritt Melancon)
- Promoting Science Communication Through Images (15 min.) (Natalie Hampton and Lori Greiner)
- Video Shooting Tips: Bump Up the Quality (Scott Swanson and Bruce Sundeen) – Beauregard
- Getting Social: Using Social Media for Ag and Natural Resources Audiences Without Being Overwhelmed (Jason Kosovski and Rob Novak) – Royal C
- Communicating Through the Flint Water Crisis (Tom Cummins and Beth Stuever) – Royal D
- WisContext: Developing Academic Sources to Disseminate Information About Emerging Issues (Kristian Knudsen, Samantha Nash and Pamela Seelman) – Royal Salon
- Digital Workflow: From Snap to Storage (Stephen Patton) – Royal B
11:45 a.m. – Conference Ends
