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Golf Outing at Cedar Creek Golf Course (Separate registration)

6/22/2022 8:30 AM - 6/23/2022 1:00 PM

Summary
Separate Registration. See WBA website.

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6/22/2022 8:30 AM - 6/23/2022 1:00 PM

Harness the Power of Your Voice

6/22/2022 9:00 AM - 6/22/2022 10:00 AM

Speakers
  • Amy Tardif - Corps Excellence Regional Manager, Northeast, Report for America
    Amy Tardif is the Corps Excellence Regional Manager for the Northeast at Report for America and an independent fact-checker. She fact checked the Peabody award winning podcast Believed. Amy is formerly a member of the Public Media Journalists' Association (PMJA) Editor Corps, the regional manager of StoryCorps in Chicago, and WGCU Public Media’s Station Manager and News Director where she also won a Peabody Award for her documentary Lucia’s Letter on human trafficking. She was the first woman in radio to Chair RTDNA, and she served five years on the PMJA board. Amy has also been managing editor for NPR's Next Generation Radio Project five times. She and George have been voice coaches together for more than a decade.
  • George Bodarky - Senior Director of Content Strategy and Student Development, WFUV FM,
Summary
Want to have more confidence and greater influence when you speak? Whether you’re a broadcaster, sales professional, business executive or educator, the way in which you use your voice can have very different outcomes. This lively, interactive session will teach you techniques to harness the power of your voice to communicate with audiences more effectively, whether you’re behind a microphone or in front of a boardroom. Among other things, your trainers, Amy Tardif and George Bodarky will teach you how to improve vocal variety, have greater expressiveness. Add power and projection to your voice, use your voice to highlight important ideas, improve your enunciation, and warm up to ensure you maintain a healthy and vibrant voice. You’re guaranteed to leave this session with the tools to never sound boring again! *Note* Please come to the session with a script you have previously used or will need to use for a presentation, podcast or otherwise. If you do not have a script, please come with a paragraph written for your voice that describes something that inspires you.

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6/22/2022 9:00 AM - 6/22/2022 10:00 AM

Engineering Day

6/22/2022 9:00 AM - 6/23/2022 4:30 PM

How You Can Connect to Today’s Student

6/22/2022 10:15 AM - 6/22/2022 11:30 AM

Summary
This panel discussion with members of the WBA Education Committee is aimed at helping broadcasters understand today’s college students and how best to connect with them about careers in broadcasting.

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6/22/2022 10:15 AM - 6/22/2022 11:30 AM

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6/22/2022 1:30 PM - 6/22/2022 2:45 PM

Job Fair

6/22/2022 1:30 PM - 6/22/2022 2:45 PM

Summary
Separate Registration for Job Fair booth. Check WBA Website

EEO Session from the WBA Diversity Committee

6/22/2022 3:00 PM - 6/22/2022 4:00 PM

Summary
Details to come

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6/22/2022 3:00 PM - 6/22/2022 4:00 PM

Legislative Update

6/22/2022 4:00 PM - 6/22/2022 5:15 PM

Summary
With the WBA Legislative Committee

Harness the Power of Your Voice

6/22/2022 4:00 PM - 6/22/2022 5:15 PM

Speakers
  • Amy Tardif - Corps Excellence Regional Manager, Northeast, Report for America
    Amy Tardif is the Corps Excellence Regional Manager for the Northeast at Report for America and an independent fact-checker. She fact checked the Peabody award winning podcast Believed. Amy is formerly a member of the Public Media Journalists' Association (PMJA) Editor Corps, the regional manager of StoryCorps in Chicago, and WGCU Public Media’s Station Manager and News Director where she also won a Peabody Award for her documentary Lucia’s Letter on human trafficking. She was the first woman in radio to Chair RTDNA, and she served five years on the PMJA board. Amy has also been managing editor for NPR's Next Generation Radio Project five times. She and George have been voice coaches together for more than a decade.
  • George Bodarky - Senior Director of Content Strategy and Student Development, WFUV FM,
    George Bodarky is the Senior Director of Content Strategy and Student Development at WFUV FM, an NPR affiliate station, based on the Rose Hill campus of Fordham University in the Bronx. George was recently promoted from his role as WFUV's News and Public Affairs Director. George is a past president of Public Radio News Directors, Inc. (now Public Media Journalists Association and a past president of the New York State Associated Press Association. He also serves on the executive council of the Deadline Club. and is on the board of the New York Press Club. George is an award-winning journalist who trains undergraduate and graduate students at Fordham University in multiplatform journalism. George is also an adjunct professor at the Craig Newmark Graduate School of Journalism at CUNY and has taught at Columbia University’s Graduate School of Journalism. He is widely known for his vocal coaching and journalism training. Over the years his students have won countless awards and have secured employment as anchors, reporters, writers and producers in commercial and public television and radio outlets across the nation. Prior to working at WFUV, George spent many years as an anchor, reporter and news manager in commercial radio and television.
Summary
Want to have more confidence and greater influence when you speak? Whether you’re a broadcaster, sales professional, business executive or educator, the way in which you use your voice can have very different outcomes. This lively, interactive session will teach you techniques to harness the power of your voice to communicate with audiences more effectively, whether you’re behind a microphone or in front of a boardroom. Among other things, your trainers, Amy Tardif and George Bodarky will teach you how to improve vocal variety, have greater expressiveness. Add power and projection to your voice, use your voice to highlight important ideas, improve your enunciation, and warm up to ensure you maintain a healthy and vibrant voice. You’re guaranteed to leave this session with the tools to never sound boring again! *Note* Please come to the session with a script you have previously used or will need to use for a presentation, podcast or otherwise. If you do not have a script, please come with a paragraph written for your voice that describes something that inspires you.

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6/22/2022 4:00 PM - 6/22/2022 5:15 PM

Reception Cruise

6/22/2022 5:45 PM - 6/22/2022 7:15 PM

Location
La Crosse Queen
Speakers
  • Sam Ness
    From theater performer, to full-time busker and wanderer playing festivals and cafés, Sam Ness has shared the stage with acts such as America, Styx, Night Ranger, Chris Barron (Spin Doctors), and many others. Mixing Traditional Folk/Americana roots with a new-age Alternative Singer/Songwriter feel, Sam finds inspiration in the ancient cobblestone streets across the globe. Sometimes wild and dance oriented, other moments raw, emotional, and filled with moments of silence, Sam’s show changes every night. His percussive playing paired with an assortment of special effects including a loop system, have built a sound larger than most full bands. Sam has taken home a handful of Madison Area Music Awards including Male Vocalist of the Year (2019, 2020, 2021), Alternative Album of the Year (Whispered on the Wind 2018), Madison Area Breakthrough Artist Second Runner up (2017), Cover Song of the Year (Bonnie Raitt’s I Can’t Make You Love Me 2020), Unique Performer of the Year (2021). For videos and more information on Sam, visit: www.samness.us.
Summary
The La Crosse Queen will pick us up near the La Crosse Radisson for a 90 minute cruise on the Mississippi.

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6/22/2022 5:45 PM - 6/22/2022 7:15 PM

Dinner at the Waterfront

6/22/2022 7:30 PM - 6/22/2022 10:00 PM

Location
Waterfront Restaurant and Tavern
Summary
At the dinner we will recognize the 2022 Young Professional of the Year Dinner entertainment: Recording artist Sam Ness

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6/22/2022 7:30 PM - 6/22/2022 10:00 PM

Business Breakfast

6/23/2022 8:30 AM - 6/23/2022 10:00 AM

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6/23/2022 8:30 AM - 6/23/2022 10:00 AM

Economic Update

6/23/2022 10:00 AM - 6/23/2022 10:30 AM

Speakers
  • Mark Consigny - US Bank
Summary
Report from U.S. Bank

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6/23/2022 10:00 AM - 6/23/2022 10:30 AM

Baby Got Back Up?

6/23/2022 10:45 AM - 6/23/2022 11:45 AM

Speakers
  • Nancy Douglass - GM, WLKG, Lake Geneva
Summary
Costly, stressful, and enormously time consuming. Cyber-attacks are a threat to ANY computer connected to the internet. You can lose everything. Learn how one small Wisconsin radio station found out the hard way how important it is to protect and save your files, and what they did to recover from a triple cyber-attack.

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6/23/2022 10:45 AM - 6/23/2022 11:45 AM

Keynote Lunch

6/23/2022 12:00 PM - 6/23/2022 2:30 PM

Speakers
  • Tom Thibodeau - Distinguished Professor of Servant Leadership at Viterbo University
    Distinguished Professor of Servant Leadership at Viterbo University and voted best professor in La Crosse in 2015. Thibodeau is a nationally recognized speaker who provides leadership and organizational culture development consulting to health systems, corporations, college systems, school systems, large cooperatives, communities, and organizations of all sizes across the U.S. He has been actively serving the La Crosse community for more than 20 years through his leadership on a number of community boards and committees and as founder and active member at Place of Grace, a local Catholic Worker House.
Summary
Keynote Speaker Tom Thibodeau and Local Broadcast Legends Presentation

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6/23/2022 12:00 PM - 6/23/2022 2:30 PM

Purpose and Compassion at Work

6/23/2022 2:45 PM - 6/23/2022 3:30 PM

Speakers
  • John McHugh - Director of Corporate Communications, Leadership Development, and Training, Kwik Trip
    John McHugh is the Director of Corporate Communications, Leadership Development, and Training for Kwik Trip, Inc., based in La Crosse. In his role at Kwik Trip he has helped the company achieve recognition as a Top Workplace as listed by the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, the Minneapolis Star Tribune and the Des Moines Register. Prior to joining Kwik Trip in 2004, John was an instructor and principal at Aquinas High School in La Crosse. He holds degrees from the University of Saint Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota and the Gregorian University in Rome, Italy. John sits on the Boards of Trust Point, Better Life Insurance and Viterbo University. He and his wife Maggie enjoy living at their log home near Sparta.
Summary
Regardless of your role, what are people, customers and business partners looking for in you? What is the workplace culture you have created with your team that leads to success? Creating a mission driven culture with compassion and trust turns satisfied customers into loyal customers. In addition, if the work we do is tied into a purpose beyond profits our job satisfaction increases substantially and employee turnover is reduced. Join John McHugh as he explores the role you play in your organization’s success and how you can find the key people to help you achieve that greatness. His examples and stories are ones that you won’t forget.

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6/23/2022 2:45 PM - 6/23/2022 3:30 PM

The Connected Vehicle – What Does that Mean for Radio?

6/23/2022 3:45 PM - 6/23/2022 4:30 PM

Speakers
  • Juan Galdamez
Summary
How listeners consume content in the vehicle is evolving rapidly! Automakers are bringing the living room experience to the vehicle and increasing connectivity to the vehicle. The great news… Radio is still the No. 1 source of entertainment inside the vehicle! Join us as we walk through how the Connected Car is evolving and chat through what that looks like for radio.

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6/23/2022 3:45 PM - 6/23/2022 4:30 PM

Hall of Fame Reception

6/23/2022 5:00 PM - 6/23/2022 6:00 PM

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6/23/2022 5:00 PM - 6/23/2022 6:00 PM

Hall of Fame Dinner

6/23/2022 6:00 PM - 6/23/2022 7:00 PM

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6/23/2022 6:00 PM - 6/23/2022 7:00 PM

Hall of Fame Presentations

6/23/2022 7:00 PM - 6/23/2022 8:30 PM

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6/23/2022 7:00 PM - 6/23/2022 8:30 PM

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