Archive for Smofcon 30 - Rough Program

Smofcon 30 Program Draft

as of 11/9/2012

Riverview A (Hyatt)

  • Fri 16:00 - Fri 17:30, Discussing Difficult Issues Calmly
  • Sat 10:00 - Sat 11:00, Part II: Developing Restaurant and Local Guides: What Did We Learn?
  • Sat 11:00 - Sat 12:00, Fannish Inquistion: NASFiCs
  • Sat 12:00 - Sat 13:00, Managing E-mail Lists
  • Sat 14:00 - Sat 15:00, Inventing New Kinds of Programming, Events & Exhibits
  • Sat 15:00 - Sat 16:00, Maintaining SF Con Culture
  • Sat 16:00 - Sat 17:30, Planning Across Divisions
  • Sun 10:00 - Sun 11:00, How to Talk to Tech
  • Sun 11:00 - Sun 12:00, Understanding the Different Issues of Genre Cons (Philcon/Boskone...) and "Sub-Genre" Cons (Anthrocon/Costumecon/Anime Cons...)
  • Sun 12:00 - Sun 13:00, Electronic Site Selection
  • Sun 13:00 - Sun 14:00, Parliamentary Procedure and You
  • Sun 14:00 - Sun 15:00, Changing Convention Art Shows
  • Sun 15:00 - Sun 16:00, Different Approaches to Publication & Collateral Design
  • Sun 16:00 - Sun 17:00, Closing Down a Worldcon - Disbursements & Paperwork

Riverview B (Hyatt)

  • Fri 17:00 - Fri 17:30, Part I: Developing Restaurant and Local Guides: Getting Ready to Research
  • Sat 10:00 - Sat 11:00, Understanding Skill Sets & Jobs
  • Sat 11:00 - Sat 12:00, Evaluating Yourself: What Jobs Are You Best For?
  • Sat 12:00 - Sat 13:00, Evaluating Others: How Do You Decide Who Does What?
  • Sat 14:00 - Sat 15:00, How to Attract and Manage Volunteers and How to Keep Them Happy
  • Sat 15:00 - Sat 16:00, The Fine Art of Firing and Quitting
  • Sat 16:00 - Sat 17:30, The "Same People Paradox" - Keep the Same Job or Take Different Jobs?
  • Sun 10:00 - Sun 11:00, Managing a Fan Table
  • Sun 11:00 - Sun 12:00, When the Chair Is the Problem
  • Sun 12:00 - Sun 13:00, Different Prices for Different People?
  • Sun 13:00 - Sun 14:00, Rethinking Worldcon Bidding
  • Sun 14:00 - Sun 15:00, Con Access and Universal Design
  • Sun 15:00 - Sun 16:00, Ethics and the SF Community
  • Sun 16:00 - Sun 17:00, Creating Engaging Kids Activities

Riverview C (Lounge)

  • Fri noon - Fri 17:00, Registration
  • Fri 15:00 - Fri 16:00, Stroll with the Smofs
  • Sat 9:30 - Sat 13:00, Registration
  • Sat 13:00 - Sat 14:00, Lunch

Riverview A/B/C

  • Sat 20:00 - 22:00, Fannish Inquisition - Worldcons and Smofcons

Washington A (Hyatt)

  • Fri 13:00 - Fri 16:00, Program Masterclass (Workshop is full; there is a waitlist)
  • Sat 14:00 - Sat 15:00, Using Drupal to Set-up Convention Registration

Washington B (Hyatt)

  • Fri 13:00 - Fri 16:00, Budgeting Workshop (There are still slots available.)

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