Hi from Jill Geisler:

Here's a look at your Leadership Academy Week.  It is attached as a PDF file.   It's the "glossy" version for you to print out for reference.

Leadership Academy Schedule 2

As you look at the schedule, please make sure to take a look at the Leadership Mall page.  The Mall is a special feature of the Leadership Academy that allows you to choose from among several sessions.

Past participants have told us they really appreciated being able to do a little "custom tailoring" of their learning, so we have expanded the Mall options this year.   And remember - one of your daily Mall options is also a rare commodity: free time to rest, read or write.

We also feature "Faculty Face Time" on Thursday afternoon.  If there's a Poynter or guest faculty with whom you'd like to have one-on-one time for conversation or coaching, you simply sign up.

Reminders:

• We kick off at 3pm on Sunday, October 21.
• During the week, sessions start each day at 8:45am.
• On Wednesday, we'll feature an "International Round Table Lunch."  This is a chance for us to break bread together and discuss journalism around the world with our international colleagues in the seminar.
  
• We'll end scheduled sessions around 5:45pm through Thursday.
• We have group dinners on Sunday, Monday and Thursday night (which is our closing party)
• Tuesday and Wednesday night are unscheduled.
• We end the seminar at 2:30pm on Friday, October 26.

Here's another look at your week from the seminar syllabus:

 
 
SUNDAY, October 21  Welcome!
3:00-5:00 p.m. Homeroom faculty greet participants and head to homerooms for
introductory session, followed by a tour of the Institute. 
5:00-6:00 p.m. Dinner at Poynter ~ Great Hall
6:15-7:30 p.m. The 2007 Naughton Lecture: A Conversation on News Leadership with Ellen Weiss, VP for News, National Public Radio ~ with Jim Naughton and Jill Geisler
 
 
MONDAY, October 22 
8:45-10:15 a.m. Leadership in Changing Times ~ Homerooms 
10:30-12:30 p.m. Feedback for Leaders: Your PDQ Reviews ~ Homerooms
12:30-2:00 p.m. Lunch  out on your dime
2:00-3:45  p.m. Conducting a Symphony of Personalities: Myers-Briggs® and
Management ~ Scott Libin and Jill Geisler ~ Barnes Pavilion
4:00-5:30 p.m.  Leadership Mall #1 ~ check your Mall schedule for choices
5:30 p.m. Homeroom regroup
6:45 p.m. Homerooms on the Town: depart Hampton for group dinners
 
 
TUESDAY, October 23 
8:45-10:15 a.m. Leading in a Multi-Media, 24/7 World ~ Rob King, John Yemma, Kenny Irby - Barnes Pavilion
10:30-12:00 p.m. Leadership and Untold Stories ~ Homerooms
12:00-1:30 p.m. Group Photo and Lunch out on your dime
1:30-4:00 p.m. Growing Your Team: Coaching and Feedback ~ Homerooms
4:00-5:30 p.m. Leadership Mall #2 ~ check your Mall schedule for choices
5:30 p.m. Homeroom regroup
Evening Free
 
 
WEDNESDAY, October 24 
8:45-12:00 p.m. Leaders and Values in Changing Times ~ Bob Steele and Butch Ward - Barnes Pavilion
12:00–1:30 p.m. International Roundtable Lunch ~ Great Hall
1:30-4:00 p.m. Those Difficult Conversations: Your Cases ~ Homerooms
4:00-5:30 p.m. Leadership Mall #3 ~ check your Mall schedule for choices 
5:30 p.m. Homeroom regroup 
Evening Free
 
 
THURSDAY, October 25 
8:45-10:15 a.m. Managing Change: The Rules and the Roles ~ Jill Geisler - Barnes Pavilion
10:30-12:00 p.m. Leadership Mall #4 ~ check your Mall schedule for choices
12:00-1:30 p.m. Lunch out on your dime
1:30-3:30 p.m. Faculty Face Time: signups in South lobby 
3:30-7:00 p.m. Homeroom regroup: Final work on Personal Development Plans
7:00-9:00 p.m. Closing dinner and party
9:00 p.m. End of day
 
 
FRIDAY, October 26 
8:30-11:15 a.m. Personal Development Plan Presentations and Feedback ~ Participants - Homerooms
11:15-12:30 p.m. Words to Wise Leaders: Marci Burdick, Rob King, Michele
McLellan, Ellen Soeteber, Gregory Favre
12:30-1:15 p.m.  Last lunch (complete your evaluations) ~ Great Hall
1:15 p.m. Taking It Home, Taking a Bow ~ Homerooms
2:30 p.m. Leadership Academy VII is complete.