Workshops

Conference Workshops

We have an exciting array of workshop possibilities consisting of many new topics to aid in the delivery of community media and broadcast television. Watch for updates in future as workshops develop. If you have any suggestions, please submit your ideas by clicking here. We are always aiming to please!

Station Management

Politics of PEG: Managing Conflict to Everyone’s Advantage

How to be professional in the political minefield of PEG TV? Let’s talk about how to work with difficult elected officials, advisory board members, colleagues in the larger PEG community, staff, volunteers, and community residents. Bring your problems to the table, and we’ll share strategies proven to work.

Don R. Swanson, EdD, CLP, has more than 30 years experience with organizational communication improvement as an educator, trainer, coach, consultant and administrator. He is Principal Communication Counsel with Communication Success Associates and Professor of Communication and founder of the Corporate Communication MA program at Monmouth University. Don has been co-chair of the Long Branch NJ Cable Commission for more than a decade.

An experienced mediator and certified listening professional, CLP, Don has extensive experience as an executive coach and conflict coach. Recent consulting clients have included several Wall Street firms, utilities, the U.S. Postal Service, DOD, Royal Caribbean International, colleges, and professional associations. A version of this program has recently been presented at continuing education sessions of the AMANJ, Association of Municipal Assessors of New Jersey, the Garden State Association Human Resources, Rider Education of New Jersey, and sessions with municipal officers. It is based on concepts presented at the International Listening Association, and Corporate Communication International conferences.

Panelist(s):

Don Swanson – EdD, CLP Professor of Communication, Monmouth University

Moderator(s):

Tom Horan – Program Director, JCETV, Jersey City Public Schools

Best Practices in PEG Management: Policy Development and Financial Reviews

This workshop will discuss the development of important administrative, personnel and financial policies for PEG organizations, along with the value of an independent annual audit. Examples will be provided of several policies recommended by the IRS for non-profit organizations.

Panelist(s):

Cynthia Hahn – Executive Director, C-NET, State College, PA
Sandra Peaches – Executive Director, Prince George’s Community Television, Largo, MD

Flying Solo: How do you create a station that can be run by one? Hear case studies by folks who do it.

Whether you’re starting up or rebuilding, learn where to start, how to find help, how to cope with limited resources. Must-have equipment. Helpful tools. Remote control enabling technologies (so one person can do what’s necessary from off-site).

Panelist(s):

Tracey Lawrence – Station Manager, Ringwood TV, Ringwood, NJ
Jesse Patterson – TV36, Summit, NJ
Sharon Colucci – Montclair TV, Montclair, NJ

Station Operation

Music Rights for Cable Made Easy

Everyone knows that great music makes great productions, but obtaining the necessary rights can be confusing. In this workshop you’ll learn about the three basic music rights, which ones you need for your PEG station (and which ones you don’t), and how to get the ones you do. Who are ASCAP and BMI and what do they do? What special rights might you need iIf you stream your shows on the internet, or make or sell copies of shows to the public?

Doug Wood is an author, composer, producer and publisher of music for media, and serves on the Board of Directors of ASCAP. Doug Wood, founder and CEO of Omnimusic Production Music in New York. Doug Wood has written and produced music for hundreds of television programs and commercials, including Saturday Night Live, Dateline NBC, Conan O’Brien, ESPN and Univision. Mr. Wood has been elected six times to the Board of Directors of the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP).

Panelist(s):

Doug Wood – Board of Directors ASCAP

Moderator(s):

Rich Desimone – Station Manager, METV, Metuchen, NJ

Production

News Programming: Some of us do it daily, some weekly, some monthly…

In any case, find out what it takes to put together what may well be your station’s most popular show of the future: the news. See video examples of news produced by sister stations. Learn how stations are rolling their news into other venues. (FB, YouTube, etc.)

Curtis Crutchfield – News Director, Prince George’s Community Television, Largo, MD

Sports Play by Play & Color Commentary

After graduating from Ohio University in 1975, Bruce began his professional career in suburban Cleveland radio before heading back to central Jersey to join the highly-regarded WCTC News Department. Bruce then became News Director in 1987, a position he still holds, along with the station’s title of Sports Director. He also is News Director for Greater Media New Jersey, the parent company of WCTC, and six other radio stations in the Garden State. You can hear him twice a weekday on the statewide “Greater Media New Jersey Newsminute.” He also anchors the news and sports on the Jack Ellery Show, weekday mornings on WCTC. Bruce also is well-known for his 23-year stint as the voice of Rutgers Scarlet Knight football, men’s basketball, and women’s basketball.

Darryl Love has worked in broadcast television production and audio-visual services for nearly a quarter century. He is a 5-time Emmy Award winner. For 15 years he was a staffer at NBC Sports where his projects included work on 5 Olympic Games, the NFL, NBA, NHL, Notre Dame Football, and the Alli Dew Tour. Other recent clients include MLB Network and the United Football League. Love gained his corporate production and management background working for consumer products companies Colgate-Palmolive and Procter & Gamble. His career began in the 1980’s as a mobile & radio disc jockey. He is a member of the Directors Guild of America and serves on the advisory board for Bloomfield, NJ Municipal Television.

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