Agenda
8:00 am – 11:45 am
Pre-Conference Workshop 1
Completing CPB’s Annual Financial Report
Format: In-person offering only.
Speakers:
Kate Arno
Tim Bawcombe
Ken Goulet
Imad Khalid
Participants will learn about the process of preparing and filing financial reports for the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) using the Annual Financial Report and Financial Summary Report, as required by the Community Service Grant (CSG) program. Hands-on activities will help participants practice identifying non-federal financial support and determine how to report other revenues. The session will prepare beginners to complete their first annual financial report and will help experienced CSG grantees improve their ability to file an accurate report.
Learning Objectives:
- Understand the purpose of annual financial reporting to CPB and its importance to individual CSG recipients as well as to the entire public media system.
- Learn how to complete required financial reports.
- Know where to access help (CPB online resources, training, and technical support via email or phone) to complete financial reports.
11:45 am – 1:00 pm
Lunch on your own
1:00 pm – 5:30 pm
Pre-Conference Workshop 2
Completing the SAS and SABS
Format: In-person offering only.
Speaker:
Damon Frazier
All television and radio Community Service Grant recipients must complete the annual Station Activities Survey (SAS) and television grantees must also complete the annual Station Activities Benchmarking Study (SABS). This workshop examines the SAS and SABS reports and reviews the financial and non-financial information that must be reported. The workshop focuses first on SAS and then shifts to SABS covering data collection, consolidation, error checking, available tools, help desk support, and how to submit the surveys. Instructors will share the CPB survey reporting tool with attendees. Those involved with collecting, entering, or reporting survey information are encouraged to attend this workshop.
Learning Objectives:
- How to gather and report information for the SAS and SABS.
- How to use SAS and SABS help features, available tools, and instruction guides.
- How to access and utilize SAS and SABS reporting tools to generate benchmarking reports for station analysis.
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Welcome Reception
7:30 pm
Dine Arounds
8:30 pm – 10:00 pm
Evening On Your Own
Wednesday May 29th , 2024
8:00 am – 9:00 am
Breakfast
8:20 am – 9:20 am
Moderated Round Table Discussion (Bring in Your Breakfast)
9:20 am – 9:30 am
Break
10:30 am – 10:45 am
Transition Break
1:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Transition Break
3:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Refreshment Break – with exhibitors
3:15 pm – 4:15 pm
State of the System
4:15 pm – 4:30 pm
Transition Break
5:30 pm – 5:45 pm
Break
6:00 pm – 7:00 pm
Networking Reception with Exhibitors
7:30 pm – 9:30 pm
Dine Arounds
Thursday May 30th , 2024
8:00 am – 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:45 am – 10:00 am
Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
10:00 am – 11:15 am
General Panel Session
11:15 am – 11:45 am
Transition Break
11:45 am – 1:15 pm
Fostering Civil Dialogue and Community Engagement
Public media has long served the American people with high-quality, trusted content and information. Join CPB SVP of Radio, Journalism and CSG Services Kathy Merritt for a discussion of how public media can create spaces for informed, respectful discourse. The conversation will feature experts Chris Norris, strategic advisor to the CEO of StoryCorps, and Associate Professor of Philosophy Dr. Allan Hazlett of Washington University and leader of its Society Initiative, which examines the characteristics of responsible democratic citizenship.
1:15 pm – 1:45 pm
Transition Break
1:45 pm – 3:00 pm
CPB Town Hall
3:00 pm – 3:20 pm
Refreshment Break with Exhibitors
4:35 pm – 4:45 pm
Transition Break
7:00 pm – 10:00 pm
Nine PBS/St. Louis Public Radio PMBA Reception
Nine PBS and St. Louis Public Radio will host a reception for PMBA members on the Public Media Commons from 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 30.
The reception will include station tours of both Nine PBS and STLPR studios, giving members an inside look into the exceptional public television and radio services being produced and broadcast right in the heart of St. Louis.
Guests will hear from Amy Shaw, President and CEO of Nine PBS, and Tina Pamintuan, CEO of St. Louis Public Radio. Together, Shaw and Pamintuan will discuss the impact of public media on the St. Louis community.
Friday May 31st , 2024
8:30 am – 9:15 am
Breakfast/Round Table Week’s Sessions Recap
9:15 am – 9:30 am
Transition
10:45 am – 11:00 am
Refreshment Break