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WEDNESDAY, MAY 14

All Sessions in Sierra Ballroom

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2:00 PM - 2:30 PM

This period is to welcome attendees and set the scene for the day ahead.

2:30 PM - 4:00 PM

Session: Strategies for Developing - and
Delivering - Your Message
Nationally renowned communications advisors Sherry Greenberg and Naomi Seligman
will provide an overview of how to develop and effectively deliver your message,
including practice with public speaking and interview techniques. The training will focus
on successful presentation strategies and non-verbal cues, particularly through a gender
lens.

Sherry Greenberg
Elevated Campaigns

Sherry Greenberg is the chief strategist at Elevated Campaigns. For nearly
10 years, she was a top aide and DC spokesperson for three California State
Assembly speakers. Greenberg also served as executive director of the California
Democratic Congressional Delegation, coordinating communications and promoting the interests
of dozens of members of Congress. Greenberg has worked on many races—large and small—across
the country. In 2012, she was a Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee adviser in Illinois
and managed a top-tier House race. Additionally, Greenberg provides political and communications
advice internationally. Her communications expertise is highly valued in the private and nonpolitical
sector as well. Greenberg also advises nonprofits, including The National Women’s Hall of Fame. She
has worked at a broadcast TV station and has appeared in many live TV and radio interviews.

Naomi Seligman
Seligman Consulting
Naomi Seligman has built her career transforming talented people and
organizations into powerhouses of influence. As president of Seligman Consulting,
she builds winning campaigns for advocacy organizations, writers, documentarymakers, tech innovators, and entertainment industry luminaries through robust partnerships, creative
marketing, and media buzz. Seligman created and led a national advocacy and entertainment
campaign for INOCENTE, the 2013 Oscar winner for Best Documentary Short at the Academy
Awards. She also worked with the Global Survivors Network to publicize the 2011 Oscar-nominated
short documentary Killing in the Name. Seligman built and directed communications operations
for Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington D.C. and Media Matters, and was the media
force behind the defense of outed undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame Wilson and her husband,
Ambassador Joseph Wilson. Seligman has also worked extensively on Capitol Hill.
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Pre-Conference Agenda

Welcome and Opening Session