Destination: San Francisco

In less than 48 hours, I’ll be on a plane to San Francisco and the CoSIDA convention. I can’t wait. I look forward to this time every year as one of refreshment, networking, learning, and just plain having a good time.

San Francisco has some great restaurants. My daughter’s been there several times and (along with the Food Network) helped me put together a list of places to go.

Here is my list of “must-do’s” for the convention. How do they stack up against yours?
Sunday:
-CoSIDA chapel service at 9 a.m.
-track down a great breakfast
-Find a Kinko’s nearby to make copies
-Register and drop off school polos for St. Anthony’s clothing drive
-New media/tech committee meeting
-find a cool place to watch some fireworks.
Monday:
9-noon? : Writing for the Web seminar—may duck in to exhibitor hall and say “hi” to my peeps at Sidearm—they are the best web providers!
2:00-Credentialing Issues in New Media—do we have to give creds to those bloggers and message board moderators?
3:00—F.A.M.E.—wouldn’t miss this for the world!
4:00—Hosting a table topic on Personal Branding—see you there!
5:30- Duck in to the ESPN reception and then find a great place to eat –OR—just plain retire for the day and get room service. (hey, I’m old)
Tuesday:
8:00 a.m.-Dealing with Difficult Situations (who doesn’t need help with that?)
9:00: Find a really good breakfast
10-noon: Sessions on Reputation and Crisis Communications (been there—need that)
2:00—see if Ari Fleischer has any good stories this year! Grab coffee quick.
3:00-Strategic Communications and Break out.
Find a really good place to eat tonight—I got my list
Wednesday:
Another good breakfast hunt
10:00—Being Your Own Media—love Bill Smith!
11:00—Present a session on Social Media Policy—see you there! Don’t miss it!
12:30-St. Anthony's
2:30—You CAN do video. Hope to learn lots here.
3:30—Mini Panels--want to catch Jamie Weir's session on the future
Find the best place to eat yet! Any takers?