PRPD is embarking on a strategic planning process and your input is essential as the board and staff get together later this month to chart the course of this organization.

As the only organization fully committed to supporting the entire public media content community, we want to hear from as many people as possible - not just our current members.  

Since we are all deadline driven we aren't giving you a month to do this... we are giving you just a little more than a week.  

So go grab your beverage of choice - coffee, water or diet coke (or in the case of Bill Davis at KPCC - an ice cold Dr. Pepper) and take 15-20 minutes to complete the survey.

Please help PRPD plan for our collective future.

Three positions will be up for election this year. One seat is open due to term limits and two appointed board members are running to maintain their seats on the board.

All of the information about running for the board is available on the Running for the Board page. Typically, candidates apply directly to PRPD but you may also nominate someone else if you wish. Board members must be employees of member stations or organizations or may be an individual member. Only one person from any membership entity may be on the board at the same time.

The requested materials from all potential candidates must be received by PRPD no later than March 11, 2016 – by email to info@prpd.org.

The conference app is live and we will be using it a lot this year.  If you haven't already, please take a moment and download it before we get started.

We have Apple and Google Play versions.

Also, please use our hashtag #PRPD15 when posting on social media.

The Center for Investigative Reporting, one of the oldest nonprofit investigative newsrooms in the country, and PRX, the leader in audio innovation, will direct a conference workshop with CIR staff and others to guide stations through sustainability, capacity building, editing, impact measurement, engagement and production of investigative news.

MusicMaster is presenting Genius Day on September 28th 2015! The session will be held from noon to 5pm an the William Penn Omni Hotel, in the Three Rivers room. 
 

Continuous and accelerating waves of change call for critical mass conversations so more than 50% of this year’s conference will be General Sessions.

Here’s a run-down of our confirmed General Sessions and the Breakouts you can expect to find as you make you plans to join us in Pittsburgh for PRPD15 – The Content Conference!

Remember this is NOT a complete list but a preview and as you’ll see this is a MUST attend conference – no ifs, ands or buts about it!

For the first time ever, three of our industry’s most influential and incisive researchers and analysts will share a stage and take your questions. Edison’s Larry Rosen, RRC’s Dave Sullivan, Fred Jacobs of Jacobs Media will slice through Voltair, mobile, podcasting and other audio hot-button topics, public radio-specific audience trends, and we’ll get the latest from the Public Radio Tech Survey.

We are pleased to announce the appointment of Kerri Hoffman to the Board of Directors. Hoffman is the COO of PRX, the Public Radio Exchange.

The PD Workshop agenda is packed with information to help you develop the skills necessary to be a successful, productive program director.

If ever there was a year to make it to PRPD...

• Podcasting trend stories outnumber follow up on the stories our journalists have broken.
• What have we learned, and what comes after, the Spark project?
• And, collectively, we’ve trained and cultivated an audience who freaks out when Kim Kardashian appears on Wait, Wait.

Clearly, plenty to talk about... and some brilliant people to inspire you.

Finding America is AIR’s next Localore project and this demands your careful attention. The Station Runway has launched, which means this is your chance to make a compelling case for why local folks should come and partner with your station.