FRIDAY

Minutes

Location

11:30

Coffee/Sandwich/Meet & Greet

12:15

Welcome & Enthusiasms

main stage

National Roll Call

20

Iona/Ivy

12:50

Getting Serious: The Big Picture

30

main stage

Convergence Goals & Outline

Ivy

How B4B fits in Progressive movement

Monet

Let's Pop the Champaign: Propose National Campaigns

Tex

Introduce National Project Teams & Points

Meg

1:20

Guest Speaker: Lisa Witter, Fenton Communications

25

Lucinda

1:50

Break for 25 minutes

café

buy your own coffee/snacks in café

25

2:15

Breakout Sessions

45

Street Actions Workshop & Brainstorm

Room 1

Monet/Robin

What do you think about these Champaigns?

Room 2

Iona/Ivan A

What do you think about these Champaigns?

Room 3

Merchant/Tex

3:00

Media Training

main stage

Scott Sobel, VP Levick Strategic Communications

90

Lucinda

4:30

Break for 10 min.

10

café

4:40

B4B Policies & Procedures Handout/Presentation

35

main stage

National Organization Structure

Meg/Iona

Legal Restrictions on 527s and 501c3s

Alan

Messaging Basics: Do's and Don'ts

Meg/Tex

5:15

Wrap Up & Billionaire Follies Performance

15

main stage

6:00

Billionaire Happy Hour

café

SATURDAY

Minutes

Location

10:30

Bagels & Coffee

30

café

Infomercial

30

main stage

11:00

Wake Up Call

main stage

Music Video

National Roll Call

Iona/Ivy

Overview of Day/Schedule

10

Meg

11:15

Breakouts

50

George Lakoff’s Introduction to Reframing - 25 min

25

main stage

 - Principles of Good Messaging & Reframing

25

Room 1

Monet/Tex

 - Principles of Good Messaging & Reframing

25

Room 2

Iona/Ivan A

I Gotta Sing! Nurturing Your Follies Troupe

50

small stage

Ivy/Uma

Using the B4B Blog & Online Tools/Brainstorm

50

Room 3

Owen/Ivana

12:05

Breakouts

55

Building a Strong Chapter

Room 1

Ivan T/Noah/Iona T

Getting Serious about using humor:

brainstorm creative new tactics & pranks

Room 2

Robin/Owen

Getting Serious about using humor:

brainstorm creative new tactics & pranks

Room 3

Monet/Meg

Speakers Bureau: Cameras, Mics and Public Speaking for Billionaires

small stage

Ivy

1:00

Lunch

50

café

1:50

Breakouts

60

Fundraising for Chapters: Balls, Tabling, & Bling/Bake Sales

Room 1

Count/Noah

Champaign brainstorms: Messaging & Strategy :

Drain America First

Room 2

Ivan T

Champaign Brainstorm: Messaging & Strategy:

Privatizing Social Security

Room 3

Tex

2:50

Break for 10 min.

10

3:00

More Stuff Everyone Should know

45

main stage

To do or Not to do: Action Criteria

Iona

Stuffing the Pig Nationally & Locally

Alan

Project Proposals

Emma

Feedback from chapters re: Using the blog and Online tools

Owen/Ivana M.

3:45

Follies Performance - Rally

15

main stage

4:00

Breakouts

45

Media - how to create, how to talk

small stage

Lucinda

Champaign Brainstorm: Messaging & Strategy:

Dynasty Tax

room 1

Ivan A/Owen

Love thy Neighbor - chapter-building through collaboration

room 2

Alan/Ivan T

4:45

National Project Teams Meet/Plan

30

Pranks/Actions

Room 1

Robin

Radio Show

Room 2

Monet

Graphics/Materials/Props/Signs

Room 3

Ivana N.

Tech Team/Website/Online Tools

Room 4

Owen

Research/Messaging/Quality Control

Room 5

Ivan A.

Developing our National Chapter Network

Main stage

Iona

Follies & Speakers’ Bureau

small stage

Fonda & Ivy

5:15

Wrap-up & Song!

main stage

Ivy

6:00

Exeunt