The First Policy Prescriptions® Symposium & Contributor Retreat

April 5 & 6, 2014

Lancaster Hotel / 701 Texas St, Houston, TX 77002 /(713) 228-9500 /thelancaster.com

Saturday, April 5, 2014

 

12pm

Opening Lunch and Networking

2pm

Who are we? The history, mission and vision of PolicyRx

Cedric Dark, Founder and Executive Editor,

3pm

Lobbying 101: Tips on reaching and influencing policy-makers

Séan Patrick Nichols, Director of Public Affairs at Renaissance Air

4pm

Agents of Change: What lawmakers need for better decision-making

Garnet Coleman, Texas State Representative (TX-147)

5pm

Media Training: Connecting with print, video, and social media

Tyeese Gaines, Clinical Instructor at Yale School of Medicine, Health Editor at theGrio.com (NBC News), and Emergency Medicine Physician at Raritan Bay Medical Center

7pm

Happy Hour and Dinner

Sunday, April 6, 2014

8am

Lessons from Public Health, Business, Law School

Cedric Dark, Renèe Volny-Darko, Kameron Matthews

9am

Writing Workshop:  Introducing our Style Guide

Farah Kudrath, Managing Editor, Policy Prescriptions ®

10am

The Business Plan

Renèe Volny-Darko

11am

Product Development Brainstorming

We will discuss forthcoming products such as: infographics, podcasts, and videocasts

12pm

Concluding Lunch

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