Travel & Words provides plenty of opportunities for professional development and networking, so attendees can make valuable new contacts, rekindle old connections, gain fresh insights about the travel media industry and come away inspired to tell new stories. To read the workshop descriptions, click here.
Travel & Words 2020, scheduled for the spring at Riverhouse on the Deschutes in Bend, OR, has been postponed until fall 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak. Check back for new dates.
| Date | Time | What |
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| Sunday | 4:00 – 6:00 pm | Registration Desk Open |
| 4:00 – 8:00 pm | Exhibitor set-up. Exhibits are not open for viewing | |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Welcome Reception (appetizers and beverages provided) | |
| Monday | 7:30 – 8:30 am | Exhibitor set-up |
| 7:30 – 8:30 am | Registration Desk Open | |
| 7:30 – 8:30 am | Registration Desk Open. Coffee, Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Welcome to Travel & Words 2020, opening remarks | |
| 9:00 – 9:15 am | Host Presentation: Central Oregon Visitors Association | |
| 9:15 – 10:15 am | DMO Panel Discussion: Working with Destination Marketing Organizations. Moderated by Dave Peterson | |
| 10:15 – 10:45 am | Networking Break. Visit Exhibit Tables, Refreshments | |
| 10:45 – 11:45 pm | Editors Panel Discussion. Panelists: Stefanie Loh, Travel Editor, Seattle Times Nancy Chaney, Out & About Editor, Parent Map Kate Rogers, Editor in Chief, Mountaineers Books Julie Winsel, Editor, Eugene Magazine Moderated by Allen Cox |
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| 11:45 – 12:00 pm | Lunch Sponsor Presentation | |
| 12:00 – 1:00 pm | Lunch | |
| 1:00 – 2:00 pm | Keynote Address: How to Find Unique Story Angles Only You can Write, Presented by Judith Fein | |
| 2:00 – 2:45 pm | Photography Presentation: Take Photos that Tell a Story, Presented by Paul Ross | |
| 2:45 – 3:15 pm | Networking Break. Visit Exhibit Tables, Refreshments | |
| 3:15 – 4:15 pm | Experienced Track Workshop A: Advanced Social Media Clinic, Presented by McKenzie Franklin |
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| 3:15 – 4:15 pm | Experienced Track Workshop B: Developing Your Book Proposal, Presented by Craig Romano and Kate Rogers |
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| 3:15 – 4:15 pm | Beginning Track Workshop A: Freelance Travel Writing 101, Presented by Allen Cox | |
| 3:15 – 4:15 pm | Exhibitors: DMO Workshop, Moderated by Dave Peterson | |
| 4:15 – 4:45 pm | Wrap Up, Door Prizes | |
| 5:30 pm | Bus Group 1 Departs for Networking Mixer at High Desert Museum | |
| 6:30 pm | Bus Group 2 Departs for Networking Mixer at High Desert Museum | |
| 6:00 – 8:00 pm | Networking Mixer, Hosted by Central Oregon Visitors Association. (Appetizers and beverages provided) | |
| 7:30 pm | Bus Group 1 Departs for Riverhouse on the Deschutes | |
| 8:30 pm | Bus Group 2 Departs for Riverhouse on the Deschutes | |
| Tuesday | 7:30 – 8:30 am | Coffee, Continental Breakfast |
| 8:30 – 9:00 am | Welcome, Opening Remarks, Door Prizes | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Experienced Track Writers and Exhibitors: Writer-Exhibitor Meetups | |
| 9:00 – 10:00 am | Beginning Track Workshop B: Instagram for Travel Writers, Presented by McKenzie Franklin | |
| 10:00 – 10:30 am | Networking Break. Visit Exhibit Tables, Refreshments | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 am | Experienced Track Writers and Exhibitors: Writer-Exhibitor Meetups | |
| 10:30 – 11:30 am | Beginning Track Workshop C: Brand Yourself, Presented by Adam Sawyer | |
| 11:30 – 11:45 am | Lunch Sponsor Presentation | |
| 11:45 – 12:45 pm | Lunch | |
| 12:45 – 1:30 pm | Presentation: "Over- or Under-Covered? Responsible Travel Writing", Presented by Adam Sawyer | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Experienced Track Writers and Exhibitors: Writer-Exhibitor Meetups | |
| 1:30 – 2:30 pm | Beginning Track Workshop D: Anatomy of a Travel Story, Presented by Allen Cox | |
| 2:30 – 3:00 pm | Networking Break. Visit Exhibit Tables, Refreshments | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Experienced Track Writers and Exhibitors: Writer-Exhibitor Meetups | |
| 3:00 – 4:00 pm | Beginning Track Writers Panel, Moderated by Allen Cox | |
| 4:00 – 4:30 pm | Wrap Up, Door Prizes |