Mark your calendars! The 2022 Annual Conference will be October 20–22, 2022, at the BYU Conference Center in Provo, Utah.
Announcements
- Welcome to the recordings from the 2021 LDSPMA Conference! Recordings are listed under their original date and time. As a guide, please refer to the conference schedule. You can also read more about the session topics and speakers here.
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- Share your conference highlights and network with other attendees in the LDSPMA General Networking Facebook group or on your own social media channels, and be sure to use #ldspma2021! Continue the conversation all year long by joining one of our interest groups.
- Recordings will be available through December 31, 2021.
Friday, October 8, 2021
Warm-up Activities, Announcements, and Welcome 8:30 – 9:10 a.m. MDT
View Camera Recording
Warm-Up Activities
Get in the spirit of the conference with musical performances and getting-to-know you activities.
Emceed by Arthur Jue and Trina Boice
Keynote Session 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. MDT
View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording
Getting Real with Alex Boyé: My Life as an Artist, Entertainer, Father, and Latter-day Saint
Alex Boyé
Breakout Sessions 10:10 – 11:00 a.m. MDT
Publishing Track | View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording (audio better than Zoom recording)
Publishing for an International Audience to Advance the Lord’s Work
Valerie Hitoto, Serge Petelo, and Matt Whitaker
Media and Entertainment Track | View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording
Yo Gabba Gabba! Aquabats Super Show! 9 Years to Neptune: Making TV for Kids
Cameron Sawyer, Christian Jacobs, and Adam Sidwell
Marketing Track | View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording
The First 3 Steps to Building an Online Presence
Karlene Browning
Editing, Design, and Production Track | View Camera Recording (first few minutes missing)
Paced to Thrill: Transforming Fiction or Memoir from Almost to Amazing!
Angela Jepperson
Fiction Writing Track | View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording
How to Tap into Creative Processes (Even When We Don’t Feel Creative)
Elizabeth and Chris Crowe
Nonfiction Writing Track | View Camera Recording
Writing as Ministering: Meeting People in Their Needs
James Goldberg
Breakout Sessions 11:10 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. MDT
Publishing Track | View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording
Publishing Post-COVID: What’s Changed and What Does Moving Forward Look Like?
Chris Schoebinger, Angela Johnson, Christopher Robbins, & Emma Heggem
Media and Entertainment Track | View Zoom Recording Part 1 and Part 2 | View Camera Recording
YouTube clips shown in the session: Kid Snippets Math Class | Kid Snippets Star Wars Cantina
Mainstream Media from Surprising Places: Breakout Success from YouTube and Other Social Media Platforms
Randy Roberts, John Roberts, & Stephen Tanne
Marketing Track | View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording
How to Start a Podcast from Scratch
Tamara K. Anderson
Editing, Design, and Production Track | View Zoom Recording (incomplete due to microphone issues) | View Camera Recording (first few minutes missing)
Maximizing Productivity and Time Management: How Editors Get More Done without Working More Hours
Suzy Bills
Fiction Writing Track | View Zoom Recording (starts a little late) | View Camera Recording
And Then This Happened: My Unexpected Journey into Nontraditional Publishing
Beth Brower
Nonfiction Writing Track | View Zoom Recording | View Camera Recording (audio is better on camera recording)
The Magic of Storytelling: Tricks to Help Your Writing Resonate with Audiences
Devan Jensen & John Hilton III
Awards Session 12:30 – 1:10 p.m. MDT
View recording on YouTube or Google Drive | View a refilming of Susan Easton Black’s comments
Lifetime Achievement Awards Ceremony
Each year the Latter-day Saint Publishing and Media Association honors individuals whose life’s work has made outstanding positive contributions to the world through publishing and media; who have promoted and personally exhibited excellence for many years in publishing and media; who are an inspiration, mentor, and supporter for others in publishing and media; and whose work is known and beneficial in Latter-day Saint communities and supports standards of “being honest, true, chaste, benevolent, virtuous, and . . . doing good to all men” (Article of Faith 1:13).
Presented by Connie Sokol
Recipients: Chris Schoebinger, Susan Easton Black, and Marvin K. Gardner