Generous CalSPRA Members Sharing their Experience and Wisdom at NSPRA!
Find out all the ways to connect with your CalSPRA peers
Sessions by CalSPRA Members
Monday
1:20 p.m. - National School Communicator of the Year Finalists Panel (Anakaren Cardenas Ureño)
3:10 p.m. - Getting Your Team on Board with Digital Accessibility (Emily Popek, Courtney Bonfante)
3:10 p.m. - Leading Through Change: Communications Leaders as Strategic Partners in Gen AI Adoption
(Elisabeth Graswich, Jennifer Oliva)
3:10 p.m. - Transitioning to a New Intranet: Engaging Staff, Enhancing
Accessibility and Ensuring Success (Hilda Toribio Flores)
Tuesday
8:00 a.m. - Addressing Dis- and Misinformation: A Strategic
Communications Campaign Approach (Natalie Allen, Christina Arpante)
9:30 a.m. - Clicks and Connections: Crafting Content that Captivates
Communities and Crawlers (Chelsea Janke)
9:30 a.m. - Crisis is Calling: How to Ready Your District through Crisis
Communications Leadership (Amy Ventetuolo, Christine Frias)
9:30 a.m. - From Summits to Surveys: How NVUSD Gathered Input
from Students, Staff and its Community to Guide its Future (Julie Bordes, Rosanna Mucette)
10:45 a.m. - Walking the Tightrope: Navigating the Delicate Balance of
Politics and Education (Jessica Hull, Sundeep Dosanjh)
Wednesday
8 a.m. - From Empty Seats to Full Classrooms: Lessons from
a Groundbreaking Pre-School Enrollment Campaign (Christina Arpante)
8 a.m. - The APR: Facts and Fiction ( Emily Popek, APR, Monica Lester APR)
9:20 a.m. - Engaging Through Video Storytelling: The Success of Yours
in Education (Michelle Eklund)
10:45 a.m. - The Second Act - Starting in School PR Later in Life (Karen Briones, APR)
Other Times to Connect -
Sunday
1 p.m. - Annual Meeting and Celebration of Achievement (CalSPRA Chapter Awards, APR Pinnings,
Superintendents to Watch, Awards and Scholarships)
4 p.m. - Regional Colleague Connections
6:30 p.m. - Opening Gala (Dress up this year -black tie, optional)
Monday
9:30 a.m. - Keynote speaker Elizabeth Edwards and presentation of 2025 National School Communicator
of the Year
11:30 a.m. - Lunch on CalSPRA at Exiles Bar - Register on CalSPRA website
Tuesday
3:45 p.m. - General Session (keynote speaker Suneel Gupta and presentations of 2025 Bob Grossman
Leadership in School Communications Award, Barry Gaskins Mentor Legacy Award and NSPRA Presidents
Award)