2021 AWSA Conference Schedule

Thursday, August 12

Around lunch time? Drop in at the hotel restaurant and have lunch with the earliest early birds.
7:00 Come as you are – dinner out

FRIDAY, August 13

8:30 On Site Check In Begins- Downstairs Outside Junior Ballroom C
9:00 Emcee: Beth Deuwel
9:00 Prayer Warrior Class — Linda Evans Shepherd and Team- Junior Ballroom C
10:30- Devotional: Erica Wiggenhorn- How to Get Unstuck
11:00 Professional Seminar One: Kathy Howard: How to Sell More Books by Serving Your Tribe or Protege Seminar: Honing Your Message and Your Mission with Carole Leathem (Executive Board Room Floor 2)

12:00—FRIDAY LUNCH– Boxed Lunch with Us (If you registered for it) or on your own

1:00 Emcee: Sabrina Black
1:00 –4:00 Seminar: Edie Melson: Recent Changes to Social Media & How to Adapt to Future Changes- Junior Ballroom C
4:00- 4:15 Arise Daily and Leading Heart Reports

Friday Day Sessions END – Check in moves upstairs to outside Ballroom C

6:00 —FRIDAY DINNER (Reception at 5:45)– Ballroom C

SATURDAY, August 14

Emcee: Tammy Whitehurst- Ballroom C
Worship Babbie Mason
Devotional: Laine Craft
9:00 Special AWSA Prayer Time — Tina Yeager
10:00 Break
10:15 Professional Seminar Choose 1:
- Kaley Rhea: Write to Your Strengths: Building Fiction Muscles with Less Fatigue- D1
- Jeanette Windle: A Story to Tell: Writing Compelling True-Life Memoir Title- D2
- Protege Session: Making the Most out of your Protege Membership, Get a Jumpstart to Getting It Done, Encouragement from Former Protege Christine Trimpe- Executive Boardroom

11:30—SATURDAY LUNCH– Ballroom C

SATURDAY PM Seminar– Ballroom C

Emcee: Carole Leathem
1:00 – 2:00 Seminar: Carol Kent- Pro Speaking Tips- D1
2:00- 3:30 Professional Roundtables (listed below)- Ballroom C and D3
- Vlogging – Christine Trimpe
- Marketing Your Book from Pre-/writing to Post-Release; Develop the right plans that use Your Strengths and Connect to Your Readers. – Karen Whiting
- Children’s Books – Crystal Bowman
- A Coaching Perspective: Close to the Heart of God – Phylis Mantelli
- A Guide to Finding Healing by Telling Your Abuse Story – Dawn Scott Damon
- Podcasting – Janell Rardon
- Branding Secrets – Sharon Norris Elliot
- How to Create Landing Pages that Convert – Patricia Durgin
- Effective Devotionals – Julie Coleman
- Getting God’s Word Right in Your Writing – Kathy Howard
- Detours, Roadblocks, and Speed Bumps – How to get back on Track After a Difficult Season. – Cynthia Cavanaugh
3:30-4:30- State of the Industry Panel: Karen Porter (Moderator), Sharon Elliot, Eva Marie Everson, Cherri Cowellm Edwina Perkins, Athena Dean, Cynthia Ruchti- Ballroom C
4:30- 5:30 Counseling Panel: Sabrina Black (moderator), Deborah Maxey, Michelle Nietert, Tina Yeager- Ballroom C
5:30-6:00 Final Charge – Karen Porter
6:00-6:10 Announcements
6:30 Girl’s Night Out- led by Tine Yeager
6:30 AWSA Steering Committee Meeting
8:30-9:30- Meet for Fun Discussion Groups- D3

SUNDAY, August 16 AM

10:00 Prayer and Worship AWSA invites Bookstores to join us!
- Worship: Babbie Mason
- Speaker: Erica Wiggenhorn

11:30 GOLDEN SCROLLS AWARD BRUNCH

AWSA CONFERENCE OFFICIALLY ENDS

MUNCE Christian Product Expo Officially Opens

Sunday August 16, Afternoon

AWSA-Led CPE Christian Writers Conference

MUNCE EXPO STARTS

Monday

Christian Product Expo Opens
AWSA Booth – with booksignings open
AWSA Led CPE Christian Writers Conference AM Session-Edie Melson: How to Get the Most out of Social Media- D1
Lunch on the floor
AWSA Led CPE Christian Writers Conference PM Session- Cheri Cowell: Discover the Real Secret to Marketing- D1
CPE Banquet

Tuesday at CPE

Christian Product Expo Opens
AWSA Booth – with booksignings open
AWSA Led CPE Christian Writers Conference AM Session- Suzanne Kuhn: How to Build Your Brand- D1
Lunch on the floor
END CPE Christian Writers Conference.