SCHEDULE
Sunday, September 17
4:00 pm
Registration Opens
6:00 pm
Dinner and program
7:30 pm
Inspiration & Insights from the Word: Sunday Conversation
Trillia Newbell, author and acquisitions director, Moody Publishers
52 Weeks in the Word, A Great Cloud of Witnesses, Sacred Endurance, If God is For Us, Fear and Faith, The Big Wide Welcome, God's Very Good Idea
Monday, September 18
7:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am
Welcome
Jeff Crosby, ECPA president and CEO
8:45 am
Understanding Global Christianity and How Christian Publishing Can Serve, Equip, and Encourage Its Impact
Dr. Allen Yeh, Professor of Intercultural Studies and Missiology at Biola University
Polycentric Missiology: 21st Century Mission from Everyone to Everywhere (IVP Academic)
9:45 am
How is Organizational Culture Shaped in Our Remote Environment?
Cris Doornbos, founder, Leader Shaping
former ECPA board chair and Christian publishing executive
10:45 am
Break
11:15 am
Christian Higher Ed: A Conversation with Dr. Allen Yeh
moderated by Jeff Crosby
11:45 am
Lunch
1:00 pm
Publishing New Voices & Reaching New Audiences
Alejandro Mandes, Strategic VP, Workforce Hope
Embracing the New Samaria (NavPress)
Deborah Gonzalez, writer and acquisitions/development editor, NavPress
2:00 pm
Forecasts and Opportunities in Christian Publishing
Kristen McLean, executive director of business development, Circana
3:00 pm
Break
3:30 pm
Are Personas, Platforms and Profits Harming the Church?
Katelyn Beaty, author and editorial director, Brazos Press
Celebrities for Jesus (Brazos)
4:15 pm
C-Suite Round Tables, facilitated by ECPA Board members
5:15 pm
End of Program
6:00 pm
Dinner
8:00 pm
Informal Conversations
Tuesday, September 19
7:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am
Leading Teams through Organizational Hinge Moments
Michael Lindsay, president, Taylor University
View from the Top (Wiley), Faith in the Halls of Power (Oxford),
Hinge Moments (InterVarsity Press)
9:30 am
New Paradigms in Global Ministry Publishing: A Case Study
Luke Lewis, director of publishing, Langham Literature
10:30 am
Break
11:00 am
Change Management Practices for a More Effective Succession
Kathryn Scanland, organizational process consultant, Greystone Global
12:00 pm
Lunch
1:00 pm
Adjourn
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