Hey there! We’ve got some exciting news to share: Next year’s LION Summit will be in Seattle at the Embassy Suites in Pioneer Square on Friday, Oct. 23 and Saturday, Oct. 24.
Plus, we’re offering MEMBERS-ONLY PRICING from now through Wednesday.
As an end-of-year thank you, all current LION members can buy pre-sale conference tickets for only $100 from now until midnight PT Wednesday, Dec. 18. Get your ticket here and use the coupon code HOLIDAY19. This is the cheapest our conference tickets will get!
Here’s why you should buy your tickets right now:
Our 2020 LION Summit will be the ninth year our organization has brought together independent local news publishers and people who care about supporting independent local news. At last year’s conference in Nashville, we featured keynotes from what Nieman Lab called “blockbuster local news innovators” including Elizabeth Green of Chalkbeat and the American Journalism Project, Roxann Stafford of the Knight-Lenfest Local News Transformation Fund, and Mandy Jenkins of the McClatchy-Google Compass Experiment.
This year’s survey respondents told us that the sessions gave them practical action steps they can use in their daily work, and that the Summit was worth their investment of time and money.
Here’s some of what we heard:
>> "The content of the presentations were absolutely great. I was in the conference room all the time, ready to take notes and absorbed as much information as possible. I came back to my office full of energy and full of ideas that we can implement right away in our organization to improve our website and develop products that will help us increase revenue. Excellent job."
>> "Very very nice job! Really appreciate the content and connections with such good peeps is fantastic!"
>> "I *really* got a lot out of this experience. Of particular value to us was face time with folks from Google and Facebook. Thank you for putting on such a great conference!"
We’re also making some changes this year based on feedback you all gave us. They include:
- Shortening our conference to two days.
- Including the price of the awards ticket with your conference ticket.
- Creating a Thursday training day with two cohort-based tracks: One focused on aspiring news entrepreneurs who want to start a local news site; the other focused on local news entrepreneurs who have started their business and need laser-focused help with monetization.
- More time between sessions for taking a breather and meeting other folks.
We know that for our members who are small independent news publishers, deciding to spend money and travel to the LION Summit is an investment. That's why we’re working hard to make this conference affordable and valuable for you.
To help make your decision a little bit easier, we did some math here on lodging, travel to and from the conference, food and other expenses you may incur while at our Summit.
Got other questions for us? Just hit reply and we’ll get right back to you.
Want to join us in Seattle, but can’t take part in this week’s special? Not to worry! Between now and Feb. 29, 2020, we’re offering nonmember pre-sale tickets for $275, and after this Wednesday, member pre-sale tickets for $175.
Have a great holiday, and we look forward to seeing you in Seattle in 2020!
–– Your LION staff
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