The Fall 2009 Communications Network Conference has sold out.

Due to an unexpected response to early promotions, all available spaces have been taken and we have started a waiting list.

To be added to the list, email conference09@comnetwork.org

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Here is some more information about the conference:

This year’s event – which runs Oct. 14 -16, 2009 at the Ford Foundation's landmarked building in midtown New York – features not one, but two keynote speakers.

On Wednesday evening, New York Times columnist Frank Rich kicks off the event, sharing his insights into the changing nature of the news business. Then, the next morning, we hear from Internet and social media guru Clay Shirky, who is doing some of the most interesting writing g and thinking about the very forces changing the news media and all other ways we communicate these days.

  Frank Rich                                 Clay Shirky

As for the rest of the conference, we’re putting together a terrific lineup of sessions that will provide lots of useful information about making the best use of web 2.0 and social media tools, how to communicate for impact (especially in these tough times), what it takes to influence policy, and what happens when you create successful collaborations between communications and program staff.

As always, there will be plenty of time to meet new people, reconnect with friends and colleagues, and especially for those of you from out of town, to enjoy New York City.

As we previously announced, we’re not holding rooms at a hotel. Instead, you need to make your own arrangements. You can either find a hotel, and undoubtedly at a terrific price, or as several of you have told us you already plan to do, you might consider staying with friends and relatives. We’ll also be putting together a list of hotels shortly that offer good rates for conference attendees.

Finally, we want to thank the Ford Foundation for making it possible to hold our conference in its beautiful building, and also acknowledge our growing number of conference sponsors, The Atlantic Philanthropies, The California HealthCare Foundation, and Rockefeller Brothers Fund.

if you have questions, need more information, feel free to email conference09@comnetwork.org.

Photo Credit: Frank Rich (Brigitte Lacombe)