Saturday, March 1, 2025 · 2 – 8pm PST
Location
Capital Community Media, 575 Trade Street Southeast Salem, OR 97301
Sponsors
Isaac https://myisaac.com/
Key Code Media https://www.keycodemedia.com/
Agenda
2:00 PM
Door Open
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM
Vendor Demo
4:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Shared Leadership Panel Discussion
5:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Keynote Speaker – Deb Vinsel
6:00 PM – 7:00 PM
Best of The Northwest Awards
7:00 PM – 8:00 PM
After Party – Networking
2025 Keynote Speaker: Deborah Vinsel, former Executive Director of Thurston Community Media in Olympia, WA.
Deborah Vinsel began her career in community media in 1983 as the Producer/Trainer for Waycross Community Television in Forest Park, OH. She moved to the West Coast after her marriage to Lex Vinsel in 1986 and worked as a vocational educator / public access manager in Buena Park. In 1990, Deborah accepted the position as Executive Director / CEO at Thurston Community Media in Olympia WA and led the organization until her recent retirement.
Deborah has served in leadership with the Alliance for Community Media at the regional and national level. She was Secretary for the Central States Region for one year, Chairperson of the Western Region for 2 years, and served on the Northwest Region Board for 10 years, 4 of them as the Chairperson. As the regional chair in the West and Northwest, she served on the National Board of Directors for 5 years and was the chair of the conference planning committee. In 2005, Deborah was co-chair of the local planning committee for the national conference held in Tacoma. Deborah also coordinated the Hometown Video Awards for 8 years and the Best of the Northwest Video Awards for 7 years. In 1999, Deborah was honored by the Alliance with the Buske Leadership Award.
Additionally, she was the acting interim Executive Director for the Alliance national organization for the majority of 2008, splitting her time between Washington state and Washington D.C. managing both the Alliance and TCMedia.
Deborah has also served on the board of directors for The Washington Center for the Performing Arts and was on the founding board of trustees for Leadership Thurston County.
She was recognized as a 2005 Woman of Distinction by the Pacific Peaks Girl Scout Council, and was identified as one of the 2024 Exceptional Women by the Thurston County Chapter of Zonta.
Best of the Northwest Awards are back!
The Best of the Northwest Awards is a chance for you to showcase exceptional community media programming. This prestigious awards contest honors outstanding programs produced by community media/PEG (public, educational, government) access TV and other non-commercial media in the Northwest region of the Alliance for Community Media (Alaska, Alberta, British Columbia, Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and Wyoming).
This contest is looking for programs that you take pride in! Programs that people watched and appreciated, that made a difference in your community and demonstrated all that community access has to offer.
For over 20 years, Best of the Northwest has supported television programs that are made on a local level. With your entry, you’ll be joining a group of the Northwest’s most successful community and local access producers. You’ll also be supporting the Alliance for Community Media Northwest Region, an organization that works to preserve community access for future generations.
Entries will be judged at community media centers outside of the Northwest Region.
An awards presentation with clips from the winning entries will take place March 1, 2025 in Salem, Oregon!
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