41st Annual MCA Conference
Communicating Tradition and Innovation
Sunday, May 22 to Tuesday, May 24
The 41st annual Management Communication Association (MCA) Conference hosted by the Fanning Center for Business Communication at the University of Notre Dame features the theme, "Communicating Tradition and Innovation."
The three-day conference offers exciting opportunities to discuss business communication trends, network with academic colleagues and hear new ideas through panel discussions and two keynote talks. Attendees also will tour various sites of Notre Dame's iconic campus!
For help getting around campus, an interactive map of the University can be found here. For questions about the agenda or event, please contact Amanda McKendree.
The agenda is subject to change.
Event Agenda
Sunday, May 22
2:30 - 4:30 p.m. - Registration
Stayer Center for Executive Education (First Floor, Commons B)
4:30 - 5:30 p.m. - Pre-Conference Session
Stayer Center for Executive Education (205)
- Barie Carmichael, Senior Counselor & International Advisory Council, APCO Worldwide; Batten Fellow, Darden Business School, University of Virginia, “Building a Speak-Up Culture”
6:00 p.m. - Reception
Foley’s, 4th Floor O’Neill Hall, Notre Dame Stadium (Door #10)
Monday, May 23
7:30 a.m. - Breakfast
Stayer Center for Executive Education (Commons B)
8:30 a.m. - Welcome
Stayer Center for Executive Education (210)
- Welcome by Martijn Cremers, Martin J. Gillen Dean and the Bernard J. Hank Professor of Finance, Mendoza College of Business
- Overview by Amanda McKendree, Arthur F. and Mary J. O'Neil Director of The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication and Associate Teaching Professor of Management, Mendoza College of Business
9:00 a.m. - Opening Keynote Presentation
Stayer Center for Executive Education (210)
- Bethany Hartley, Chief Strategy Officer, South Bend | Elkhart Regional Partnership, "Catalyzing Innovative and Inclusive Economic Development"
- Q&A Facilitated by James O’Rourke, Teaching Professor of Management and Organization, Mendoza College of Business
10:00 a.m. - Break
10:15 a.m. - MCA Presentations
Stayer Center for Executive Education (210)
- Jeff Younger, New York University, “Peer Learning Venture”
April Rowsey, Union University, “Fixer Uppers”
11:15 a.m. - Mini-Break
11:20 a.m - MCA Presentations
Stayer Center for Executive Education (210)
- Kimberly Pace, Vanderbilt University, “Vanderbilt Business Communication Academy: Teaching Business Writing in a Hybrid World and Communication Fellows”
- Patty Harms, UNC Chapel Hill, “Thinking & Communicating with Data”
12:15 p.m. - Lunch
The Morris Inn (Smith Ballroom A)
2:00 - Attendee Media Training & Tour
Rex and Alice A. Martin Media Center in Corbett Family Hall (Door #3)
4:00 p.m. - MCA Group Photo
Outside the Morris Inn
6:00 p.m. - Reception & Dinner
Downes Northwest Terrace Seven and Downes Club in Corbett Family Hall
Tuesday, May 24
9:00 a.m. - Breakfast
Stayer Center for Executive Education (First Floor, Commons B)
9:30 a.m. - MCA My Favorite Assignment
Stayer Center for Executive Education (210)
- Jeff Younger, New York University, “Reverse Engineering”
- Zac Goldman (Rising Star), University of Louisville, “Strategic Stakeholder Communication”
- Brian Moriarty, University of Virginia, “Giving Voice to Values Case Studies”
- Miro Kazakoff (Rising Star), MIT, “Communicating with Data”
- April Rowsey, “Communicating Ethics”
10:45 a.m. - Break
11:00 a.m. - Keynote Presentation
Stayer Center for Executive Education (210)
- Barie Carmichael, Senior Counselor & International Advisory Council, APCO Worldwide; Batten Fellow, Darden Business School, University of Virginia, "Corporate Communications in a New Social Landscape: License to Operate and License to Grow."
12:30 p.m. - Lunch
Morris Inn (Private Dining Room)
2:00 p.m. - Annual MCA Business Meeting
Stayer Center for Executive Education (210)
- Agenda: Rising Star Deliberations - Finance Committee - Director Report
3:00 p.m. - Tours
- Option 1: Campus Tour (Please meet at the Eck Visitors Center)
- Option 2: Snite Museum of Art (Please meet in the entrance atrium of the Museum. Tour length is approximately one hour.)
6:00 p.m. - Motor Coach departs from the Morris Inn
6:30 p.m. - Reception & Dinner
Studebaker National Museum
10:00 p.m. - Motor Coach returns to the Morris Inn