11:00 AM - Buses leave Ulaanbaatar Hotels to head to TechCamp Venue
1:00 PM - Arrival and Check-in // (Lunch 1:00-2:00 PM, Participants have free time to network and rest until orientation)
3:00 PM - Trainer Meeting and Orientation (Trainers + Organizers Only)
3:30 PM - Orientation // Overview of TechCamp Program & Agenda (Sam Gordon, BJ McDuffie, Phil Sticha; TechCamps Team)
4:00 PM - Trainers setup Speed-Geeking // Opening Remarks (Adam Hennings, APAO, U.S. Embassy Mongolia)
4:30 - 5:30 PM - Speed-Geeking
| Subject | Trainer |
|---|---|
| Community Building & Effective Social Media Campaigns | Anantya van Bronckhorst |
| Creating a Successful Video Team / Digital Storytelling | Karen Lee |
| Design Thinking for Storytelling | Sue-Jean Sung |
| Data Journalism | Robert Ritz |
| Creative Approaches to Media Monitoring | Darin Bielicki and Burt-Ujin Bayarsaikhan |
| Open-Source Investigation Tools / Media Verification | Aiganysh Aidarbekova |
| Crowdfunding / Sustainability for Newsrooms | Ganzorig Dolingor |
5:30 - 5:45 PM - Refreshment Break
5:45 - 6:30 PM - Design Thinking Plenary // Challenge Statement Creation Workshop with Sue-Jean Sung
6:30 - 7:30 PM - What’s your challenge: Brainstorming Groups (Pick a topic below and work as a group to brainstorm/discuss challenges in the field)
7:30 PM - Welcome Dinner // Cultural Performance
07:30 - 08:30 AM - Breakfast
08:30 - 09:00 AM - Registration and Networking
09:00 - 09:15 AM - Welcome Remarks - (Adam Hennings, U.S. Embassy in Mongolia; Sukhbaatar Enkhjargal, MIDAS NGO)
09:25 - 10:00 AM - Icebreaker (Coffee available from 9:45)
10:00 - 10:10 PM - Topic Review & Group Formation (Trainers will come up to the front of the room and give an elevator pitch on their session/expertise)
10:10 - 12:00 PM - Interactive Discussion 1 (choose one topic from table above)
12:00 - 1:15 PM - Lunch
1:15 - 1:30 PM - Topic Review & Group Formation (Trainers will come up to the front of the room and give an elevator pitch on their session/expertise)
1:30 - 3:00 PM - Interactive Discussion 2 (choose one topic from table above)
3:00 - 3:15 PM - Coffee Break
3:15 - 4:00 PM - Free Time
4:00 - 5:30 PM - Group Formation and Challenge Statement Development (Give Challenge Statements to Group Leaders)
5:30 PM - Present challenge statements (One representative from each group will read out their challenge statement and its importance)
6:30 PM - Group Dinner // Free-Time
07:30 - 08:30 AM - Breakfast & Opening Announcements
08:00 - 8:15 AM - Registration and Coffee
08:15 - 08:30 AM - Opening Announcements
08:30 - 10:00 AM - Participants Make Training Selection // Interactive Training Session 3
10:00 - 10:15 AM - Coffee Break
10:15 AM - 12:30 PM - Action Plan Development: (Participants will continue to reflect on their local realities related to being a journalist and work in small groups to define an actionable challenge that they will further develop and begin solving in teams)
12:30 - 1:30 PM - Lunch (Groups can continue the conversation during lunch; check out of rooms and leave luggage in the lobby)
1:30 - 3:30 PM - Action Plan Refinement // Presentation Creation
3:30 - 4:30 PM - Final Presentations
4:30 - 5:00 PM - Surveys // Continued Engagement Grant Announcement
5:00 PM - 5:30 PM - Closing Remarks and Certificates (Ambassador Michael S. Klecheski, U.S. Embassy Mongolia)