University of Missouri

MARCOMiCON 2025

Join the MARCOM Marvels at the first-ever MARCOMiCON conference!

Whether you're a content crusader, a brand strategist by day (and night), or a defender of digital engagement, this professional development conference is your chance to recharge your superpowers, build alliances, and discover new tools for your utility belt.

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Schedule of Events

Day 1 \| Wednesday, July 30, 2025
11:00 a.m.	Check-In
12:00 p.m.	Opening Keynote \| Lunch N201 Memorial Union Branding lessons from the Joker and the Riddler: Thinking through the if, when, and why of humor use in messaging Dr. Chris Robert
2:00 p.m.	Data-Informed Storytelling Panel Room 1	Improving Web Accessibility with DubBot & Editoria11y Shervin Mansouri Room 2	Mastering Your Radical Candor Superpowers: The Art of Heroic Feedback Kristyn Lyon & Dan Gomez-Palacio Room 3	Storytelling Utility Belt: Quick Access to Tools that Will Transform Digital & Social Media Storytelling Shawn Davis Room 4
2:45 p.m.	Networking Break
3:00 p.m.	More Than Sidekicks: Becoming a Trusted Advisor Andrew Barlow Room 1	Document Accessibility: Remediating PDFs and Word Documents Shervin Mansouri Room 3	Breakout Session #7	Lightroom 101: Editing quicker than The Flash Abbie Lankitus Room 4
4:00 p.m.	Reception Stotler Lounge, Memorial Union
Day 2 \| Thursday, July 31, 2025
8:30 a.m.	Morning Keynote \| Breakfast N201 Memorial Union Your Superpower and You. Andrew Barlow
10:00 a.m.	🦸‍♀️ The Content League: Assembling Stories That Sell Nick Passoti & Abby Balback Room 1	Accessibility is a Superpower Amber Cheek Room 2	Breakout Session #11	S.H.I.E.L.D. Your Strategy: Strategic, Harmonized, Inventive, Executable, Long-term, Dynamic Content Planning Misty Larkins Room 4
10:45 a.m.	Break
11:00 a.m.	Developing Your Media Superpowers Panel Room 1	Cape Not Required: Designing with Adobe Express Jessi Church Room 2	The Project Avengers: Managing Projects & Organizing a Workgroup Kristyn Lyon & Dan Gomez-Palacio Room 3	S.H.I.E.L.D. Your Strategy: Strategic, Harmonized, Inventive, Executable, Long-term, Dynamic Content Planning Misty Larkins Room 4
12:00 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	🛡️ Captain Content: Fighting for Truth, Keywords & Web Authority Nick Passoti & Abby Balback Room 1	Photo 101: Discover Your Inner Peter Parker Abbie Lankitus Room 2	Trust League: Activate Your Inner Superpower! Erin Leuschke Room 3	Integrated for Better Impact: Assembling the League of Skilled Communicators and Marketers Kelly Wiemann Room 4
2:15 p.m.	Break
3:00 p.m.	Final Keynote

Thank you to our sponsors!

Thank you to our many sponsors who are helping make MARCOMiCON happen!