Through the heavy traffic and nightmare parking situation in the midst of South by Southwest, our first event of this kind was a great success. We would like to say thank you to everyone that attended or supported us in some way.

I was pleasantly surprised to see such a great turnout at this first event because we were unsure how many people would be willing to give up a weekday afternoon and brave downtown Austin during the busiest time of the year. We look forward to possibly expanding in years to come, and looking for more opportunities to bring community together.

The other great benefit of events like this is the opportunity for building and developing community. For many of us, it was the first time we met in person, and it is always a blessing to connect face to face. Our work in the online world holds no weight if it never expands into our “real” lives.

If you were not able to attend, we recorded all of the audio from all of the presentations and panels from the event.

Fr Chris Decker – Keynote

Fr Chris Decker is president of Catholic Underground. In his presentations he speaks about the purpose and mission of our work as missionaries to the digital continent.

Download the presentation slides (PDF)

Catholic Mom Bloggers Panel

Listen to some wonderful insights on blogging from 4 moms that have built an audience.

Moderator

Chris Williston - Co-Founder/VP of AustinCNM

Panelist

Kathryn Whitaker - Blogger – Team Whitaker and AustinCNM
Lauren Gulde - Blogger – The Loveliest Hour and AustinCNM
Julia Motekaitis - Blogger – Beata Vida and  AustinCNM
Martina Kreitzer - Founder Catholic Sistas, Board Member AustinCNM

Fr Ryan Humphries – Keynote

Fr Ryan is the managing editor for Catholic Underground. Fr Ryan’s presentation speak about what we need in our mission and how to develop our personal genius.

Founders Panel

The three co-founders of Austin Catholic New Media and two of the founders of Catholic Underground share some insight into the challenges of working to evangelize in the digital continent and some ideas for growth.

Moderator 

Rita Suva – Board Member of AustinCNM

Panelist

Father Chris Decker – Podcaster - The Catholic Underground
Father Ryan Humphries - Podcaster - The Catholic Underground
Jason Elizondo - Founder/President – AustinCNM
Chris Williston - Co-Founder/VP of AustinCNM
Cristóbal Almanza - Co-Founder/Executive Director – AustinCNM

The ACNM contributors present