Community Forum Work-Back Schedule

With the Forum on Thursday, September 24, our goal is to be 100% wrapped by EOD Tuesday, September 22.
Mon 9/7 – Tue 9/8
Kickoff + Questionnaire
Finalize/send questionnaire and source-material request. Establish one place for files/links.
Thu 9/10 EOD
Questionnaire + Materials Due
Mark/Joanna return questionnaire, initiatives, facts/data, Love Laguna, Centennial, panel info, images and links. This becomes the Round 1 brief.
Fri 9/11 – Mon 9/14
Round 1 Development
Pilots&Machines develops story architecture, messaging, presentation, initial promo creative and overall event narrative.
Mon 9/14 EOD
Round 1 Presentation
Present/send first complete direction. This should be a real presentation, not fragments.
Tue 9/15 EOD
Consolidated Round 1 Feedback Due
One complete set of notes from the group. Any missing factual information identified and supplied here.
Wed 9/16 – Thu 9/17
Round 2 Development
Incorporate feedback; refine story, copy, design, panel structure and supporting creative.
Thu 9/17 EOD
Round 2 Presentation
Near-final presentation plus supporting materials.
Fri 9/18 EOD
Final Consolidated Feedback Due
Last substantive round of client feedback. Content decisions are effectively locked after this.
Mon 9/21
Round 3 / Finalization
Final revisions, copy cleanup, presenter notes, production files, deck QA and final asset preparation.
Tue 9/22 EOD
Final Delivery
Approved final deck, presenter notes, digital ad, Rivian tile, social creative and other scoped deliverables delivered. Project wrapped.
Wed 9/23
Buffer Only
Emergency technical corrections only. No planned creative development or new content.
Thu 9/24
Community Forum
Show time.
Underlined milestones are hard deadlines. Red milestones are client deadlines. Everything else is development time.