SPOC will be held May 13, 14, and 15, 2009. Although speakers are still being confirmed and the line-up is not final, publishing experts Dan Poynter, Shel Horowitz, Brian Jud and Sandra Beckwith have agreed to speak on these topics:
* Dan Poynter will explain his system of "simultaneous publishing," in which authors research their subject matter and draft a marketing plan at the same time. Authors determine who their readers are, what buyers want to read, and where to find them.
* Shel Horowitz will offer an overview of the most important social media sites for self-publishers: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, Yahoo Groups. Attendees will find out about social media culture, promoting books, and building a fan base.
* Sandra Beckwith will present "How to Build Book Buzz" which teaches conference participants how to snag priceless media attention for their books, whether the books have been in stores for one week or 101 weeks.
* Brian Jud will focus on selling to non-bookstore markets. Attendees will learn creative ways to find and contact buyers in airport stores, supermarkets, discount stores, book clubs, catalogs, corporations, associations, schools and government agencies.
Logical Expressions President Susan Daffron says, "Because a lot of struggling self-publishers are strapped for money in this economy, we've made this conference as accessible as possible. Anyone can attend the presentations live for free."
Attendees can register online at http://www.SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com. A free Basic attendance pass gives participants access to the teleseminars and exhibit hall. Standard and Premium passes offer access to the seminar recordings and a wide range of bonus materials.
Monday, April 27, 2009
April 28 2009 - Society of Professional Journalists Sets Public Meeting on Media Ethics
Do you want to voice criticisms or questions about the ethics of the news media? The Society of Professional Journalists, the nation's largest journalism group by membership, will give you a chance to do just that -- and near home, too.
Vent your views and learn about the ethics of journalists at a Town Hall meeting for the public and journalists at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown Cleveland, 1111 Lakeside Ave.
A panel of journalists from broadcast, online and print media will respond to questions about media ethics or lapses from the public. They will also shed light on how journalists weigh ethical concerns in the minute-by-minute rush to produce the news.
Sponsors of the event are the Society of Professional Journalists and the Cleveland Chapter of SPJ. The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation of SPJ is providing funding for the program. The program is one of 12 Town Hall sessions SPJ is producing as part of an effort by its national ethics committee to create greater dialogue between the media and the public and broaden the public's understanding of journalism ethics.
The program is free. RSVP by 5 p.m. April 24 to ensure adequate seating. To register, contact Tom Moore, SPJ Cleveland secretary-treasurer, at 440-454-3282 or tmoore56@msn.com.
Moderating the program will be Tom Merriman, an attorney, broadcast investigative journalist and an ethics fellow at The Poynter Institute, a news media training and research center.
Panelists include Ted Diadiun, reader representative, The Plain Dealer; Rita Andolsen, news director, WKYC-TV3; Steve FitzGerald, online journalist, founder of LakewoodBuzz.com and content manager for the ChannelFuse online forum network, and M.L. Schultze, news director for WKSU, 89.7 FM. An additional panelist is invited.
SPJ Cleveland's website is http://www.spj.org/cleveland/.
Vent your views and learn about the ethics of journalists at a Town Hall meeting for the public and journalists at 7 p.m. Tuesday, April 28, at the Doubletree Hotel Downtown Cleveland, 1111 Lakeside Ave.
A panel of journalists from broadcast, online and print media will respond to questions about media ethics or lapses from the public. They will also shed light on how journalists weigh ethical concerns in the minute-by-minute rush to produce the news.
Sponsors of the event are the Society of Professional Journalists and the Cleveland Chapter of SPJ. The Sigma Delta Chi Foundation of SPJ is providing funding for the program. The program is one of 12 Town Hall sessions SPJ is producing as part of an effort by its national ethics committee to create greater dialogue between the media and the public and broaden the public's understanding of journalism ethics.
The program is free. RSVP by 5 p.m. April 24 to ensure adequate seating. To register, contact Tom Moore, SPJ Cleveland secretary-treasurer, at 440-454-3282 or tmoore56@msn.com.
Moderating the program will be Tom Merriman, an attorney, broadcast investigative journalist and an ethics fellow at The Poynter Institute, a news media training and research center.
Panelists include Ted Diadiun, reader representative, The Plain Dealer; Rita Andolsen, news director, WKYC-TV3; Steve FitzGerald, online journalist, founder of LakewoodBuzz.com and content manager for the ChannelFuse online forum network, and M.L. Schultze, news director for WKSU, 89.7 FM. An additional panelist is invited.
SPJ Cleveland's website is http://www.spj.org/cleveland/.
April 30 2009 - SUNY Plattsburgh to Host Schools of the Future Conference
This year's Schools of the Future Conference at SUNY Plattsburgh aims to educate teachers and parents about the importance of effective writing instruction and how change can be made to the schools of the future.
This two-part education forum will be led by Linda Christensen, an activist and international expert on teaching the writing process. Both sessions will be held on April 30 in the Warren Ballrooms of Angell College Center.
The first part, "Their Stories: Bringing Students' Lives into the Classroom Through Writing," will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. It is an interactive writing workshop, free and open to area teachers and college instructors. Christensen will engage participants in writing activities that invite students to bring their lives into the classroom. She will also discuss how teachers can use such strategies to meet curriculum standards.
The second discussion, "Integrating Home, Community and School: Parents, Teachers, Students and the Community Working Together to Bring Change to Schools of the Future," will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Open to the community, this interactive event will engage parents, schools and community members in conversations about how, together, they can create the schools they desire for children.
Christensen is the director of the Oregon Writing Project, now part of the National Writing Project, located in the Graduate School of Education at Lewis & Clark College.
For more information, contact Jean Mockry at 518-564-5137 or mockryj@plattsburgh.edu.
This two-part education forum will be led by Linda Christensen, an activist and international expert on teaching the writing process. Both sessions will be held on April 30 in the Warren Ballrooms of Angell College Center.
The first part, "Their Stories: Bringing Students' Lives into the Classroom Through Writing," will take place from 1 to 3 p.m. It is an interactive writing workshop, free and open to area teachers and college instructors. Christensen will engage participants in writing activities that invite students to bring their lives into the classroom. She will also discuss how teachers can use such strategies to meet curriculum standards.
The second discussion, "Integrating Home, Community and School: Parents, Teachers, Students and the Community Working Together to Bring Change to Schools of the Future," will be held from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. Open to the community, this interactive event will engage parents, schools and community members in conversations about how, together, they can create the schools they desire for children.
Christensen is the director of the Oregon Writing Project, now part of the National Writing Project, located in the Graduate School of Education at Lewis & Clark College.
For more information, contact Jean Mockry at 518-564-5137 or mockryj@plattsburgh.edu.
Sunday, April 26, 2009
NewComm Forum 2009 to be Held April 27-29, 2009 in San Francisco, Calif.
The 5th Annual New Communications Forum (http://www.newcommforum.com) will be held April 27-29, 2009 at the Marriott Hotel in San Francisco, Calif. NewComm Forum is the leading conference that brings together thought leaders and decision makers to discuss the impact of social media and new communications on PR, marketing, advertising, media, journalism, and business. NewComm Forum '09 will feature presentations by the Fellows of the Society for New Communications Research (SNCR - http://sncr.org) and Keynote Conversations from a wide variety of luminaries.
In addition to a wide variety of keynote presentations, NewComm Forum 2009 will feature nearly 30 sessions, panel discussions, and roundtables focusing on blogger and influencer relations, online community management and development, collaboration and co-creation strategies, organizational transformation, social media program management, online reputation management, social media metrics and measurement, social interaction design, crowdsourcing, global trends in mobile media and new media & journalism models. Participants will discuss how social media, new communications and Web 2.0 is affecting business models and economic behavior, how social media can enhance innovation, and learn best practices for successfully implementing and managing social media.
In addition to a wide variety of keynote presentations, NewComm Forum 2009 will feature nearly 30 sessions, panel discussions, and roundtables focusing on blogger and influencer relations, online community management and development, collaboration and co-creation strategies, organizational transformation, social media program management, online reputation management, social media metrics and measurement, social interaction design, crowdsourcing, global trends in mobile media and new media & journalism models. Participants will discuss how social media, new communications and Web 2.0 is affecting business models and economic behavior, how social media can enhance innovation, and learn best practices for successfully implementing and managing social media.
May 13 2009 - Self-Publishers Online Conference
Because of travel and lodging costs, many aspiring self-publishers are not able to attend big publishing shows in New York City or Los Angeles. SPOC 2009 is a virtual conference which means attendees can attend from the comfort of their own home. Connecting entrepreneurial authors with self-publishing resources, the Self-Publishers Online Conference will be held on May 13, 14, 15, 2009.
Aspiring authors and self-publishers can attend SPOC when they have time in their schedule. At their convenience, they can wander the virtual exhibit hall, take part in informative teleseminars, and discover helpful information about writing and publishing books.
Logical Expressions President Susan Daffron says, "The Self-Publishers Online Conference is the next best thing to being at a live conference, except without the sore feet and aching back from lugging around brochures and other conference materials all day. Our line-up of speakers is phenomenal. Almost every author of every self-publishing book I own will be at SPOC, plus other amazing experts that have successfully self-published books and developed a platform around them."
SPOC 2009 will feature a total of 15 expert speakers over the three-day event. The experts will discuss a wide range of book publishing and promotion topics. Although speakers are still being confirmed and the line-up is not final, publishing experts Dan Poynter, Shel Horowitz, Brian Jud and Sandra Beckwith have agreed to speak.
Website: http://www.SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com
Aspiring authors and self-publishers can attend SPOC when they have time in their schedule. At their convenience, they can wander the virtual exhibit hall, take part in informative teleseminars, and discover helpful information about writing and publishing books.
Logical Expressions President Susan Daffron says, "The Self-Publishers Online Conference is the next best thing to being at a live conference, except without the sore feet and aching back from lugging around brochures and other conference materials all day. Our line-up of speakers is phenomenal. Almost every author of every self-publishing book I own will be at SPOC, plus other amazing experts that have successfully self-published books and developed a platform around them."
SPOC 2009 will feature a total of 15 expert speakers over the three-day event. The experts will discuss a wide range of book publishing and promotion topics. Although speakers are still being confirmed and the line-up is not final, publishing experts Dan Poynter, Shel Horowitz, Brian Jud and Sandra Beckwith have agreed to speak.
Website: http://www.SelfPublishersOnlineConference.com
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Sept 10-13 2009 - 2009 NC Literary Festival to send 'Authors on the Road'
The 2009 North Carolina Literary Festival, set for Sept. 10-13 at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, may be coming to a city near you.
The festival has added an Authors on the Road component, in which six North Carolina writers will read from their work and answer questions in six cities in August and September. The authors and free public gatherings will be as follows:
Aug. 22, 3 p.m., Daniel Wallace, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington
Aug. 25, 7 p.m., Allan Gurganus, Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville
Sept. 1, 7 p.m., Joan Medlicott, Patrick Beaver Memorial Library, Hickory
Sept. 1, 6:30 p.m., P.T. Deutermann, Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center, Fayetteville
Sept. 8, 7 p.m., Randall Kenan, Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem
Date and author to be announced, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville
"This new program helps include the rest of the state in the celebration," said festival director Amy Baldwin. "The six program locations were identified with guidance from the State Library of North Carolina, and the host libraries helped choose their authors, who also will participate in the main festival on campus."
Authors on the Road is presented in part by Our State Magazine. The State Library of North Carolina – an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources – is helping support the festival and Authors on the Road with federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
"I'm delighted that the North Carolina Literary Festival is sending authors out on the road to meet with readers and fans across the state," said Frannie Ashburn, director of the State Library of North Carolina's Center for the Book.
"Bringing writers and readers together in public libraries is an excellent way to take the festival far beyond the boundaries of the 2009 host site and to engage public audiences in the celebration of our state's outstanding literary heritage," she said. "This is a guaranteed good time for everyone involved."
Amy Wood, marketing director of Our State, said the magazine has celebrated stories of people and places across North Carolina for more than 76 years.
"Our sponsorship of the Authors on the Road portion of the festival is a natural partnership for us," she said. "We are proud of our association and look forward to assisting in taking the love of literature to people all over the state."
The free public festival, Sept. 10-13 at UNC, is funded entirely by gifts and grants. It is organized and sponsored by the libraries of UNC and N.C. State and Duke universities, with additional support from N.C. Central University. Held every other year, the location rotates among the Chapel Hill, State and Duke campuses.
More than 125 authors will participate in the festival, which will include readings, discussions, exhibits, performances, book signings, lectures and book sales. More authors for the event, to include locally and nationally known writers of all genres of books, will be named throughout the summer.
More than 100 volunteers will be needed for the festival. Those interested in helping may register at www.NCLiteraryFestival.org.
The festival has added an Authors on the Road component, in which six North Carolina writers will read from their work and answer questions in six cities in August and September. The authors and free public gatherings will be as follows:
Aug. 22, 3 p.m., Daniel Wallace, New Hanover County Public Library, Wilmington
Aug. 25, 7 p.m., Allan Gurganus, Sheppard Memorial Library, Greenville
Sept. 1, 7 p.m., Joan Medlicott, Patrick Beaver Memorial Library, Hickory
Sept. 1, 6:30 p.m., P.T. Deutermann, Cumberland County Public Library and Information Center, Fayetteville
Sept. 8, 7 p.m., Randall Kenan, Forsyth County Public Library, Winston-Salem
Date and author to be announced, Pack Memorial Library, Asheville
"This new program helps include the rest of the state in the celebration," said festival director Amy Baldwin. "The six program locations were identified with guidance from the State Library of North Carolina, and the host libraries helped choose their authors, who also will participate in the main festival on campus."
Authors on the Road is presented in part by Our State Magazine. The State Library of North Carolina – an agency of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources – is helping support the festival and Authors on the Road with federal Library Services and Technology Act funds from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services.
"I'm delighted that the North Carolina Literary Festival is sending authors out on the road to meet with readers and fans across the state," said Frannie Ashburn, director of the State Library of North Carolina's Center for the Book.
"Bringing writers and readers together in public libraries is an excellent way to take the festival far beyond the boundaries of the 2009 host site and to engage public audiences in the celebration of our state's outstanding literary heritage," she said. "This is a guaranteed good time for everyone involved."
Amy Wood, marketing director of Our State, said the magazine has celebrated stories of people and places across North Carolina for more than 76 years.
"Our sponsorship of the Authors on the Road portion of the festival is a natural partnership for us," she said. "We are proud of our association and look forward to assisting in taking the love of literature to people all over the state."
The free public festival, Sept. 10-13 at UNC, is funded entirely by gifts and grants. It is organized and sponsored by the libraries of UNC and N.C. State and Duke universities, with additional support from N.C. Central University. Held every other year, the location rotates among the Chapel Hill, State and Duke campuses.
More than 125 authors will participate in the festival, which will include readings, discussions, exhibits, performances, book signings, lectures and book sales. More authors for the event, to include locally and nationally known writers of all genres of books, will be named throughout the summer.
More than 100 volunteers will be needed for the festival. Those interested in helping may register at www.NCLiteraryFestival.org.
June 8-26 2009 - UMKC's Mark Twain Creative Writing Workshop Celebrates 30th Year
The University of Missouri-Kansas City's (UMKC) Mark Twain Creative Writing Workshop celebrates its 30th year this summer. The three-week course runs from June 8 through 26, and provides intensive instruction in writing poetry, fiction, and nonfiction; keeping a journal; scriptwriting for television and movies; teaching creative writing; and submitting and placing work. Robert Stewart, assistant research professor of English and editor of New Letters magazine and Michael Pritchett, associate professor of English and director of Creative Writing will lead classes from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Monday through Friday in Room 104 of Cockefair Hall, 5121 Rockhill Rd., Kansas City, Mo.
Beginning writers and those more established can attend for college credit or for non-credit. UMKC cross-lists the workshop as a three-hour credit course (regular tuition), or for non-credit ($424.49 in 2008; 2009 fees may change slightly). Financial aid is available to credit-seeking students. To enroll, contact UMKC Registration and Records at (816) 235-1125. For more information, contact the UMKC Department of English at (816) 235-1305.
Students will attend regular lectures and individual conferences, write original work, give and receive criticism and submit a portfolio at the end of the session. Guest speakers will include professional fiction writers, poets, screenwriters, essayists, and journalists – both from UMKC's Department of English and from outside the university. Fiction writers Laura Moriarty, Clancy Martin, and Christie Hodgen; screenwriter Mitch Brian; poets Hadara Bar-Nadav and Michelle Boisseau; publishers Jack Fuller and Greg Michalson; and New Letters on the Air host and producer Angela Elam all presented lectures in 2008.
Website: http://www.newletters.org/writingConferences.asp
Beginning writers and those more established can attend for college credit or for non-credit. UMKC cross-lists the workshop as a three-hour credit course (regular tuition), or for non-credit ($424.49 in 2008; 2009 fees may change slightly). Financial aid is available to credit-seeking students. To enroll, contact UMKC Registration and Records at (816) 235-1125. For more information, contact the UMKC Department of English at (816) 235-1305.
Students will attend regular lectures and individual conferences, write original work, give and receive criticism and submit a portfolio at the end of the session. Guest speakers will include professional fiction writers, poets, screenwriters, essayists, and journalists – both from UMKC's Department of English and from outside the university. Fiction writers Laura Moriarty, Clancy Martin, and Christie Hodgen; screenwriter Mitch Brian; poets Hadara Bar-Nadav and Michelle Boisseau; publishers Jack Fuller and Greg Michalson; and New Letters on the Air host and producer Angela Elam all presented lectures in 2008.
Website: http://www.newletters.org/writingConferences.asp
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