Download Information from Past Events

Fall 2005 Half-Day Workshop
How to Win Awards/Brand Extensions

Our September 2003 event was a very informative joint meeting with the American Business Media, part of its Year of the Editor program.

If you attended that event, you might want to download these copies of these PowerPoint presentations from speaker Brian Ward. And if you didn’t attend, you may want to look them over to see some of the points made.

Facilitating Workflow Between Editorial and Production

Here are tips from the May 13, 2003, meeting, provided by Carol Davis and Linda Cowls at Tree of Life Graphics.

To help facilitate workflow between editorial and production, the provided a guide with tips about the issue-planning process and a sample production timeline for periodicals.

Download the workflow facilitation tips (700K PDF).

Linda Cowls also forwarded this newsletter production “cheat sheet.” It contains:
  • approximate word counts for full and fractional pages, with and without art;
  • a guide to ad sizes to help you markoff ad space; and
  • a chart showing total square inches of space in various newsletter sizes, to compare to total ad space for postal regulations.
Download the newsletter cheat sheet (8K PDF).

Tips on Establishing an Awards Program for Readers

At the chapter’s April 2003 event, Dan Murphy, former editor of Meat Marketing & Technology, gave his advice on how to launch a successful awards program that recognizes professional success among your readers.

Here are his tips. (Word document)

Slide Presentation on Interactive Content Management

At the ASBPE Chicago Chapter’s Feb. 12 dinner meeting, attendees learned about Interactive Content Management Concepts and Fundamentals. The speaker was Fred Maurer, vice president and principal of Glen Ellyn, Ill.,-based Go Media.

The presentation provided a nontechnical overview of Internet content management for business publications, including:
  • techniques for getting content from the writer’s/editor’s desktop to the Web.
  • data storage and content-maintenance tools.
You can download the slides from Maurer’s presentation here (28K PDF file).

Get Notes on ‘Successful Magazine Launch’

Here are the presenters’ notes from our Jan. 15, 2003, event, The Successful Magazine Launch.

Download Jim Carper’s outline of his presentation (Word document).

Download Brian Ward’s notes for his speech (Word document).

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Regional Azbee Award Winners Named

The names of the winning publications in the Midwest-South region have been announced.

National winners will be revealed Aug. 2.

Editors gathered July 19 at the stylish Hotel Monaco to celebrate the Midwest-South regional Azbee Awards banquet.

These are the magazines that won regional awards.

National Awards


National award winners will be announced at a banquet during our National Editorial Conference in New York City on the evening of Aug. 2.

Here are the national finalists.

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ASBPE Chicago Officers

President
Nikki Golden, Communications Manager
National Association of the Remodeling Industry
780 Lee Street, Suite 200
Des Plaines, IL 60016
(630) 204-7651
lucy_njr@yahoo.com

Vice President
Erin Erickson, Senior Digital Editor
Putman Media
555 West Pierce Rd., Suite 301
Itasca, IL. 60143-2649
(630) 467-1301 x456
eerickson@putman.net

Immediate Past President
Renee Pas, Freelance Editor, Writer
163 E. Fremont Ave.
Elmhurst, IL 60126
(630) 832-8313
reneepas@ameritech.net

Treasurer
Betty Hintch, Editor
Workplace HR & Safety
Douglas Publications LLC
350 S. Newbury Place
Arlington Heights, IL 60005
(847) 483-9406
bhintch@douglaspublications.com

Secretary
Debbie Cassell, Editor
Confection & Snack Retailing
BNP Media
(847) 405-4050
debbiecassell@yahoo.com

Board Members
Tina Grady Barbaccia, Executive Editor
Better Roads
Randall-Reilly Publishing Co.
(630) 364-2306
tbarbaccia@rrpub.com

Mary Boltz Chapman, Editor-in-Chief
Chain Leader
Reed Business Information
2000 Clearwater Dr.
Oak Brook, IL 60523
(630) 288-8250
mchapman@reedbusiness.com

Peter J. Gallanis, Editor-in-Chief
Marina Dock Age
Boat & Motor Dealer
Preston Publications
6600 W. Touhy Ave.
Niles, IL 60714-4516
(847) 647-2900 x1310
Fax: (847) 647-1155
pgallanis@prestonpub.com

Kelly Quigley, Editor
Realtor Magazine Online
National Association of Realtors
430 N. Michigan Ave.
Chicago, IL 60611
(312) 329-8378
kquigley@realtors.org

Sarah Theodore, Editor
Beverage Industry Magazine
BNP Media
155 Pfingsten Road, Suite 205
Deerfield, IL 60015
(847) 405-4040
theodores@bnpmedia.com

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