Chicago ASBPE Chapter to Host Career Improvement Workshop October 1

The Chicago Chapter of ASBPE will be hosting an All-Day Workshop on October 1. The workshop will focus on how editors can position themselves to be more marketable in their careers.

Marketing Yourself (The Editor/Journalist as Entrepreneur)
Learn how to market yourself as a journalist during this full-day session featuring speakers who have built themselves into their own brands. Whether you are a staff writer/editor or freelancer, employed or unemployed, you are welcome to join us for a day of practical sessions for survival in the changing world of publishing.

When: Friday, Oct. 1, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Where: Columbia College, 600 S. Michigan Ave., Room 401, Chicago
Cost: $10 for members; $20 for nonmembers
Plus: 3 raffle drawings, including one attendee chosen to win an iFlip camcorder

Sessions:
  • 8:30-9 a.m. Registration and breakfast
  • 9-9:45 a.m. Keynote Speaker Adrian Holovaty: Web developer, journalist and musician
  • 10-10:45 a.m. Hot Skills to Maintain Your Marketability, featuring social media and job satisfaction gurus including Ryan Paugh and Shane Mac
  • 11-11:45 a.m. Adapting to Multiple Platforms: Practical Tips on iPads, Social Media and More with Stephen Herner, Putman Media, and Matt Carmichael, Adage.com
  • Noon-1:15 p.m. Lunch
  • 1:15-2:15 p.m. Roundtable: Surviving a Volatile Marketplace
Open Google document to RSVP to the event.

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Posted by Erin on Friday, September 10, 2010 @ 4:48 PM
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All-day workshop Jan. 22: How do you tell your brand story?

ASBPE Chicago will be hosting an all-day workshop Jan. 22 at Roosevelt University's Schaumburg campus.

The topic is: How do you tell your brand story?

Time: 8:30 a.m. registration

9:00-9:45 a.m. Through art: How the art/edit relationship creates your brand image
Panelists: Walt Boyes and Steve Herner, Putman Media
Bill Esler and Anne LoCascio, Reed Business Information

9:45 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.: Break

10:00 to 10:45 a.m.: Through new media: Monetizing video, blogs and more
Panelists: Frank Alkyer, Music Inc.
Brian Summerfield, Realtor magazine

10:45 to 11:00 a.m.: Break

11:00 to 11:45 a.m.: Through leadership: Take ownership of your brand
Panelists: Mary Boltz Chapman, Reed Business Information
Zach Phillips, Music Inc.

11:45 a.m. to 12:45: Lunch and networking

1:00 to 3:45 p.m.: Roundtables

Panelists from the morning will lead roundtable discussions on their session topics. Each session will last 45 minutes so attendees have time to sit in on each topic.

3:45 to 4:00 p.m.: Wrap-up

Location:
Roosevelt Schaumburg
1400 North Roosevelt Boulevard
Schaumburg, IL 60174
Price: $25/members, $40/non-members

E-mail lucy_njr@yahoo.com for a registration form.

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Posted by ASBPE on Monday, January 18, 2010 @ 3:40 PM
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