Magazine Events
Page last updated on July 28, 2010.
Find out what's happening in the Alberta magazine industry. Hobnob with industry professionals, sip some wine, learn new skills. Keep reading to find out more about these exciting magazine events.
July 29, 2010 at 1:00pm
Magazines Canada AdDirect Webinar
Register today for a free webinar demonstration of Magazines Canada AdDirect™ exclusively for the publishing community. You will learn how the AdDirect™ ad preflight and delivery portal can work for you.
AdDirect™ is designed to streamline the delivery of advertising files to participating publishers saving time, money and headaches. AdDirect™ is now processing ad files for over 100 magazine titles big and small, both consumer and business-to-business. Advertiser and agency response has been immediate with the vast majority of participating publisher ads now flowing through the AdDirect™ portal.
Register here.
For information about AdDirect™, contact Gary Garland, Executive Director Advertising Services, Magazines Canada at ggarland@magazinescanada.ca.
July - August 2010
SFU Summer Publishing Workshops
The SFU Summer Publishing Workshops offer you a chance to learn from and work with more than 100 of North America's top editors, writers, marketers, designers, publishers, and new media moguls. They will challenge and guide you through one of the most intense and valuable educational experiences you may ever have. For more information about specific dates and workshops, visit www.sfu.ca/pubworks
July 10 - September 5, 2010
Notebook Magazine Art Show and Party
Notebook Magazine,
a quarterly periodical featuring the work of Edmonton-based artists and writers, has curated a retrospective art published in the magazine over the past year. The show runs July 10 - September 5 at The ARTery
(9535 Jasper Avenue, Edmonton), and features the work of Arina Baranova , Caitlin Boyce, Campbell Wallace, Corissa O’Donnell, Erin Prout, Larry Andreoff, Mariya Karpenko, Oksana Zhelisko, Paula Sommers and Tim Konrad.
The show's closing party on September 3 will also feature the release of Notebook issue #12 and the Great Northern Revival Vol: 2
(a cd compilation showcasing talent from the Edmonton music scene).
Friday, September 3rd • The ARTery • 8pm • $10 • Bands to be anounced
Saturday, August 28, 2010
2nd Annual Sugar Bowl
It's finally time to announce details for the highly anticipated 2nd Annual Sugar Bowl for the Amber Webb-Bowerman Memorial Foundation (AWBMF). Have you been eagerly awaiting this event and the chance to hoist the winner's trophy at this year's Sugar Bowl?
Here are the details:
Date: Saturday, August 28
Time: TBD (Registration will likely begin around 4pm)
Where: Calgary Lawn Bowling Club, 1238 - 16 Avenue SW
What: Lawn bowling tourney, food, drinks, music, silent auction, fun!!
Tickets: Early-bird (must be paid for by Monday, August 2); $70--includes admission, lawn bowling, dinner, two drink tickets
After Aug. 2, tickets will be $100 each. CASH OR CHEQUE ONLY PLEASE. (Fan tickets may become available if all play tickets are sold.)
Don't hesitate! Register today at info@amberbowerman.ca. registration in teams of three to five is encouraged, although singles and pairs are also welcome. Space is limited for number of players.
Reminisce about last year's Sugar Bowl: http://www.flickr.com/photos/awbmf/
September 23 - 25, 2010
BPAA Annual Conference: Discover-ability
The Book Publishers Association of Alberta is holding their Annual Conference and AGM from September 23 to 25, 2010 at the Waterton Lakes Resort in the Waterton Lakes National Park. The theme for this year is "Discover-ability: Publishing and Selling Books in the Digital Age."
The deadline to register and pay the registration fee is September 10, 2010. Visit the BPAA website to obtain a registration form and preliminary conference schedule.
October 14, 2010
AIRdirondack Art Project Auction
There’s a new chair in town. It’s called the AIRdirondack, a play on Airdrie and Adirondack, and to explain it simply, the AIRdirondack is what cows were to Calgary:
“Remember the cow promotion? Artists created amazing works of art using cow statues as their muse. Well, we had the idea that Airdrie needed its own fun identity project that gave us both a heightened awareness for the creative talent in the area and a tourism effort to draw visitors to town and give them a reason to explore,” says Sherry Shaw-Froggatt, owner of Frog Media Inc. (which publishes airdrielife).
So Shaw-Froggatt and Veronica Funk, one of Airdrie’s most prolific painters, decided the time had come to ‘chair’ the project.
The artists who have been selected to take part in addition to Funk are Cheryl Bakke Martin, Brenda Campbell, Glen Collin, Maureen Demanuele, Susan Harris, Lori Presiloski, Rhea Warholik, Joelle & Carol White, Michelle Wiebe and Jane Romanishko.
Eleven of the chairs were unveiled June 12 at the Empty Bowls Festival in Nose Creek Park.
Tthe chairs are now on public display at 12 locations around the city, including City Hall, Genesis Place, Fulton’s Home Hardware, Airdrie Co-op, Airdrie Public Library, both TD Canada Trust locations and all four Ravenswood show homes. See them online at: http://veronicafunk.blogspot.com/
The works of art will be auctioned off October 14, 2010 to raise funds to develop future space for the arts community.
November 5-9, 2010
Magazines Canada School for Advertising Sales 2010
Presented by Dollco Printing
Where: Pillar & Post Inn, Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario
How much: Members $2500, Non-Members $3700
Who Should Attend: Sales people who are new to the business or who need a refresher; publishers and managing editors who also sell ads; editors and circulators who would benefit from understanding the sales side of publishing.
You will learn about...
* The power of print and the benefits of magazine advertising
* Selling campaigns (and not single ads!)
* Creating value-added packages that get the business
* Countering deep discounting and keeping advertisers on the rate card
* What advertisers want
* Handling objections and making the sale
* Expanding your territory and increasing advertising opportunities in your magazine
* Up-selling to get more business from your current advertisers
* How tools of the trade (PMB, CPM, CARD, etc) can work for you
* Prospecting without wasting time
* Effective closing
ADDED BONUS: Magazines Canada's panel of media buyers will assess YOUR media kit!
To register
For more information, please contact Edra Sefton, Professional Development Manager, 416.504.0274 x224 or Gwen Dunant, Program Manager, 416.504.0274 x225.
