exciting program available - City and Regional Magazine Association
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Chairs: Robin Richeson Colter, B-Metro<br />
Joe O’Donnell, B-Metro <strong>Magazine</strong><br />
Ingrid Lynch, Main Line Today<br />
Sunday, May 19, 2013<br />
9:00 – 10:15 a.m. – Session 1<br />
Br<strong>and</strong> Across Platforms (Mental Floss <strong>Magazine</strong>) (Joint with Audience Dev.)<br />
Br<strong>and</strong> integrity across media platforms, as well as products, has become a signature<br />
of this fast growing company, now a part of Dennis Publishing. Mental Floss is a hip,<br />
fact <strong>and</strong> trivia based national magazine that also publishes books <strong>and</strong> other products.<br />
They have a very strong br<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> apply it across a spectrum of products.<br />
Featured Speaker: Will Pearson, Co-Founder of Mental Floss<br />
10:45 – 12:00 p.m. – Session 2 – Woodruff Room (lobby level)<br />
Front of Book, Front of Mind (Joint with Editorial)<br />
Front-of-book sections are arguably a magazine’s most important real estate:<br />
they have an identity of their own <strong>and</strong> serve as a vital entrée to the feature well.<br />
How can you produce the most punchy, interesting, enlightening front of the book<br />
that, despite being in a monthly magazine, still feels urgent, timely, <strong>and</strong> part of the<br />
larger conversation? Experts from editorial <strong>and</strong> art teams weigh in.<br />
Featured Speakers: Devin Gordon, GQ, Jason Sfetko, GQ <strong>and</strong> Mary Melton,<br />
Los Angeles<br />
2:00 – 3:15 p.m. – Session 3<br />
Training for the Future, Adobe<br />
What is the future for InDesign, digital media, new software <strong>and</strong>, most of all,<br />
what’s coming next. Claudia McCue is the author of “Real World Print Production<br />
with Adobe Creative Suite Applications” She now specializes in teaching both<br />
creative <strong>and</strong> production professionals how to use Adobe products without hurting<br />
themselves or others. She is a Certified Technical Trainer, Adobe Certified Expert.<br />
Featured Speaker: Claudia McCue, Author<br />
3:45 – 5:00 p.m. – Session 4<br />
School of Thought – Future of Design<br />
Darren Sanefski received his master of arts from the State University of New York at<br />
Oswego <strong>and</strong> a bachelor of fine arts from Syracuse University. He was on the faculty<br />
at the S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications <strong>and</strong> currently on the faculty at<br />
Ole Miss. Sanefski worked for The Post-St<strong>and</strong>ard & its sister website, Syracuse.com.<br />
Featured Speakers: Darren Sanefski, Professor of Multimedia, Photography <strong>and</strong><br />
Design at Ole Miss. & DMS Design Studio<br />
4 | 37TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE