Because Communication Central is dedicated to enhancing networking among colleagues, we are pleased to make this page available for listing events of interest to writers, editors and other communications pros. We envision this page as becoming a true "Communication Central" - a central source of meeting information for communications people, professional organizations and events around the country. There is no charge for (brief) listings.
Please send your meeting, conference, workshop, chapter and other event details to
calendar@communication-central.com. Include:
Event name or topic
Time(s), day and date, with year
Host organization
Location (city and state)
Speaker(s)
Registration deadline
Contact info
Please do not include sign-up sheets!
Spring 2008
• Malice Domestic XX
April 24–27, Arlington, VA
annual mystery writers' and readers' conference
www.malicedomestic.org
• 40th Annual Meeting and Conference
April 30–May 3, Denver, CO
American Society of Indexers
www.asindexing.org
• "Adobe InDesign for Editors: An Introduction to Desktop Publishing" with Bevi Chagnon
and "Opportunities in Newsletters" with Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, both on May 2
and
"Getting Started in Editorial Freelancing" with Ruth E. Thaler-Carter, May 3
Washington, DC
Workshops sponsored by the Editorial Freelancers Assn.
http://the-efa.org/eve/catalog.html
• “Taking Control of Word”
May 15–16, Rochester, NY
Communication Central's first special seminar, featuring Hilary Powers (see home page)
www.communication-central.com
• Technical Communication Summit,
June 1-4, Philadelphia, PA
55th Annual Conference and EXPO of the Society for Technical Communication
www.stc.org
•Annual Publications Management Conference
June 9-10, 2008, Washington, DC
Society for National Association Publications (SNAP)
www.snaponline.org
• Washington Writers Conference
June 14, Washington, DC
Washington Independent Writers’ 29th annual conference
www.washwriter.org
Fall 2008
2008 annual conference of the Assn. for Women in Communications (AWC)
Sept. 25-27, 2008, Washington, DC
www.womcom.org
2009
• For those who really plan ahead:
"Getting the message across"
October 2009
4th IPEd (Institute of Professional Editors) Editors Conference
Adelaide, South Australia
http://www.iped-editors.org
For background information about Communication Central owners Ruth E. Thaler-Carter and Kat Nagel, just go to our individual websites (www.writerruth.com and www.masterworkconsulting.com).