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 The Buzz About Blogs
CIPA Webmaster, Shannon ParishEverybody is talking about blogs.
We talked about what they were and how important they are to establishing
you as an expert and in bringing in additional income.
Business magazines
are calling them a 'must' for your business - if used properly. Blogs aren't just for family reunions ... they are strong business tools in your Marketing Arsenal. Visuals
and handouts were provided to help attendees understand clearly the "how to"
of creating their own blog and why. We met at Judith Briles and John
Maling's beautiful, Christmas-decorated home for this intimate and
informative workshop. With laptops open and connected to the Internet,
people were able to create and begin their blog immediately.
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November |
 The
World of Children's Books
Gail Haley, Caldecott winner
Acclaimed author and award-winning illustrator of children’s books, Gail
Haley spoke at our November 2 Armchair held at one of the local Barnes &
Noble stores. She was awarded the Caldecott Medal for the African
tale, "A Story, A Story," and also received England’s Kate Greenway
medal for “The Post Office Cat.” Her medieval tale, "The Green Man,"
was a Parent's Choice recipient. She also received Japan's Kodai
Tosho award and the Kerlan award. "Kokopelli, Drum in Belly,"
from Filter Press in Palmer Lake, Colorado, is Haley's most recent book.
Haley interprets and retells a story of Kokopelli. Her vivid
paintings illustrate how Kokopelli leads the Ant People from the Dark World
into the light and enlightenment of the Green World where they become the
First People. Gail has worked with both small and large publishers and knows
the ins and outs of the publishing business. Learn what many of us don't
know about winning awards, distribution speaking tours and the world of
children's books.
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 Getting
Your Ducks in a Row
Rhonda Mills, Professional Organizer
Do you have mountains of
papers in your office? Have ideas and reminders scribbled on sticky notes
become the wallpaper in your office? Is your correspondence piling up? Are
your personal papers mixed in with your business papers? Is it hard
juggling the marketing, accounting and writing parts of your publishing
business? Have you accumulated so much stuff that you have to bring in the
skiploader to unearth your calendar and see the top of your desk? Then,
it’s time to get All Your Ducks in a Row!
Professional organizer
and cookbook author Rhonda Mills, lives and works in Douglas County. Rhonda
has 8-year-old twins, a 9-year-old, 1 husband, 1 guinea pig, a miniature
schnauzer and 1 frog. In order to write her cookbooks, run a family and a
business Rhonda realized she had to find a way to organize her surroundings
and activates. From the original organizing attempts, Rhonda developed an
organizing philosophy for families and those working from home offices.
Rhonda’s business, All Your Ducks in a Row, specializes in organizing
for busy families and home office professionals. Rhonda also has a degree
in accounting.
Get organized, develop a
method that works especially for you and put things in order in your
business world.
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September |  Attracting the Attention of Local & National Media
Greg Moody, critic at large for CBS4 and author
We met at the Denver Press Club and listen to Greg Moody, CBS4's Critic at Large, talk about television, writing novels and working with the entertainment industry. He gave tips about working with television producers and book promotion and marketing.
Not only is Greg a veteran in the radio, television and newspaper business, but he's a best selling author, with five books in print. Greg has the perfect combination of experience to help you crack the code for getting the attention of the local and national media.
CBS4's Critic at Large Greg Moody was born into a small family of itinerant Irish folk dancers and pest exterminators known as "The Galway Ant Stompers." His parents are lovely people who have spent their lives building solid reputations in the community and have asked not to be named here.
Moody attended Plainwell High School and Western Michigan University, School of Paper Technology, where he graduated in 1974 with a degree in Theater and Film, a minor in English, two nasty paper cuts and the distinct disgust of his professors.
After touring as an actor in a professional company of Godspell, he moved to New York City and worked as a freelance United States Senator as well as a stock-room boy and standup comedian. In 1975, Moody made the expected career move, jumping from comedy in New York City to hospital orderly in Grand Rapids, Michigan. This was followed closely by a loud dismissal from the medical profession and a job at a 500-watt All News Radio Station. His performance as Grand Rapids' Critic at Large (His review of "South Pacific" is still pilloried, even today. Shouldn't they get over it? I mean, it has been 30 years!) led to a job as Critic at Large in Milwaukee radio and then, after a surprise format change, to the job as TV/Radio Columnist for The Milwaukee Sentinel.
The six-day-a-week column at the Sentinel got him noticed in Milwaukee TV.He was hired away by WITI (CBS) in 1981 and spent five years working as a Greg-Of-All-Trades with no set job description. In 1986, he moved to KUSA-TV in Denver as Critic at Large, before bringing his act to CBS4 in 1988.
In his 17 years at CBS4, Moody has won twelve regional Emmy awards for commentary and writing in subjects ranging from movies to TV, newspapers to books, Hollywood history to journalistic ethics. He is also the producer of the Emmy-award winning SHOW. The program was a weekly entertainment newscast for three years, before becoming a quarterly entertainment magazine on CBS4 in 2003. Moody is the best-selling author of five mysteries, "Two Wheels," "Perfect Circles," "Derailleur," "Deadroll," and "Dead Air," all published by VeloPress in the United States and Germany.
He is married, has two children, two dogs and one cat that insists on sleeping on his head. Moody lives comfortably in a perpetual state of denial, just over the border from mild dementia. He hopes to someday be asked back to the daily drama, "As the World Turns," in order to once more play the classic role of "Mel Smenk -- Odious Man." return to top | 2004-2005 Sell books at Home at Full Retail Does anal-retentive have a hyphen? Hot Book Designs and Cool Production Tips Taking the Mystery Out of Sticky WWWebs The Business of Buying and Selling Books The Magic of Children's Books Tips, hints and advice on how to create your book covers Everything you should know about book manufacturing Publishing 101 AKA ... the Business of Publishing BEA Exposed!
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