Don Ranly Ph.D., professor emeritus, Missouri School of Journalism, said that his challenge today would be squeezing a whole semester of information into one hour. Here he talks about the importance of writing content that users will find useful, as once they find information useless, "it's all over."
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Instantly loved by everyone in the room, Don Ranly Ph.D., professor emeritus, Missouri School of Journalism, said that his challenge today would be squeezing a whole semester of information into one hour. His first lesson of the day: "Refrigerator journalism."
When best-selling author of the book Back of the Napkin
In one of the last concurrent sessions, Tiffani Alexander and Janelle Harris from ACC Docket and Marilynn Jacobs of Quebecor World explained how Gens X and Y can change the face of association publishing.
Debra Stratton, president, Stratton Publishing & Marketing Inc./Stratton Research; and Robert Ranier, senior consultant, Stratton Publishing & Marketing, Inc./Stratton Research, welcome attendees to the Audit Clinic session hoping to answer the question of what a publication audit can do for you.
When managing a magazine, you have to wear more than one hat. You're the editor, content creator, fact-checker, producer and extinguisher of any fires that come up. This afternoon, Kirsten Ferguson of American Farmland from, James Lewis of Forest History Society, Kelly Sexton of Paralyzed Veterans of America and Chris Soto of Saving Land explained how they manage a magazine on their own.
Any problem can be solved with pictures. That's the mantra Dan Roam used to kick off his presentation about thinking visually today during lunch. It might sound crazy at first, but by the end of his session, Roam had convinced the room of SNAP attendees that no problem is too large to solve--even with a drawing on the back of a napkin.
During this afternoon's pre-conference session at the 2009 SNAP Conference, Lori Woerhle, director of corporate relations, Council for Advancement and Support of Education, gave attendees a quick run-down of what the most popular social media platforms have to offer.













