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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Bob Kelly, director, Journal Information Systems, American Physical Society, presented Write Once, Read Many with Brian O'Leary at the Association Media & Publishing Conference regarding how to write something once and be able to take that content and repurpose it.





Best-selling author of the book Back of the Napkin Dan Roam at the Association Media and Publishing 2009 Conference elaborates on the essence of visual thinking, how to encourage others to try visual thinking and how to make visual thinking work for your business team.





Tina Hay, editor, The Penn Stater, explains the importance of headlines and decks to draw your readers in.


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Pre-conference moderators Jeff De Cagna and Lisa Junker discuss innovation as it relates to association publications, and how to integrate social media with your publications and use it to drive users to it.





Cindy Stevens and Richard Creighton highlight the importance of using video content onlineRichard Creighton, principal of The Magazine Group, continues the social media discussion with a presentation on using video, and Cindy Stevens, senior director of publications, Consumer Electronics Association, presented her association's video success story.





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This year, the Association Media & Publishing Conference has added a wide-array of real-time online tools to allow participants to share what they are learning and experiencing. For those who attend, it's means additional ways to develop community and engage in conversations. And for those who are not attending, it will provide a means to join in at home, get a peak at what you're missing -- and to make plans to attend next year's conference.


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Have you joined in on the conversation over at the SNAP Conference Community Site? Before wheels are even down in DC, attendees are talking about such topics as choosing which sessions to attend, great DC restaurants and sight-seeing if you have the time.