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Robb Montgomery
Founder
Joined: 07 Mar 2004
Posts: 1504
Location: Chicago
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Thu Jul 26, 2007 3:30 pm
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Just got an e-mail from the AAN organizers.
And it is good news for you students who asked for a student rate to attend the Aug 11 design Workshop in Chicago (OK, Evanston to be precise)
To get the $75 rate You MUST contact Debra Silvestrin directly.
Details on the "Great storytelling in visual Formats" workshop
| Quote: | Hi Robb.
Yes, we will offer a student rate of $75 for the workshop in Evanston. The
program can be found here:
http://aan.org/alternative/Aan/ViewPage?oid=oid%3A130686
Nonmembers are welcome to register, and may use the online system; however,
students would need to contact me directly and will also need to present
student id.
Thanks for participating in our workshop.
Regards,
Debra
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Debra Silvestrin
Director of Meetings and Special Projects
Association of Alternative Newsweeklies
1250 Eye Street, N.W., Suite 804
Washington, D.C. 20005
tel: 202-289-8484
AND Ellen J. Meany has just set me the details for the workshop.
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We have a great line-up for the design and edit workshop at NU's Medill
School of Journalism, in Evanston, IL, Aug 10-11.
I hope you will consider consider attending!
There's still time to register, and hop a cheap flight to Chi-town.
Look at this great program... Pentagram's Luke Hayman (formerly of New York
magazine), Robb Montgomery from VisualEditors.com (formerly of the Chicago Sun Times), Photoshop guru Lesa King, and even yours truly.
We are heavy on the creativity and editorial side - we've even got a
collaborative session for writers and designers, and we have a nice balance
for ad design issues as well.
Northwestern University, right on Lake Michigan, is a truly beautiful
setting this time of year, too. An el-ride away from downtown Chicago.
You can register here:
Online registration
Thanks!
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Program
Friday, August 10
3 to 3:30 pm
Welcome and Introduction
Design & Production
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Doing a Lot with a Little
Inspiration, creativity, recycling, stealing, arm-twisting, and other
methods of making publications. Luke Hayman spent over two and a half years
as Design Director of New York magazine -- a punishing weekly with an
equally punishing editor. Stories from the front line...
Speaker: Luke Hayman, Pentagram
4:45 to 6 pm (concurrent)
Art Directors Panel
Explore day-to-day challenges and solutions.
Moderator: Joe Mac Leod, Baltimore City Paper
Production Roundtable
Explore day-to-day challenges and solutions.
Moderator: Mike Kalyan, Washington City Paper
Writing & Reporting
3:30 to 6 pm
Finding the Heart of Your Stories
In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn a new process for reporting and
writing that transforms storytelling from a search for information into a
quest for meaning. And it only takes five questions and 95 seconds to put
you on the path to irresistible writing.
Speaker: Chip Scanlan
Saturday, August 11
Design & Production
9:30 to 10:45 am
Design for Designers
How to use the tools of design to tell stories, not decorate pages. All articipants should bring two examples of their best work, as well as two
that could have, umm, been done better.
Presenter: Robb Montgomery, Visual Editors
11 am to 12:15 pm
Great Storytelling in Visual Formats (both tracks)
Writers, editors, artists and designers will learn how to identify and
develop the visual components of stories so people will actually read them in print, as well as how to take stories to new levels online. Learn how to innovate and collaborate on deadline, and develop new ways to provide an
engaging reader experience.
Presenter: Robb Montgomery, Visual Editors
12:30 to 2 pm
Lunch, Critiques and Mentoring Sessions
2:15 to 4:30 pm
Graphic Secrets for Creative Pros: Timesaving Techniques
In this session you'll glean many time-saving tips for creating really tough selections and learn fast ways to create today's most popular photo effects like silhouettes, partial color, duo-tones, gorgeous grayscale conversions, creative photo frames, edges, and more. We'll also take a look at the world's most popular resource for stock imagery, iStockphoto.com, and how using imagery can help you to more effectively communicate your message.
Last but not least, you'll learn the four secrets of great graphic design that will ensure your layouts always look their very best.
Presenter: Lesa Snider King, iStockphoto.com
4:45 to 6 pm
Creating Great Ads for Print & Web
This session will cover the state of advertising from simple and easy to
make, to the outrageously complicated and expensive, and help define
realistic expectations for alt newspaper websites. We will look at ads that
are -- or seem -- successful online, and show how AAN designers can tap into their skills to craft Web ads that complement the print message -- and vice versa. The session will include voluntary critiques -- and Q& A.
Presenter: Ellen Meany, Isthmus
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Ellen J. Meany
AAN Design & Production Chair
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