Employment Law teleconference, 9-10 a.m. July 29

Registration is open for a July 29 teleconference on Employment Law with Mike Killeen of Davis Wright Tremaine, Seattle. This is a prime opportunity to get your employment and other HR questions answered. No topic is too large or too small. The registration form includes an opportunity for registrants to write in specific questions or topics for Killeen to address during the call. The teleconference is a benefit of WNPA membership.

Register here by July 27.

2010 Events in Review

July 16 Media Ethics Teleconference for Editors. Doug Underwood of the University of Washington presented a teleconference on media ethics for editors, with more than 20 in attendance. For a detailed agenda, click here.

The teleconference was a benefit of WNPA membership. To suggest topics or get details on future editorial teleconferences, contact WNPA Trustee Mike Dillon of Pacific Publishing, Seattle, (206) 461-1283 or

July 22 Media Law Training. Sea Beez, Washington Newspaper Publishers Association and The Seattle Times co-sponsored a legal seminar with Michele Earl-Hubbard of Allied Law Group, Seattle. The seminar drew about 30 participants. It provided an introduction (or refresher course) on media law with an emphasis on how to avoid libel and defamation lawsuits, and was relevant to print media, TV, and radio news. Lunch was catered by Salima, which specializes in Southeast Asian Halal cuisine.

Teleconference/Webinar Series For Advertising Managers and Sales Reps

The WNPA Advertising Committee offers interactive, informative Webinars and teleconferences between February and May each year. Calls are a WNPA-member benefit and typically last about an hour. Presenters are Advertising Committee members or invited experts. To suggest a topic you'd like to see addressed in a future teleconference, please send an e-mail to . Following are the 2010 events.

March 25 Teleconference. Diana Lull of Pacific Publishing Co., Seattle, and Lorraine May of Sound Publishing co-presented a call for sales reps covering two critical topics, Needs Assessment and Overcoming Objections.

April 22, May 5 Webinar. Advertising and marketing expert Lori Maxim, a vice president at Sound Publishing Inc., provided an hour-long Webinar on Seven Steps to Converting Other Media.

May 13 Teleconference. John Greenland, Director of Sales & Marketing for New Media, Sound Publishing Inc., presented an information-filled hour on Internet Sales for Ad Managers: How to get into the game.

 

Multimedia opportunities

To join the WNPA Multimedia discussion board, put together for WNPA by Jay Cline of the Sequim Gazette, please visit www.sequimgazette.com/wnpa

The site provides links to software used to create slideshows, video and audio, and to multimedia proejcts shown during the Multimedia Panel at the 2008 WNPA Annual Convention. It also has contact information for the multimedia panelists.

 

 

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