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SUMMARY:Successful Pitching & Presenting for Publishers (BookMachine CAMPUS Live)
DESCRIPTION:Date: This course is split across 2 sessions on Thursday 9th February and 16th February\, 2023 \n\n\nTime: 11:00am – 12.30pm GMT (1.5 hours each session\, 3 hours of training in total) \n\n\nWhere: Online on Zoom \n\n\nFees: £150 +VAT (30% off @ £105 +VAT for BookMachine members – please log into your member account for your discount to be applied at checkout) \n\n\nThis session has been created in partnership withPublishing Scotland. Further discounts are available for their members directly from the Publishing Scotland website. \n\n  \n\n  \nConfident speaking and presenting skills and the ability to pitch persuasively are essential for colleagues in all departments. From booksellers to board members\, there’s an audience for each of us. Whilst each audience might appear different\, what unites them is that they all have a problem that we have the power to solve. \nThis workshop gives participants the skills they need to pitch and present confidently in any business situation. We’ll introduce proven techniques and an easy framework that everyone can use straight away. \n  \nKey learning outcomes\n\nGet the business results you need through pitching and presenting with confidence\nReframe thinking around self-doubt\nHarness the power of storytelling for greater impact\nTake away an easy framework for speaking that can be applied straight away\n\n  \nSession 1 – Putting the framework in place \nThis session introduces the skills and the framework we all need to pitch and present with confidence in any situation. \nTopics covered include: \n\nMindset and re-framing our anxieties\nFocusing on our audience’s needs\nCompelling storytelling for business success (including story structure and call to action)\nDelivery (including body language\, pace and rhythm)\n\n  \nSession 2 – The Pitch \nThe second session is designed to be a highly interactive and practical session\, essential to putting in place the skills of the framework. \nEach participant will have prepared a short pitch/ presentation in advance\, which they will share. We will then explore ways to add ‘flavour’ and enhance our presentations. \n  \nAbout your tutor\n\nMel Byron a trainer\, coach and stand-up comedian. Mel passionately believes in joy\, confidence and kindness being the keys to success in work and life. After more than 20 years in publishing\, she transferred her skills and her passion to bringing those key elements to students and audience members. Mel has spent years in front of audiences and knows it can be nerve-wracking. She has performed all over the UK\, including at the Edinburgh Fringe. Having taught and mentored all her working life\, Mel now coaches in speaking and leadership skills\, and her students come from diverse backgrounds\, from leaders to health professionals to fellow performers.  \n\n\nFollow Mel on Twitter @TheMelByron \n\n  \n‘Mel’s delivery style\, coupled with a tremendously well-researched training programme make for a really enjoyable\, informative and valuable experience. I would heartily recommend her as both a trainer and comedian. Thanks for making it so fun and useful!’ \n‘Mel’s structured and skilled approach relieves the feelings of overwhelm in even the most reluctant of public speakers\, allowing them to shine.’
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SUMMARY:Changing Priorities: Marketing to Editorial (BookMachine Unplugged Live! 2023)
DESCRIPTION:Thank you to our event sponsors: The CIEP and Edelweiss \n\n			\n				\n			\n			\n				\n			\n		\n\nThis event is also kindly supported by Bureau at the Design District \n \nBureau provides coworking at the heart of London’s Design District. Bureau offers flexible\, design-centric workspaces\, allowing members to develop their careers surrounded by like-minded individuals. With scaleable memberships and business support\, everything Bureau does is centred around helping individuals and businesses thrive. \n  \n\n  \nIt’s not you\, it’s me. Changing priorities for professional development and career progression: From marketing to editorial\n  \nSomething has shifted after the disruption of the past two years. The way people view their work/life balance and career progression has fundamentally shifted. Mid-career professionals are carving out their own path\, doing unexpected things\, shifting roles or departments\, or embracing portfolio working. \n  \nSo what is it that publishing professionals want out of their career relationship? \n  \nJoin us at Forum – Bureau at Design District London (just four stops from London Bridge) on Wednesday 22nd February 2023 for an intimate and inspiring in-conversation event to hear from the people who have made the move from Marketing to Editorial.  \n  \nOur speakers will reflect on their journeys\, share insights into their fears and frustrations\, and articulate how they negotiated change to benefit themselves and their career. They’ll also explain how they have navigated their careers in this changing landscape\, and what they look for now in their role and wider work. \n  \nGet insights into the personal choices they have made\, and how this reflects on the world of publishing work now\, know you are not alone if you itch for something new\, and gain the inspiration and confidence to shape your own publishing career development. \n  \n \n  \nTickets\nPlease select either a digital or in-person ticket to this event. \n  \nDigital ticket holders will get access to the recording once it has been edited (this will take up to 2 weeks). In-person ticket holders will also receive the link to the digital version of the session. \n  \nPlease note that tickets are non-refundable but can be transferred to another person if you can no longer make the in-person event. \n  \nTickets for both the in-person or digital events are FREE for BookMachine members. Simply log into your account to book on with your discount. \n  \nDisclaimer: These events are ticketed so we can pay our contributors. Everyone who speaks at a BookMachine Unplugged event is remunerated for their involvement. \n  \nWant to make a great saving across all our Unplugged events in 2023? Join the BookMachine Community from £10/month and grab a ticket to all four events\, plus access to training\, discounts and resources. \n  \nAccessibility information\nIn-person event\nThe venue is on the second floor. It can be reached via lift or stairs\, and is accessible to wheelchair users. The nearest London Underground station is North Greenwich (Jubilee Line\, four stops from London Bridge station). Lifts are available from platform to ticket hall. \n  \nSome seating will be available for guests during the event. Let us know if you would like us to reserve you a seat when you have booked your ticket. For any further queries about the venue or access\, please contact our team via email suzanne@bookmachine.co.uk. \n  \nFree tickets will be available for carers or companions for individuals with disabilities or additional access needs. \n  \nDigital event\nClosed captions and audio personal descriptions will be available on the digital ticket recording. The recording will be available to digital ticket holders online via Vimeo. \n  \nAbout BookMachine Unplugged\n  \nBookMachine Unplugged is here to bring you discussion and connection around the topics that matter the most to you. Together with guest speakers\, we’ll provide plenty of tips and insights around the crucial topics and talking points that we as an industry are facing. \n  \nExplore the full range of BookMachine events happening in 2023. \n  \n\n  \nThe speakers\nMags Abraha\, Publisher\, Jacaranda Books\nMagdalene Abraha FRSA is a writer\, cultural curator and multi-award winning publisher. Magdalene started her in journalism and was one youngest ever columnists for the Independent Newspaper where she covered politics\, music\, art and popular culture. Magdalene continues to write for newspapers and magazines\, and is published in The Economist\, The Guardian\, VICE\, the ipaper\, Stylist\, Vogue and more. Magdalene was on the 2022 Forbes 30 under 30 list for her work in writing and publishing – the only publishing professional on the list. She was also Bookseller’s Rising Star and awarded the LBF Trailblazer award for her contribution to the publishing sector. Elle Magazine named her as one of their Trailblazing Women and she was made a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts for her work in media and publishing as well being awarded the BBC1xtra Future Figures award 2022. Magdalene Abraha is also the creator and producer of the ‘groundbreaking’ book series A Quick Ting On\, which is the first non-fiction Black British book series of its kind. She has worked in publishing houses such as I.B Tauris\, Bloomsbury and is now a publisher at Jacaranda. @magsab \n  \nKaty Follain\, Non-Fiction Publisher\, Quercus\nKaty Follain was born and brought up in France. Having attempted and failed to find a job in publishing in Paris\, she completed the Diploma in Publishing course at West Herts College\, Watford. Soon after she landed her first proper job as a publicity assistant at the Orion Publishing Group. Since then she has worked in a variety of departments in a variety of publishing houses\, both independents and corporates. She is currently Non-Fiction Publisher at Quercus\, but is moving to Bloomsbury in spring 2023 to head up a new division – Bloomsbury General – which will include non-fiction\, crime\, fantasy & sci-fi and commercial fiction. \n  \nSarah Benton\, Executive Publisher\, Commercial Fiction\, Orion Publishing Group\nSarah Benton leads the publishing and imprint strategies of both Orion Fiction and Gollancz as well as publishing her own list of authors such as Joanne Harris\, Leigh Bardugo\, Libby Page and Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap. She started her career in publicity doing the press cuttings\, before spending ten years in marketing across various publishers such as Pan Macmillan\, HarperCollins and Bonnier. At Orion\, she became Deputy MD\, overseeing many other aspects of the business and publishing strategy. Orion won Publisher of the Year in 2021 and she then followed her passion of working closer with authors and moved into editorial later that same year. @sarahbenton \n  \n  \n\n  \nOur event partners\n\n \nThe CIEP\nThe Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) is a non-profit body promoting excellence in English language editing. We set and demonstrate editorial standards\, and we are a community\, training hub and support network for editorial professionals – the people who work to make text accurate\, clear and fit for purpose.  \n  \nWe aim to be: \n\nA recognised authority on editing and proofreading in English\nA supportive community for editorial professionals who are working to high standards\nA trusted source of advice\, information\, best practice\, training and qualifications\nThe place to find professional editorial services.\n\n  \nWe have around 3\,000 editorial professional members in the UK and beyond\, with a growing international membership\, who work for a wide range of clients –publishers\, businesses\, government and other organisations\, academic institutions and authors. We formed in 1988 and were known as the Society for Editors and Proofreaders before being awarded our Royal Charter in 2019. \n  \n  \n \nEdelweiss\nAbove the Treeline is the company behind Edelweiss\, and recently celebrated 20 years of providing innovative tools to  the publishing and bookselling world.  \n  \nAt its core\, Edelweiss is a sales and marketing platform where publishers host their titles and catalogues in an engaging feature-rich site\, supported by in-depth metadata. Over 200\,000 registered users such as booksellers\, reviewers\, librarians\, and other book industry professionals use Edelweiss as a hub to work better in all kinds of ways.  \n  \nThe flexibility and options make it suitable for export sales teams\, rights presentations\, as well as domestic reps selling to indies\, chains\, and wholesalers. We also offer a variety of outbound and in-app promotional opportunities for publishers to leverage the wide reach of Edelweiss into the trade\, libraries\, and reviewers in the UK\, US\, and beyond.
URL:https://bookmachine.org/event/changing-priorities-marketing-to-editorial-bookmachine-unplugged-live-2023/
LOCATION:Bureau\, Design District\, 13 Soames Walk\, Greenwich Peninsula\, London\, SE10 0AX\, United Kingdom
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