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ASJA
If you’re registered for the 2020 ASJA conference in New York City (New York Marriott Downtown, on April 19-20), and wondering what to do next, consider volunteering in one of the following two ways to help us prepare. We promise they are fun and easy!
- Host a lunch on Sunday, April 19. Just come up with a theme (science writing, memoir, food writing, etc.) and email associate conference chair Kristine Hansen. Attendees sign up for your lunch on a Google sheet and pay for their own meal. We can even help you find a nearby place.
- Invite editors and literary agents to meet with attendee writers (via short speed-dating-like appointments created on a lottery system) on the afternoon of Monday, April 20. Client Connections co-chairs Jeanette Hurt and Erin O'Donnell have already created an invite ... all you need to do is hit "send!" We've found that the best editors and agents to participate in this event are already familiar with our membership.
Questions? Contact 2020 conference chair Randy Dotinga or associate conference chair Kristine Hansen. How can we make this conference the best yet and better serve your needs? Don't hesitate to let us know!
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We have room for two more Special Interest Group leaders for the upcoming session. SIGs are four-week discussions held in a special section of the forum, where participants can learn and collaborate on topics relating to writing careers. The spring session begins April 27. If there's a topic you'd be interested in covering, consider hosting a SIG! For more information, contact Jennifer Billock. More info about SIGs can be found on the ASJA website.
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Win a FREE Day at the ASJA Annual Conference by entering the Client Connections Recruitment Contest. The ASJA member who recruits the most Client Connections clients can attend one day of the 2020 conference for FREE! To enter, send an email to Cheryl Alkon and let her know which clients — think publications, hospitals, nonprofits, universities, and content marketing agencies located in the greater New York City area — you can invite to Client Connections, the afternoon of one-on-one, nine-minute meetings to be held Monday, April 20, at the ASJA Annual Conference in New York City. She’ll send you an invite form to forward and track who signs up. The member with the most clients who register wins! Contact Cheryl with any questions.
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Member name: Dawn Reiss, Chicago
Success Story: Landscape Architecture magazine, among others
How I landed the gig: I’m old school. I love pitching over the phone and in person, because if you’ve got a well-researched story idea you can always tweak the angle based on the editor’s initial response. This has worked multiple times, at various ASJA conferences and on the phone with Virtual Client Connections. The key: be prepared for the two-minute drill. Quickly introduce yourself, think of a catchy headline that would fit the publication coupled with a specific section and an angle that is right for the readership. Most recently, this happened with a Virtual Pitch Slam session for Landscape Architecture. Jennifer Reut, the senior editor liked the pitch, accepted the story idea and ended up giving it more space and money once I did the reporting.
Net results: $3,000+
Comments about ASJA: The friendships, work connections, VPS and conferences have been invaluable. Thanks to meeting at ASJA’s annual conference, Megy Karydes and I started a writer accountability group in Chicago with other writers from ASJA. We’ve collectively grown our businesses by helping each other.
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Another new group of applicants for membership in ASJA has passed the Membership Application Committee's review and the list of prospective members has now been posted. Active members may review the list and send any comments to James Cafiero at Jcafiero@kellencompany.com no later than the comment deadline shown. All comments will be sent to the Application Committee for consideration and will be kept confidential.
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