Canadian Authors’ Association: Montreal Branch will host a talk on Publishing in Canada.
Judy Isherwood of Shoreline Press, a Montreal based publisher will talk about publishing in Canada, what it takes to get something published, and what you need to do to interest a publisher in your work.
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Dimitri “Have pen, will travel” Ly is a writer, editor, illustrator, podcast host, and webmaster. He works on pieces for websites, magazines, universities, DVD releases, private corporations, and government services.
When he isn’t doing all that, Dimitri is in the fascinating and highly coveted world of freelance fiction writing.
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MediaCamp Montreal 2010 to be held on September 10th, with six speakers to address the first edition of what is planned to become a series of “unconferences” dedicated to a broad spectrum of media.
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PodCamp Montreal is back for its third edition. The bilingual event is a key conference in learning some basic and advanced skills on how to use social media and podcasting at our professional advantage.
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7 Ways You Can Be Relevant 5 Years From Now
Lunchinar session, presented by Steve Crescenzo
Principal, Crescenzo Communications
IABC All-Star Speaker
This broadcast from USA will be in English. Cost includes lunch.
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A quick reminder that the deadline for the IABC Ovation Awards is a little less than two weeks away!
“This awards program – as unique as our diverse region itself – will recognize outstanding talent and accomplishment in organizational communications, employee communications, public relations, marketing communications, advertising, digital arts – and a category for social media to reflect the new trends that will launch us into a new decade.”
Who can enter? Any person who played a direct role in producing and implementing a communication project executed between 1 September 2009, and 30 August 2010.
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Dimitri “Have pen, will travel” Ly is a writer, editor, illustrator, podcast host, and webmaster. He works on pieces for websites, magazines, universities, DVD releases, private corporations, and government services.
Dimitri is also in the fascinating and highly coveted world of freelance fiction writing.
Continue reading "The Write Stuff: A talk with freelance prose writer Dimitri Ly (Part 1 of 2)"
New friends on Mediaville, Kai Design, have an upcoming event:
On Saturday September 18, KAI Design studio will be transformed into a private photo studio! Come for a quick, easy and fun professional photoshoot session! Two talented photographers will be onsite to bring out the inner supermodel in you!
Speaking of social media, updating your blog, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn and all your other accounts can be daunting, not to mention time consuming.
TweetDeck allows you to post to multiple platforms — Twitter, Facebook, MySpace, LinkedIn, FourSquare and Google Buzz — from a single, desktop application.
You’ve noticed already that we are a contemporary, cutting-edge and thought-leading blog, but what’s with our social media presence? Are we out there?
We are proud to say that Mediaville is indeed on those finest of social media platforms out there, so be sure to connect with us on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter – and you can get our RSS feed so you don’t miss a beat!
OpenFile is hiring editors in more cities, and while unfortunately Montreal is not on the list (yet), we all have contacts out there in the wide yonder. If you know someone who might fit the bill for one of these positions, then make sure you give them a heads up.
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Sitting on the first Citizen Media Rendez-Vous (more about that in The Hour) panel of the day was Jean-Noe Landry of Montreal Ouvert, who made a strong case for why Montreal should release Open Data to the citizens of this fine city, ultimately giving them greater access to all kinds of civic data sets, enabling them to engage more directly and responsibly in its operations.
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