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Publishing events and conference round-up

Thursday, May 28th, 2009

It’s good to be back. Here’s a round-up of conference and event notifications we’ve received for publishing since the blog went down. There are some last minute special offers for early bird discounts – keep your eyes peeled for the deadlines.

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Specialised Information Publishers Association: 7-8 July 2009, The Tower Hotel, St Katharine’s Way, London, E1W 1LD

**Save £50 on conference rate if you book before 29 May 2009**

SIPA is the international trade association for subscription newsletter and specialised information services – in print and online. This, their annual conference, will combine round table discussions, key note speakers and themed breakout sessions to cover making money in the recession, making Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook and other social media tools work for business, retaining and generating new subscribers on- or off-line. Discounts apply for SIPA, Data Publishers Association and Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers members as well as companies making multiple bookings. Further information is online: http://sipaonline.com/sipauk/Julyconference

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The deadline for Guardian Education Centre requests for workshop bookings for the 09/10 academic year is 4 pm on 3 June 2009

Requests for workshop bookings for primary and secondary schools will close on 3 June (the workshops are very popular and requests cannot be guaranteed.) All workshops are designed to complement the National Curriculum across a variety of subjects and are hosted in the new interactive education centre at the Guardian newspaper’s offices in Kings Cross, London. Further information and an online booking form for the different workshops available can be found online: http://www.guardian.co.uk/gnmeducationcentre/5
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Association of Learned and Professional Society Publishers Online Communities seminar: Tuesday 7 July 2009, British Institute of Radiology, 36 Portland Place, London W1B 1AT

This is a one day seminar subtitled ‘What can scholarly publishing learn from other industries?’ This topic is close to our hearts here at Skillset, with sessions from the magazine, newspaper, book, mobile devices and computer games sectors, this should prove to be a refreshing look for inspiration from outside the learned publishing community. Further details here: http://www.alpsp.org/ngen_public/article.asp?aid=73515

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Graduates, Graduates – as far as the eye can see…

Wednesday, July 2nd, 2008

Phew, what a night – 250 odd souls down in the vaults on the hottest day of the year networking their hearts out.

Yes, it’s that time of year again when students come out of their 3 year long chrysalis that is university, blinking into the lights of the onrushing animation industry. Rabbits in headlights doesn’t quite cover it.

So it’s all credit to the graduates of our accredited courses that our annual showcase event was such a success. Good reports all round (except for the temperature) and a general perception that the quality of graduates coming out of our courses is improving year by year.

MC Alan Gardner got all the students going with some networking workshops, and some six degrees of Kevin Bacon tailored to the animation industry, and then sent them off to work their mojos on some of the best animation employers going, Framestore, MPC, Aardman, Double Negative, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network, Cinesite, Rushes, Studio AKA to name but a few.

Award for most innovative marketing strategy goes to the student employing ’slap bands’ specially made with links to their website embossed on them to tag every employer walking through their vicinity. They’re not getting a plug here, as I didn’t get a bracelet, and I like freebies.

I took some photos of the do, and we’ll be publishing more on the event on the main site in due course.

Look out as well, for the online group we’re setting up with Imagine, to keep the networking going.

Tags: careers, employment, graduates, higher education, jobs, networking
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Animex Networking

Friday, February 8th, 2008

First up – apologies, I totally forgot to take my camera. However, aside from that the event was great, and completely highlighted the importance of networking in the animation industry. At first the networking party really did resemble a school disco – with huddles of employers talking amongst themselves and students lining the sides of the open space more concerned with their peers than with the prospect of a career at Framestore, Dreamworks, Valve, Realtime UK, Mackinnon and Saunders or many other employers.

However, and very encouragingly, after 45 minutes of enforced (literally by me occasionally dragging students and employers alike into a circle) speednetworking, it became difficult to stop with students hunting down every last employer in the room to show off their reels and portfolios.

Networking then, vital skill to master for a career in animation.

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