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Travel + Words 2010 Fall Seminar, Mt. Hood Community College, Gresham, OR, Sat., October 2nd

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 9:00 AM (PT)

Gresham, OR

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Early Bird Ended $75.00 $5.12
Regular Ended $89.00 $5.88

Event Details

Travel + Words Fall Seminar 

Saturday, October 2, 2010    9:00 AM - 3:00 PM

Mt. Hood Community College, Town and Gown Room

Gresham, OR

Program Highlights

9:00 a.m.  Check in and morning refreshments

9:45 a.m.  Welcome and Introductions

10:00 a.m.  "Travel + Words NW and Beyond"  

                     Editors' Panel: 

                   Annisa Jones, Publisher, GORGE MAGAZINE, Hood River, OR

                  Carolyn Price, Publisher/Editor, OUTDOORS NW, Seattle, WA

                  Alaine Borgias, Publisher/Editor, ADVENTURES NW, Bellingham, WA

 

11:00 a.m.  "Mind Mapping: Target Your Article Pitches for Success!"     

                       Workshop Presenter:  Allen Cox, Freelance Writer, Tacoma, WA

 

Noon - Lunch + Round-Table discussion topics:  Expand your Writers Beat;  Pitching + Selling to Newspapers Print/Online;  On The Road Research;  Personal + Group Media Research Trips;  Travel Writing 101;  Writing Guidebooks

 

1:00 p.m.  Panel: "Travel Blogs + Travel Web Sites:  Promoting Yourself & Your Beat"

                   Panelists:  Terri Fogarty, Editor and Mike Coletta, web dev/mktg mgr,  Europe Up Close

                                       Bobbie Hasslebring, Freelance writer,  Real Food Traveler

                                       Katlin Smith, Freelance Writer,  Southwest Washington Zest

                                      Terry LaBrue, Writer/Author Promotions, LaBrue Communications, Issaquah, WA

                                     Colleen Wright, www.ResponseIM.com will be available for Travel Blog and Web Site

                                        reviews, 15-minute sessions

 

2:15 p.m. Refreshment break

 

2:30 p.m.  "Photography Basics for Travel Writers"    Presenter:  Roger Ward, Tacoma, WA

 

3:30 p.m.  Networking for Freelance Writers, Presenters, and Travel & Tourism Professionals

The following regional Visitor Information Center Exhibitors have been invited to join us:  West Columbia Gorge VIC; Hood River VIC; Mt.Adams/Skamania County WA VIC; The Dalles Area VIC; Tri-Cities VIC

 

 

When & Where


Mt. Hood Community College
26000 SE STARK ST.
Gresham, OR 97030

Saturday, October 2, 2010 at 9:00 AM (PT)


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Pacific NW Travel Writers Conference: Travel and Words



We are a group of freelance writers, journalists, editors, and travel and tourism professionals who live and work in the Pacific Northwest:  Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Alaska, and British Columbia.

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