Of course, everybody knows that the AWP annual conference (being held this year in Denver, CO, if you haven’t heard) is all about making connections with other people in the industry, and hearing great authors speak, and discovering wonderful new journals that you’d otherwise never come across. But occasionally, at the end of a long [...]
Entries Tagged as 'networking'
On Drinking Networking
February 24th, 2010 5 Comments
Tags: Andrew · author readings · Brooks · networking · publishing industry
The Worst of Times: A Guest Post by Alum TJ Dietderich
November 4th, 2009 No Comments
I came to New York about a year and a half ago to start working at Planned Television Arts, an independent PR firm specializing in books. In that short time, we’ve seen a lot of changes. The economy has gone from bad to worse. The publishing industry has been hemorrhaging jobs. We all know someone [...]
Tags: Alum Month · Guest Blogger of the Week · jobs · networking · publishing industry · TJ Dietderich
Where Doth My Future Lie? (…Lay?)
May 19th, 2009 2 Comments
As I chatted with professors at Vernacular’s gala last Friday, I asked of them one simple favor: tell me what to do next!
The professors were unfortunately reluctant to tell me exactly where my future would take me, but they did offer their help in figuring out what to do next. The answer probably seems obvious [...]
Tags: careers · Llalan · networking
And what a Gala it was…
May 16th, 2009 No Comments
Thanks to everyone who came to Vernacular’s Spring Gala last night!! What a great time it was– so thanks to all of our guests, musicians, sponsors, and bloggers-turned-party planners who made it success. And we hope that to newcomers, now that you know about Vernacular, you’ll subscribe, read, comment, donate, and participate in our online [...]
Tags: Gentlemen Hall · Narrangansett beer · networking · parties · Spring Gala · support Vernacular
See You Tonight!
May 15th, 2009 No Comments
“Do you have any plans tonight? No? Well, I hear there’s this really cool, exclusive party happening in this 4th floor writer’s studio, in this really funky building next door to Emerson College…”
Could it be, perhaps, the VERNACULAR SPRING GALA?? We sure hope the answer is yes!
(and we are NOT exclusive, actually– all literary and [...]
Tags: kim · networking · Spring Gala · support Vernacular
Spotlight On…Tom O’Keefe
May 11th, 2009 2 Comments
Tom O’Keefe, of Sayagle.com
If you’re looking for the skinny on Boston and Boston Area events, you need look no further than your Twitter feed, assuming you’re following @BostonTweet. That’s the alias of local entrepreneur Tom O’Keefe, founder of WiredAlumni, Research Connect (http://www.researchconnect.com/), Bizak (http://www.bizak.com/), and infoMedMD (http://www.infomedmd.com/); and who is now working on the mysterious [...]
Tags: networking · Spotlight On... · Spring Gala · Twitter
Announcing: Vernacular Spring Gala!!
April 28th, 2009 No Comments
Enjoying the warm weather? Looking forward to the end of homework? Need an excuse to party?
Then come to Vernacular Blog’s Spring Gala!
Friday, May 15th, 7 - 10pm
@ Grub Street
Tickets $3 advance / $5 at the door
Join us for drinks, food, live music, and networking with special guest VIPs: publishing professionals, published writers, successful alums, and [...]
Tags: emerson alums · Gentlemen Hall · grub street · kim · networking · parties · support Vernacular
Networking -or- Trying Not to Yarf on Someone Important
April 21st, 2009 1 Comment
I am not a networker. I am the opposite of a networker…a runawayer, perhaps. So this weekend, when a chance to network with some important people arose without warning, I had to remind myself of these 10 simple rules I concocted to follow in just such a situation.
1. Stop listening to anything your friends are [...]
Tags: Llalan · networking
Bookbuilders Boston Networking Event Tonight!
March 11th, 2009 No Comments
Not doing anything tonight, Bostonian publishing enthusiasts and/or Emerson Grad Students? Celebrate March’s fickle weather (and spring break!) by heading over to a *free* Bookbuilders of Boston Casual Networking event tonight. Also, to future graduates in the publishing (or creative writing) program, this could be a great time to make some much-needed contacts [...]
Tags: Bookbuilders of Boston · kim · networking · publishing industry
Ahh, Networking
January 26th, 2009 No Comments
On Thursday, I went to my first official “networking event” for publishing and media professionals: MediaBistro.com’s “Meet Laurel Party in Boston,” at the Good Life bar. My friend Jackie, an Emerson Publishing MA alum with far more industry street cred than I, sent me the invite and we agreed to meet at Downtown Crossing [...]
Tags: kim · Laurel Touby · mediabistro · networking · publishing industry