Apostrophe Boy FTW!!!
and you KNOW how we are about proper apostrophe use.
This is our April topic. I can drop an F bomb in it because the speaker said it was okay, and that was because the speaker is me and I’m the one who puts the PRO in profanity, right? Damn straight.
This month we’re on the 4th Tuesday instead of the 3rd Monday, but oh well, a foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of small minds, eh? And we’ll be starting at 6pm instead of 7, and it’s all cash, $20 a head for the set meal. Everybody gets the earlybird price this month.
There’s been a bit of chaos around Shebeen Global HQ this month, but we’re finally organized. We’ll be in the Revel Room upstairs again, from 6-8 or so. This way you don’t have to grab a snack before the meeting!
I’ll be speaking about how to get the most from a writer’s conference, and having been on the board of a couple and an attendee and speaker at more than I can count without taking off my shoes, I have a lot to share. If you do too, we want to hear from you.
And don’t forget the Women&Words conference this coming Friday and Saturday. Guess who’ll be speaking there as well? [insert smiley of your choice, as I am far too bloody dignified to use them myself]
By the way, if you have a favorite conference, please do drop a link to them in the comments. The more the merrier, and it’d be great to do one grand roundup post of all the conferences within reach of BC.
Unhappy Hours
I got this one off Twitter, following the Hired Guns. There are an awful lot of jobs being publicized on Twitter lately.
(and if you’re wondering where/when our April Shebeen Club meeting is, it’ll probably be next Tuesday at Revel upstairs, but we’re having a bit of difficulty pinning people down for that. Stay tuned, I’ll post it as soon as I know)
The Hired Guns are seeking a seasoned Newsletter Marketing Consultant with top-notch email experience for our client, a leading education publisher. You will work to take newsletter marketing for their Teachers division to the next level by managing the strategic development and deployment of newsletters targeting educators for nursery through grade 12.
Gun Profile:
While you’ve got significant experience managing and testing email campaigns, you’ve got a true gift when it comes to newsletters. You know how to optimize them for peak performance and to significantly improve metrics through your innovative approach to newsletter marketing. But that’s because you understand list management and CRM, through and through. It’s important you have experience establishing testing plans and list segmentation, and you’ll need to be comfortable advising clients on strategy and sticking to your guns. Bottom line, you love this sub-vertical within e-marketing, and you’re comfortable and confident in your command of best practices.
Nitty Gritty:
As the Newsletter Marketing Consultant, you will be focused on reinventing the teacher newsletter. Then, you’ll manage and establish monthly deployments, deliver a test plan, and customize an advanced testing dashboard. You’ll incorporate past tests, Omniture data, hypotheses, and content strategy to decide on next actions, and you’ll set up for future testing, data reporting, and campaign management in conjunction with the larger parent organization.
You will design and build the necessary assets, including preparing strategic briefs for client approval. Expect to go through about two rounds of revisions per creative, resulting in copy and design that’s brand-friendly and encourages direct response. You’ll need to deliver creative design assets in the preferred format and make final hand-coded HTML files cross-browser ready. So diplomacy is key.
Inside Skinny:
Maybe you were once an teacher or have other experience working in or serving the education community. It’s not necessary you eat, sleep, and breathe the education market, but any familiarity you bring to the table will make your job a lot easier.
Net-Net:
It’s a fun subject, a celebrated company, and a fantastic opportunity.
The Auld Shebeen
Just a social night this month: no speaker, no pressure. Bring whatever you’re working on for boasting/comparison purposes! $25 at the door gets you dinner and a drink and the best literary cadre of companions in all of Vangroover! That’s the price for our special menu, or this once you can order off the regular menu and “pay as you go.”
Next month we’ll be back to our usual meet&greet/presentation/arguing and drinking schedule.
UPDATE: It’s apparently World Poetry Day on Monday.
Monday is World Poetry Day and, coincidentally, the anniversary of the first twitter tweet. Celebrate with a “twaiku” by Elizabeth Alexander:
Teeny tiny poem
Teeny tiny poem/just enuf 2hold/1 xllent big word/Impluvium/open-eyed courtyrd/collectng rain/as all poems do/ skylife, open/birds do:/ tweet
More on UN World Poetry Day here
NYTimes article here
Four New Twitter poems (including Alexander’s) here
Utopia Festival: more than just dj's!
Got this via an email from Nikki Reimer, one from Sean Cranbury, two from W2, one from Irwin Oostindie, and four Facebook invitations. So, obviously, I HAVE to post it!
Along with the direct link to buy tickets.
Just a quick note to let you know about an amazing literary event next Saturday – Vancouver Women Read @ W2 Utopia Festival.
Curated by Nikki Reimer and Alex Leslie in conjunction with the W2 Real Vancouver Writers’ Series this is some real next level programming.
Nikki and Alex have curated 5 Vancouver writers whose performances will be punctuated by musical appearances by First Nations artists such as Tanya Tagaq, JB The First Lady and cello prodigy Cris Derkson.
AND – The keynote address will be given by international electroclash sensation Peaches.
Needless to say it’s going to be fairly incredible.
You can find more info about the event, how to buy tickets and the performers here – http://booksontheradio.ca/2011/02/25/w2-utopia-festival-vancouver-women-read-saturday-march-5-2011/
Any help that you can provide in terms of spreading the word to your friends or followers in the social media world is much appreciated.
The hashtag for the event is #W2Utopia.
Looking forward to this event and I hope to see you there.
Thanks,
Sean
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Sean Cranbury – Executive Editor, Host, Regulator
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