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Join us for the 2007 TAA Conference at the Hyatt Regency Buffalo
in downtown Buffalo, NY, June 22-23
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for the Conference
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Preliminary Conference
Schedule now available
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events schedule
Book Raffle
IIL Publishing, New York will raffle four books at the 2007 TAA Conference
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Coming to Buffalo?
Put these two books on your reading list
City of Light by Lauren Belfer
Trip to Niagara Falls by Geronimo Stilton (Scholastic)
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Mentoring Sessions
Several veteran authors have agreed to serve as mentors at the conference.
Attendees will be able to sign up at the conference registration desk
for 15-minute sessions with a mentor. A list of mentors will be available
soon.
Roundtable Discussions
Luncheon
Saturday, June 23
12 p.m. to 1:30 p.m.
Choose from 10 different moderated roundtable discussions related to
textbook and academic authoring.
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Dinner at The
Anchor Bar
Thursday, June 21, 6 p.m.
The restaurant where Buffalo-style wings were invented
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Buffalo, NY Waterfront
Tour
Friday, June 22, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Take a guided tour of the Buffalo waterfront
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Karpeles Manuscript
Musuem and Library Tour
Friday, June 22, 1:30 p.m. to 4 p.m.
View Walt Disney illustrations and documents, among others
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Social Networking
Event: A Chartered 3-hour Dinner Cruise Aboard the Grand Lady
Friday, June 22, 6:45 p.m. to 10 p.m.
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Four-hour Guided
Tour to Niagara Falls (American side)
Saturday, June 23, 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Tour full.
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Free
one-on-one sessions with an authoring attorney or literary agent
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for info
Click
here for information from the 2006 TAA Convention:
• Articles
• Convention Q&A
• Convention Materials
• Photo Gallery
Archive
of past conventions
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Preliminary
Conference Schedule
Presenters, sessions and times subject
to change.
Preliminary
conference events schedule
| Thursday,
June 21, 2007 |
| 8
a.m. - 5 p.m. |
TAA
Council Meeting — Boardroom
Continental Breakfast 8 a.m. - 9 a.m. and Council meeting starts
at 9 a.m.
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| 9
a.m. - 3 p.m. |
Pre-Conference
Workshop — Delaware
"Writing Grant Proposals"
Kenneth Henson, Distinguished Professor of Education at The Citadel's
School of Education
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for info
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| 6 p.m. |
TAAF Board
Meeting
|
Dinner at
The Anchor Bar
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for info
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| 7 p.m. |
TAAF
Foundation Dinner — Ellicott Room
By invitation
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| Friday,
June 22, 2007 : Mezzanine Level — Regency Rooms |
| 7:30
a.m. - 8 a.m. |
Registration/Continental
Breakfast/Networking |
| 8
- 8:15 a.m. |
Welcome
— Regency Rooms |
| 8:15
- 8: 45 a.m. |
General
Session — Regency Rooms
"Buffalo, NY Geo-Primer"
Robert Christopherson, Professor Emeritus of Geography at American
River College in Sacramento, and author of three best-selling physical
geography texts
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for info
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| 8:45
- 9:45 a.m. |
General
Session — Regency Rooms
Keynote: "Made to Stick: The Six Hooks of Successful
Ideas"
Dan Heath, co-author of Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive
and Others Die
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for info
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| 9:45
- 10:15 a.m. |
Break/Networking/Keynoter
Book Signing |
| 10:15
- 11:15 a.m. |
General
Session — Regency Rooms
"Writing Outside the Academic Box"
David Triggle, University Professor and a SUNY Distinguished Professor
at the State University of New York at Buffalo; Jeannette Ludwig,
Associate Professor of French Linguistics, University of Buffalo;
and Andrew Johnson, Professor of Holisitc Education, Department
of Special Education, Minnesota State University, Mankato
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for info
|
| 11:15
- 11:30 a.m. |
Break
|
| 11:30
- 1:00 p.m. |
2007
TAA Awards Luncheon
honoring Textbook Excellence Award and McGuffey Award winners and
TAA staff and members who have gone above and beyond in their service
to the association. Buffet Lunch click for
info
Regency Rooms |
| 1:15 - 2:45
p.m. |
Textbook
Track — Regency
Writing Textbooks for K-12 Students
Molefi Kete Asante, author of high school history textbook, African
American History: Journey of Liberation
Don Collins, former managing editor of a K-12 publishing company
Monica Gilligan, former curriculum committee member
Charles S. Williams, author of Personal Fitness: Looking Good,
Feeling Good
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for info
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Academic
Track — Regency
Blackboard/Course Genie Virtual Presentation
Matt Wasowski, Director of Marketing, Wimba (Course Genie)
Andrew Rawson, Member of the Content Partnerships group at Blackboard,
Inc. |
| 2:45 - 3:45
p.m. |
Textbook
Track — Regency
Secrets to Successful Contract Negotiations
Stephen E. Gillen, Authoring Attorney Greenebaum Doll & McDonald
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for info
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Academic
Track — Regency
Secrets of a Scholarly Journal Editor
Kenneth Henson, Distinguished Professor of Education at The Citadel's
School of Education
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for info
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| 3:45
- 4:15 p.m. |
Snack
Break/Networking |
| 4:15 - 5:15
p.m. |
General
Session — Regency Rooms
"Google Book Search: Opportunities for Academic Publishers
and Authors in the Online Channel"
Chris Palma, Strategic Partner Development Manager for Google Book
Search
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for info
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Textbook
Track — Regency
Preparing an Animation CD-ROM to Accompany Your Textbook
Robert W. Christopherson, author of three geography texts
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|
| 5:15
- 6 p.m. |
Hospitality
Suite — Room
Network with your fellow conference attendees in the 2007 TAA Conference
Hospitality Suite. |
| 6:10
- 10 p.m. |
Social
Networking Event: A chartered, 3-hour dinner cruise aboard the
Grand Lady
Meet in the hotel lobby at 6:10 p.m.
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for info
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Saturday,
June 23, 2007 :
Second Level — Delaware Room (Textbook Track) and Ellicott
Room (Academic Track) |
| 7:30
- 8 a.m. |
Continental
Breakfast/Networking — Delaware |
| 8
- 8:15 a.m. |
Welcome
— Delaware
|
| 8:15 - 9:15
a.m. |
Textbook
Track — Delware
Preparing the Next Edition
Karen Timberlake, chemistry textbook author and Ann McIver McHoes,
coauthor of Understanding Operating Systems, in its fourth
edition
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for info
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Academic
Track — Ellicott
How to Turn a Scholarly Conference Into An Edited Book
Richard Hull, Professor Emeritus, Philosophy, SUNY at Buffalo, and
editor of several book series
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for info
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| 9:15 - 10:15
a.m. |
Textbook
Track — Delware
A Play of Words: Acting Out Contract Negotiations
Dramatis Personae: Jan Kardys (The Publisher); Michael Lennie (The
Author); Christopher Kenneally (The Narrator)
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for info
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Academic
Track — Ellicott
Elements of a Successful Peer Review Process
Gayle A. Brazeau, Ph.D., University at Buffalo, School of Pharmacy
and Pharmaceutical Sciences: Amherst NY
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for info
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| 10:15
- 10:45 a.m. |
Snack
Break/Networking |
| 10:45 - 11:45
a.m. |
Textbook
Track — Delware
Using Pedagogical Aids
Karen Timberlake, chemistry textbook author
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for info
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Academic
Track — Ellicott
Publish Your Dissertation as a Book
Dr. James J. Delaney, Asst. Professor, Chair, Department of Philosophy,
Niagara University
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for info
|
| 11:45
- 1:15 p.m. |
Roundtable
Discussions Luncheon E.B. Green's (off Hyatt lobby)
10 moderated Roundtable Discussions on various topics related to
textbook and academic authoring
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for info
|
| 1:15
- 2:15 p.m. |
General
Session — Delaware
It's 2007. Do You Know Where Your Editor Is?
Diane Feldman, Principal, AuthorCraft Editorial Services & Christopher
Kenneally, Director of Author Relations for the Copyright Clearance
Center (CCC)
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for info
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| 2:15
- 3:15 p.m. |
General
Session — Delaware
Book Indexing Basics
Seth Maislin, Freelance Indexer and Consultant, Focus Information
Services
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for info
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| 3:15
- 3:45 p.m. |
A
Look Ahead to 2008
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| 4:15
- 8:30 p.m. |
Niagara
Falls Tour
Guided 4-hour tour to Niagara Falls & Dinner at the Hard Rock Café.
Meet in Hyatt Lobby at 4:15 p.m.
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for info
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| 5:15
p.m. - ? |
Hospitality
Suite — Room
Network with your fellow conference attendees in the 2007 TAA Conference
Hospitality Suite. |
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