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2005
TAA Convention
Las Vegas, Nevada
June 24-25
Convention
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Itinerary
FRIDAY,
JUNE 24th
8 am -
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
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8:30 am
- 8:40 am
Welcomes
Mike Sullivan, TAA President
Jay Black and John Wakefield, Convention co-chairs
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8:40 am
- 9 am
Geo-Primer of Las Vegas
Robert Christopherson, author of Geosystems
more info
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9 am -
10:15 am
An
Insider's Guide to Getting Your Scholarly Articles Published
Jay Black, Emeritus, Endowed Professor at the University
of South Florida St. Petersburg; Kenneth Henson, Distinguished
Professor at the Citadel's School of Education
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info
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10:15
am - 10:30 am
Break
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10:30
am - 12 pm
From Research to Licensing: Text
and Academic Materials Development in the Digital Age
Christopher Kenneally, Director, Author & Creator Relations, Copyright
Clearance Center (moderator); Ted Buchholz, a senior CCC executive
and former CEO of Harcourt; Diane Feldman, an author's editor
who works exclusively with academic authors on manuscript development
and editing; Dru Zuretti, a long-time CCC staffer who conducts
copyright awareness courses on campuses across the U.S.
more info
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12 pm
- 1 pm
Lunch
(on your own)
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1 pm -
2 pm
Negotiating a Publishing Contract
Steve Gillen, publishing and copyright lawyer, Greenebaum, Doll
& McDonald
more info
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2 pm -
3 pm
Preparing
for the Next Edition
Karen Morris (moderator), Professor of Law at Monroe Community
College and co-author of Hotel, Restaurant, and Travel Law,
now in its sixth edition; panelists, Marilyn "Winkie" Fordney,
Jack Ivancevich, Heinz Weihrich
more info
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3 pm -
4 pm
Grant Writing in Higher Education
Kenneth Henson, Distinguished Professor at the Citadel's
School of Education
more
info
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5 pm -
6:30 pm
Meet and Greet
Opportunity to network with authors, publishers and
lawyers over drinks and hors d'oeuvres in TAA's hospitality room.
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6:30 pm
- 10 pm (meal served at 7 pm)
TAA Awards and Recognition Banquet
Ron Pynn, Outgoing TAA Executive Director (host)
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SATURDAY,
JUNE 25th
8 am -
8:30 am
Coffee and pastries
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8:30 am
- 9:00 am
The Future of TAA
Executive Director Elect of TAA
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9:00 am
- 11 am
Industry Positions on Textbook Pricing Issues
Mike Sullivan, TAA President (moderator); Bruce Hildebrand,
Executive Director for Higher Education for the Association of
American Publishers; others TBA
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11 am
- 11:15 am
Break
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11:15 am
- 12 pm
Marketing Your Book: Your Second Most Important
Task
Paul Krieger, Professor of Biology at Grand Rapids
Community College and author of A Visual Guide to Human Anatomy
and Bill Pasewark, computer science author and General Manager
of the family-owned partnership Pasewark LTD.
more info
on Paul Krieger's presentation
more
info on Bill Pasewark's presentation
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12 pm -
1 pm
Lunch
(on your own)
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1 pm -
2 pm
Beyond
the Three R's: The Policies and Politics of Textbook Adoptions
Christopher Stream, Assistant Professor of Public Administration
at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. Stream was hired by TAA
as Principal Investigator (PI) for a potential grant to study
state adoption policies and practices for textbooks.
more
info
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2 pm -
3 pm
Writing
for the First Time
Doug Matthews, President of Teaching Point, moderator; panelists:
Carol Matthews, marine science and environmental science author;
Joe Enge, world history author; and Bruce Hughes, physics author
more
info
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3 pm -
4 pm
An Open Forum for Members
Executive Director Elect of TAA
John Wakefield, TAA President Elect
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4 pm -
5 pm
Meet and Greet
Opportunity to network with authors, publishers and
lawyers over drinks and hors d'oeuvres in TAA's hospitality room.
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Literary
Marketplace
One-on-one
sessions with a veteran author or agent. Authors can sign up for
a 15-minute session with an authors' attorney for a review of
their existing or new contract; an agent to review their manuscript;
or a veteran author from a publishing company that might be interested
in accepting their book. Sign up at the registration desk. Notify
TAA's home office at TEXT@tampabay.rr.com
if you would like to pre-arrange a meeting for a specific time.
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