2006
TAA Convention
Orlando, Florida
July 7-8
Convention
Info and News
Register
Online
Preliminary
Schedule
(updated
6/21/06)
THURSDAY, JULY 6
9
am - 5 pm
TAA Council Meeting
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FRIDAY, JULY 7
8 am -
8:30 am
Continental Breakfast/Check-In
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8:30 am
- 8:40 am
Welcomes
TAA President John Wakefield, TAA Convention Chair
Chris Harris, TAA Convention Committee Member Karen Morris
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8:40 am
- 9 am
Geo-Primer: Orlando
Robert Christopherson, author of the Texty Award-winning Elemental Geosystems
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9 am -
10 am
Contracts & Permissions
Authoring Attorney and Literary Agent Michael Lennie, Lennie Literary
and Authors' Attorneys; Authoring Attorney Steve Gillen, Greenbaum
Doll & McDonald PLLC; Barbara Waxer, Technical Writer, Co-author
of Internet Surf and Turf: The Essential Guide to Copyright,
Fair Use, and Finding Media
more info
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10 am -
10:45 am
Report
from the First International Seminar on Textbooks
TAA President John Wakefield
more
info
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10:45 am
- 11 am
Break
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11 am
- 12:15 pm
Quantity,
Quality & Variety: Pointers For Becoming A Prolific Author
Panel
of Fellows: Marilyn "Winkie" Fordney, author or co-author of more
than 50 books in three different medical career fields, inducted
in 2005; mathematics author Michael Sullivan III, inducted in
1999. (others to be announced)
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12:15
pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
with Speaker: The Ultimate Price of Defending Your Copyright
Chris Harris, Professor, Digital Media Communication, Middle Tennessee
State University, on his copyright infringement case against the
Mercury News
more
info
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1:30 pm
- 2:30 pm
Alternate Avenues for Your Existing
Content: Blogs, Web Publishing, Tradebooks, Self Publishing
Gart Davis, president, Lulu.com; Matt Basham, Program Director
- Business Technologies/Computer Science, St. Petersburg College;
Authoring Attorney and Literary Agent Michael Lennie, Lennie Literary
and Authors' Attorneys
more
info
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2:30 pm
- 2:45 pm
Break
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2:45 pm
- 3:45 pm
Tax
Tips for Authors
Paul Rosenzweig, Royalty Review Service
more info
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3:45 pm
- 4 pm
Break
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4 pm -
5 pm
Meet With TAA Leadership
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6 pm -
7 pm
TAA Hospitality Suite/Dinner Plans
Mingle
with your fellow authors and others. Drinks and light snacks will
be provided.
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7 pm -
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TAA Awards Banquet
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SATURDAY, JULY 8
8 am -
9 am
Continental Breakfast/Check-In
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9 am -
10 am
The Accessible Author: How Students with
Disabilities are Shaping the Future of Textbook Publishing
Robert Martinengo, co-founder of the Center for Accessible
Publishing; and Roger J. Steinberg III, product specialist for
Kurzweil Educational Systems, Inc.
more
info
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10 am
- 10:30 am
TAAF Textbook Adoption Study, An Update
Christopher Stream, Assistant Professor of Public Administration,
University of Nevada, Las Vegas; designated as Principal Investigator
by TAA for a potential grant to study state adoption policies
and practices for textbooks
more
info
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10:30 am
- 10:45 am
Break
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10:45
am - 12 pm
Publisher-Author
Relations
Marilyn "Winkie" Fordney, the author or
co-author of more than 50 books in three different medical career
fields (other presenters to be announced)
more
info
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12 pm -
1:15 pm
Lunch
(on your own)
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1:15 pm
- 2:30 pm
Google Book Search:ÊTitle to be Announced
Roland Lange, strategic partner development manager, Google Book
Search
more
info
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2:30 pm
- 2:45 pm
Break
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2:45 pm
- 3:45 pm
Marketing
Tips & Strategies
Mathematics Author Michael Sullivan; Robert Christopherson, author
of the Texty Award-winning Elemental Geosystems
more
info
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3:45 pm
- 4 pm
Break
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4 pm -
5 pm
TAA Texty & McGuffey Winners Share
Their Tips For Success
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5 pm -
6:30 pm
TAA Hospitality Suite/Dinner Plans
Mingle
with your fellow authors and others. Drinks and light snacks will
be provided.
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One-on-one
sessions with an authoring attorney
Authoring
attorney and agent Michael Lennie, of Lennie Literary Agency &
Authors' Attorneys, and authoring attorney Steve Gillen, of Greenbaum
Doll & McDonald PLLC, will be offering free 15-minute one-on-one
sessions during the TAA Convention in Orlando. To sign up for
a session, contact Lennie at michael@lennieliterary.com or Gillen at SEG@GDM.com.
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