Special
Convention Update
May
2, 2005
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Convention Registration
Deadline Extended to May 15
Due to a delay in
the Special Convention issue of The Academic Author, the convention
registration deadline has been extended to May 15.
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Special Convention
Issue of The Academic Author Mailed
Members should have
received the Special Convention issue of The Academic Author
last week. The special issue includes a message from convention chair
John Wakefield, the convention schedule, details about convention sessions,
and an article on Tara Gray's Publish and Flourish workshop.
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Marketing Your
Book: Your Second Most Important Task
Computer science
author Bill Pasewark will serve on the TAA Convention plenary session
panel "Marketing Your Book: Your Second Most Important Task." Pasewark
will present a chronological tale of marketing techniques that he has
found successful. "These techniques span from my first 'professional'
presentation at Boston University in 1950 to last week's full-page ad
in our professional journal with the Pasewark & Pasewark author logo
prominently displayed," he said.
Pasewark, general
manager of the family-owned partnership Pasewark LTD, has taught at
New York University, Michigan State University and Texas Tech University.
He and his five children have over 90 years of combined experience authoring
more than 100 computer and business textbooks. The Pasewarks have won
a McGuffey Award and seven Textys.
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Talk Tips with
Texty, McGuffey Winners
Want to know what
makes a textbook or other instructional material worthy of a Texty or
McGuffey Award? Attend this roundtable discussion with current and past
Texty and McGuffey Award winners who will share their insight into creating
an award-winning product, at the TAA convention Saturday, June 25 from
2 p.m. to 3 p.m.
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Step Nine to
Becoming a More Prolific Scholar
Much is known about
the steps scholars can take to become more prolific, said Tara Gray,
who will present her popular writing workshop, "Publish and Flourish:
Become More Prolific," as a 10-hour pre-conference workshop at the TAA
convention in Las Vegas Thursday, June 23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday,
June 24 from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. (Cost is $175 for TAA members
before May 1, $225 after; non-members $225 before May 1, $275 after.)
Gray shares the ninth step in becoming a more prolific scholar (She
will be sharing a step in each News Alert leading up to the convention):
Learn how to listen.
Learn how to listen better. To do so, you must first come to terms with
the fact that, when it comes to clarity, the reader is always right.
"Clarity is a social matter, not something to be decided unilaterally
by the writer. The reader like the consumer is sovereign. If the reader
thinks something you write is unclear, then it is, by definition. There's
no arguing," as Deirdre McCloskey makes clear in her book, Economical
Writing.
Gray shares 12
steps to becoming a more prolific scholar in a special article. Click
here to view the article.
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Check Out The
TAA Convention Schedule
TAA's 18th Annual
Convention will be held at the Imperial Palace Hotel, located right
on the Las Vegas strip. For convention schedule, click
here.
To register for
the convention, contact TAA at (727) 563-0020 or TEXT@tampabay.rr.com
or download a registration form here.
Registration is $75 for members before May 15, $125 after. Registration
for non-members is $125 before May 15, $175 after. Non-member registration
includes a one year membership to TAA. A pre-convention workshop, "Publish
and Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar," will be held Thursday, June
23, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Friday, June 24 from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. Cost
is $175 for TAA members before May 1, $225 after; non-members $225 before
May 1, $275 after. Room rates for TAA convention attendees are $85 per
night until May 20. Call the Imperial Palace to reserve your room: (800)
634-6441.
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