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Where:
Seminar:
Bahen Centre for Information Technology
University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street
Cheers with Peers: O'Grady's Tap and Grill, 171 College Street
Time: 7
p.m. Register
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Seminar including Q&A
Followed by 'Cheers with Peers' networking social
*NOTE: Cheers with Peers is "pay your own way"
Seminar Cost:
FREE for PWAC Members/Students
Only $15 for Non-members
REGISTER ONLINE
with PayPal
For more information email s.aschaiek@pwactoronto.org
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On Thursday, November 19, 2009
PWAC Toronto Chapter will present:
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New Horizons: Taking the Travel Writer's Road presented in partnership with
Ryerson University's G. Raymond Chang School
of Continuing Education
7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
followed by our popular Cheers with Peers networking social!
During this evening seminar, experienced panelists will
share their insights on what it really takes to succeed as a travel writer, how
to develop a specialty, and how to leverage social media and networking
opportunities to boost your business. As well, they'll reveal some of their
most interesting and funny stories from the field, and will share their top dos
and don'ts for effective travel writing.
Mariellen Ward
is a Toronto-based freelance writer and
editor with a BA in Journalism. Traveling in India is her passion. Over the
course of three trips totaling 11 months, she has been to 12 states, five
ashrams and one Ayurvedic resort; she has studied yoga, fallen in love, lived
with an Indian family in Delhi and volunteered to work with Tibetan refugee
children in Dharamsala. She has travelled across India by autorickshaw, cycle
rickshaw, car, taxi, train, elephant, camel and motorcycle, and loved every
minute, except the one where she saw the giant spider in her bathroom.
Mariellen studies yoga and Hindi in India and Canada and writes a blog about "all
things India" (but mostly travel) at www.Breathedreamgo.com.
Mariellen has published articles in the Toronto Star and in
magazines such as Dreamscapes, Acura Style
and Aeroplan's Arrival, and on many Internet sites and blogs, including
Transitions Abroad, The Matador Network, Trazzler, Examiner.com: Sustainable Travel,
Solotravelerblog, and
Journeywoman ("10 tips for women traveling in India"
and "She packs for India").
As a new travel writer, Mariellen will be
speaking about how to break into this line of work, and how to use social media
to boost your career prospects in this area.
Michele Sponagle
has been a globetrotting journalist for
more than a decade. She has written travel features for some of Canada's top
publications, including Flare, Chatelaine, Reader's Digest, The Toronto Star and
CanWest News Service. She has sampled hotel beds in more than 50 countries,
from Kenya to Kamloops, from Boston to Bali. In the line of duty, she has
tracked elephants in the Masai Mara, fished for piranha in the Amazon and
partied in Dawson City under the midnight sun.
Michele's presentation will encompass the
following theme: Tales from the travel trenches: The good, the bad and the ugly
of being a globetrotting journalist. It will be a bit of a reality check for
people who think that travel writing is an easy gig. She'll share some of her
stories from the 100+ media trips she's been on-drunk PR people, obnoxious
journalists who pout about not liking their hotel rooms, copious tours of hotel
meeting rooms, and 4 a.m. wakeup calls to catch flights.
Mike Keenan
is a freelance writer, photographer,
newspaper and magazine columnist, award-winning poet and editor. He publishes
and edits www.whattravelwriterssay.com,
a monthly newsletter that features travel tips, destination reviews and
industry news. For the last 10 years, Mike has written a weekly seniors' column
for the St. Catharines Standard called The Politics of Place, which focuses on international
venues and contemporary issues; and, travel pieces for the St. Catharines Standard,
Niagara Falls Review, and Welland Tribune. Mike also writes a monthly travel
column for the Retired Teachers of Ontario, and has contributed travel stories
to publications such as Niagara Life, Anchor, Canadian Traveller, and the Globe
and Mail. Mike is past president of the Canadian Authors Association, Niagara
chapter; he has taught a writing course at Chautauqua Institution in New York;
and, is currently co-chair of the Ontario Chapter of the Travel Media
Association of Canada.
Mike will focus on the importance of
networking to being a successful travel writer, including through organizations
such as the Travel Media Association of Canada, and will talk about the travel
writers' website he publishes and edits, whattravelwriterssay.com.
Alex Bozikovic is an editor with The Globe and Mail's
travel section, where he edits trend and destination features and writes The
Goods, a weekly roundup of travel news. He has also written travel features
about a four-star Dutch hotel that's staffed by students, the gentrification of
New York's skid row, and an elevated railroad line that's been turned into a
park. A National Magazine Award winner, he writes about architecture,
cities and travel for magazines in Canada,
the U.S. and Europe including Dwell and Departures.
Alex will discuss travel writing from the
perspective of an editor, including the top qualities he seeks in travel
writers, what makes for a good travel writing query, and how travel writers can
succeed at writing for major publications such as The Globe and Mail.
Date: Thursday, November 19, 2009
Time: Registration 7 p.m. Seminar 7:30 to 9 p.m.
Where: Room 1220, Bahen Centre for Information Technology at University of Toronto, 40 St. George Street
Cost: FREE for PWAC members/students, $15 for non-members
Post-seminar Cheers with Peers networking at O'Grady's Tap & Grill, 171 College St.
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