Saturday, Sept 10, 2005
THE INVISIBLE CITIES NETWORK IS HONOURED TO HOST ITS FIRST
BOOK & CREATIVE ARTS CONFERENCE
THIS YEAR'S TOPIC:
"The art of Marketing and Networking"
A forum for writers, authors, poets, publishers, film-makers, musicians, artists and students to learn, share and mingle in a collaborative setting.
An opportunity for the public to meet the Quebec and Canadian stars living in their midst.
- Meet, mingle and network other artists, writers, author-publishers
- Check out books, CDs, and so on, produced by ICN members
- Learn from successful professionals, our speakers and panelists
- Great entertainment, discounts on future workshops
- Learn how you might contribute to the new satellite radio programming
Date: Saturday, September 10. 2005
Time: 8.30am to 5pm.
Venue: FACE Auditorium, 3449 University Street, Montreal
(a short walk from Metro McGill)
Panel of Media personalities
Terry Mosher, ' AISLIN' ~ Montreal Gazette cartoonistMarilynn Vanderstaay ~ Journalist
Jean-François Fortier ~ Professional Musician
Peter Wintonick ~ Independent Film-maker
Speakers on Marketing and Networking
Leonardo de Luca, Music Producer, Consultant (Avatra)Sandra Phillips, Publisher (Smart Shopping Montreal, Travelsmart)
Alex Brett, Author, Media Relations Consultant (Dragonfly Communications)
NAT Grant, Author of Montreal's Thriller Race Series (Llumina Press)
Philip McMaster, Adventurepreneur, MBA, Lecturer, HEC
- Zarka Entertainment
- Mona Lisa Chanda (Moxxy's Poetry Pluss)
- Musician, Jens Christian Justinussen
- and more...-
CONFERENCE PROGRAM and TIMETABLE
Invisible Cities Network is hosting a day long conference-marketing workshop for writers and aspiring writers, published authors, poets, creative entrepreneurs, and emerging artists of all disciplinesSpeakers
Leonardo de Luca: “Embracing the Paradox: The Art of Business meets the Business of Art.Sandra Phillips: “Fertilizing your own Backyard” (Regional marketing)
NAT Grant: “Starting From Scratch” Self-Promotion Techniques
Alex Brett: “The Value of and Tips on Press Releases”
Philip McMaster, Adventurepreneur, MBA, Lecturer, HEC, "Tips on Networking, Satellite Radio & Canadian Content."
*Each presenter will speak for 40 minutes, followd by question period. A light buffet will be served for lunch. Browse at our book fair: Books, CDs, cards, and so on, by ICN members and others will be offered for sale in the foyer.
Media Panel
Terry Mosher, 'Aislin' - Montreal Gazette
Marilynn Vanderstaay - Journalist
Jean-François Fortier – Professional Musician
Peter Wintonick – Independent Film-maker
- 09h00: Registration and coffee with Zarka Entertainment (TBA)
- 09h20: Intro by Christine Manolescu of ICN & EMCEE, Josh Cowan
- 09:30: Leonardo de Luca
- 10h30: break/networking/book sales with Zarka Entertainment (TBA)
- 11:00: Sandra Phillips
- 12:00: Lunch/networking/book sales with Zarka *Entertainment (TBA)
- 13h00: N.A.T Grant
- 14h00: Alex Brett
- 14h45: Break
- 15h15: Media Panel: Terry Mosher, ‘Aislin’, Marilynn Vanderstaay, Peter Wintonick, Jean François Fortier. Discussion Moderator, Josh Cowan
- 16h15:Philip McMaster, MBA, Tips on Networking, Satellite Radio & Canadian Content. Finale & Networking until 17:00
Satellite Radio
is coming to Canada in the fall of 2005, and Cool.ca is seeking CANADIAN CONTENT for the new channels! Are you a talented Canadian? Would you sound good on radio? Cool music, spoken word, documentary or something innovative and new? Cool.ca is teaming up with Invisible Cities, Cool to be Canadian® and the new CRTC licenced broadcasters to create a production pool of Cool Canadian Artists for broadcast on DIGITAL RADIO across North America. Invisible Cities is full of Canadian Talent, and you probably know even more creative artists that would benefit from "Banding Together" to produce a pool of Canadian content for the ever-expanding channels of the digital universe! Philip McMaster is a long time member of the Invisible Cities Group, Adventurepreneur, Social Activist, and Assistant Researcher for the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) at Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC) Montreal. If you are interested in participating in this pool of creative content as an artist, producer, director, recording technician, interview host, network technician, booking agent etc. speak to Philip at the ICN Conference on Sept 10, 2005.
Media coverage of the ICN Conference
- Watch out for MONTREAL GAZETTE columnist Pat Donnelly's article on ICN and its upcoming Conference, Saturday, September 3, 2005
- McGill Radio CKUT (90.3 FM) will be recording the Conference event for broadcast. ALSO: Don't miss the upcoming radio interview with Host, Mahalia Verna on the Invisible Cities Network, DIALECTS, between 11am and noon, Monday, Sept 5, 2005
- CJAD (800 AM) Monday, Sept 5. Tune in at 8:35 p.m. Stuart Nulman, Host of BOOK BANTER, will be announcing our Conference event to listeners!
- Read feature article by Literary Arts Editor, Lauryn Kronick, in Concordia LINK NEWSPAPER, Tuesday, September 6, 2005.
- Check out Matthew Woodley's article in the MONTREAL MIRROR, Thursday, Sept 8, 2005
- An article by Marilynn Vanderstaay will appear in the Townships HUNTINGDON GLEANER this week.
- Marilynn Vanderstaay, also of the WESTMOUNT EXAMINER, will mention the ICN Conference on Thursday, September 8.
- Q92 will announce the Conference during their morning news and weather 'drive in' show, Friday, September 9
Fee $20.00 includes buffet lunch.
Queries? Call Christina at 514-807-4171
Email: christina at princechameleon.com.
Student Rates/Group discounts available upon request.
Conference Program Details
* LEONARDO DE LUCA, MUSIC PRODUCER, CONSULTANT Embrace the paradox; The art of business meetsthe business of art
Leonardo de Luca, like all great Leonardos (
) has walked a varied and quirky path. After 50,000 private music lessons and more than 10,000 artist-entrepreneur consultations given over the course of 29 years, one cannot say that he has not embraced the digital age. Not one to neglect his “softer” artistic side, Mr. de Luca has also produced several records and performed in various incarnations as a singer-songwriter. Although the coveted “mega-rich” status has eluded him (so far), he has nevertheless managed to avoid working for the “dreaded” boss. Web Site: http://www.avatra.com* SANDRA PHILLIPS, PUBLISHER SMART SHOPPING MONTREAL, TRAVELSMART. Regional Marketing: Fertilizing your own backyard
No one was more surprised and delighted than Sandra Phillips-Posner when her first book, Smart Shopping Montreal, quickly climbed onto the best seller list and remained there (with its annually updated editions) for the past 19 years. Having spent years as an art teacher (with a Masters degree in Art and Education from Queens College/CUNY), Sandra’s life took an interesting turn following this success. This native New Yorker was offered her own column, which has run for 15 years in Montreal’s newspaper The Gazette. She has also become a regular on CFCF-TV News, CJAD talk radio, CBC, Global-TV and has gained popularity as a lecturer. During and after her adventures, she reports for travel radio, e-zines and print media. Her new book, “Drive I-95: Exit by Exit Info, Maps, History and Trivia” written with her husband, Stan Posner, is the perfect combination of his love of maps and computer expertise together with Sandra’s delightful insightful blurbs. It too became a bestseller and garnered two US national book awards.Web Sites: http://www.smartshoppingmontreal.com; http://www.drivei95.com/
* NAT GRANT, NOVELIST: Houston, We’re ready for Launch… But what happens next?
Once a book or creative work is ready to be sold, the artist or author now has to move their product. Can you get over the fact that all you wanted to do is create and you are now, or have to become, a business manager, a printer, an onstage entertainer, a TV personality, a media monger and heaven forbid, a traveling salesman? NAT Grant, author of the acclaimed Montreal thriller series, Race Without Rules and Running The Race, has been called the ‘Queen of Self-promotion.’ She says you can do it too and will reveal her techniques designed to shift the pusillanimous to the intrepid. Web Site: http://www.natgrant.com
* ALEX BRETT, AUTHOR, MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS CONSULTANT Hook ‘Em, Danno: Writing the Perfect Press Release
It takes most editors less than three minutes to decide if they’re going to review your book. They glance at the cover, flip to the back copy, then scan the first few lines of your press release. If, by line three, you haven’t convinced them, then your package, along with your book, sails into the trash. Alex Brett is an author, science writer and media relations consultant with over twenty years experience producing press releases that get results. Her latest book, Cold Dark Matter, has received national coverage on radio, TV and in print. Her press releases, written for corporate clients, generate coverage in newspapers and magazines worldwide including, most recently, the New York Times. She’ll give you practical tools and tips on how to write a press release that editors stamp: Assign. web Site: http://www.alexbrett.com
ICN CONFERENCE PANELISTS
* Terry Mosher, ‘Aislin’ Montreal Gazette Cartoonist
AISLIN, the name of Terry Mosher’s elder daughter, is the nom de plume he has used for over thirty years as the editorial page cartoonist for Montreal’s English-language newspaper, The Montreal Gazette. Named cartoon editor of Maclean’s — Canada’s national weekly newsmagazine — several years ago, Mosher illustrates Paul Wells’ back-page political column and showcases the work of an array of Canadian political cartoonists. In recognition both of his charitable work and his contribution to the world of political cartooning, Mosher was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in May, 2003. Over the course of his career, Terry Mosher has frequently appeared as a commentator on many of Canada’s major television and radio programs. He is also a regular speaker on the topics of humour, history and the importance of cartooning as a communications tool, having appeared at national conferences such as Idea City, The Banff Festival for The Arts, Montreal’s Canadian Club and numerous writers’ festivals. Web Site: http://www.aislin.com
* Peter Wintonick, Independent Film-maker
Peter Wintonick has worked in film for over two decades. Manufacturing Consent, Wintonick’s first major non-fiction feature, focuses his wide-ranging experience and commitment to social action film on a subject close to him — the media. His recent work includes four years as the Canadian producer and post-production Coordinator for Peter Watkins’ 14.5 hour megadocumentary, The Journey, about nuclear peace, development and the media. He was Associate Producer and Editor on Nettie Wild’s A Rustling of Leaves: Inside the Philippine Revolution, about the present political situation in the Philippines (Most Popular Film, Berlin Forum ‘89, People’s Choice, Salute to the Documentary, Canada ‘89 ); and was Supervising Editor on Ron Mann’s off-beat Comic Book Confidential (Best Documentary, Genie Awards, Canada: Hugo Award, Chicago International Film Festival). Wintonick produced and directed The New Cinema, a video documentary about independent film (Blue Ribbon Award, American Film Festival). He has also edited feature films and, in another lifetime, directed corporate videos and audiovisuals. He was a witty and frequent contributor to Canada’s national film magazine, CINEMA CANADA, analysing film culture, discovering new trends in young and independent film, and fomenting debate about the future of a national cinema. He has also been a programmer for the Montreal International Festival of New Cinema & Video and has taught university-level film history. During his career in the commercial film industry, Wintonick worked for and with some of the major movers (and snakes) in the motion picture jungle. His initiation into the world of film and politics began on the post-production of former Canadian prime minister Pierre E. Trudeau’s early campaign films. He has aided and abetted the development of many young independent filmmakers, ceaselessly acting as associate producer, editor and consultant on numerous projects. Web Site: http://www.necessaryillusions.ca/mfc/mchome.html
* Jean François Fortier, Musician
Singer and songwriter Jean François Fortier released his 2nd album Variations sur le Vide last winter. After 7 years with his first band, Les Moutons Noirs, and 3 years as a «signed» artist, Jean François decided it was now time to be part of the action. He stopped waiting for the perfect plan. Good decision. For someone who thought that marketing was an ugly word and that creation was only for music, a new world has slowly opened before his eyes. He is here to tell you more about it. Web Site: http://www.jeanfrancoisfortier.com
* Marilynn Vanderstaay, Journalist
Marilynn Vanderstaay wears a variety of hats that include journalist, author, community investment specialist, the Queen of Schmooze, inspirational speaker, publicist, trainer, event planner, marketing agent and dreamweaver (making things happen in people’s lives). Today however, she will be wearing the hat of a journalist and writer. Marilynn has been a published journalist for 17 years. Her feature articles, profiles, stories, columns and even exposes have been published in national and local magazines, local newspapers and organizational newsletters and other publications including Readers’ Digest, Canadian Living, The Financial Post, London Business Magazine, The London Free Press, The Montreal Gazette and many community papers including the Westmount Examiner, the TMR Post, The West Island Chronicle and The Chronicle. Through her writing and her dedication to community she has earned the position of community investment specialist. She has published two books and is working on two more, one of which is her topic for a series of seminars she will be training this fall at Vanier College.
* Philip McMaster, MBA, Lecturer, HEC
Adventurepreneur and MBA, Teacher of Entrepreneurship, Researcher, Rogers J.A. Bombardier Chair of Entrepreneurship, HEC Montreal. Philip McMaster is known as the Adventurpreneur, a modern-day “Johnny-Appleseed” who enjoys planting the seeds of his marketing and promotional expertise to entrepreneurs around the world. The combination of global travel and his degrees in Applied Human Sciences from Concordia and MBA from HEC Montreal bridge the traditional gap between business and diverse cultures. Philip was founding publisher of the first English newspaper in the Laurentians, photo journalist for LaPresse, a professional adventure photographer for Explorasport.com and founder of Cool to be Canadian® / Cool d’etre canadien® a non-profit civic organization involved in computer recycling and promoting Canadian creative talent. Web Site: www.cool.ca/mcmaster
All welcome
We look forward to seeing you on the day
EXHIBITORS
* INVISIBLE CITIES NETWORK * Co-Sponsor McGill Radio CKUT
* Quebec Writers Federation (QWF)
* Montreal Review of Books (MRB)
* Canadian Writers Society, Rosalie Avigdor
* Canadian Authors Association, Ken Kalman (CAA)
* English Language Arts Network, Nadia Myre (ELAN)
* Jeanne Maranda (Canadian Women Journal/Les Cahiers de la femme)
* Valerie Howes, Kevin Renton (Ukula Magazine)
* Terry Mosher, 'Aislin'
* Peter Wintonick
* NAT Grant (Llumina Press)
* Leonardo de Luca (Avatra)
* Philip McMaster (Cool to be Canadian)
* Dragonfly Communications (Alex Brett)
* Jean-François Fortier
* Hajni Blasko, Book publicist (Substance Books)
* Christina Manolescu (Prince Chameleon Press)
* Raquel Rivera (Small Books)
* Alex MacLeod (Trafford)
* Judy Isherwood, Sarah Robinson (Shorelines Publishing)
* Bozena Happach and Stan IS Law (INHOUSEPRESS)
* Michel Semienchuk (Sweet Baby Jenkins Press)
* Marcia Goldberg
* Roma Bross Reg’d.
* David Price (Price-Patterson Publishers)
* Angela Leuck (Author, Haiku anthologolist)
* Sandra Phillips (Smart Shopping Montreal, Travelsmart)
* Barbara Sala (Naïve Art)
* Catherine Kierans (Kerrycroft Editions)
* Irene Even (Yardena Publications)
* Pierre Lasry (Midbar Editions)
* Leila Peltosaari (Tikka Books)
* Denise Crawford (Publish America)
* Shola Doummar
* Love and Magic
* Anne Fotheringham, West Island Writers
* Donna Yates Adelman, Author with Shoreline
* Pat Camozzi, (Lp Creative)
* Ann Lloyd, Author-Publisher
* Tanya Tkach (Visionaire Publications)
* Thomas Holmes (Classic Quest)
* Elaina Zucker (Elaina Zucker Associates)
* Marc Laporte (Avantech, web site, intranet design)
* Serge Schiller (AGMV Marquis-Scabrini) full service printers
AND MORE...
A Radio CKUT Co-presentation
Montreal as World Book Capital, 2005, is the ideal year for Invisible Cities to become visible.
Last year, the consensus at the Quebec Arts Summit was that English-language writers and artists need a forum for networking. In fact, the Invisible Cities Network, an independent non-profit multi-arts grassroots organisation does exist and is flourishing, having attracted almost 300 members to date.
Sharing the goals of government–funded ELAN, ICN is hosting what they hope will become an annual event: A Book and Creative Arts Conference.
To kick of this year’s fall season, they selected a topic of importance to all creative entrepreneurs: The art of marketing and networking.
Experienced practitioners of many artistic disciplines: successful authors, publishers, journalists, media communications consultants, musician-entrepreneurs, syndicated graphic artists and film-makers will be there to share their expertise and knowledge with others.
This is not just a conference, but a forum for all “creatives” to meet, network, share ideas, display and sell what they create. ICN hopes this event will become a regular watering hole – an oasis – in which writers, musicians, performance artists, illustrators and students can come together, inspire and be inspired, and share the creative energy of our artistic community.