The nominees for the Carnegie are:
Gatty's Tale by Kevin Crossley-Holland (Orion),
Ruby Red by Linzi Glass (Penguin),
Crusade by Elizabeth Laird (Macmillan),
Apache by Tanya Landman (Walker),
Here Lies Arthur by Philip Reeve (Scholastic),
What I Was by Meg Rosoff (Penguin) and
Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine (HarperCollins).
By Suzan St Maur
1. Make the effort to learn about the etiquette (these days known as "netiquette") involved in writing emails. There are loads of good reference websites and books about the internet which will tell you the basics. I know it might seem a bit precious to attach so much importance to social niceties when the internet is basically very informal. However, whether we like it or not many people do take online etiquette very seriously. So if you're writing emails for business, you should assume that your recipient may well be one of those...
You need products that fizz, bubble and erupt into a new revenue stream and enhanced media coverage. Steve will teach you how to create products that will have your audiences buzzing with excitement — and producers scrambling to book you. Every speaker has product ideas, but even the best ideas don’t jump off the cocktail napkin and sell themselves. Steve will show you his secrets for creating products that produce multiple income streams.- How to turn simple ideas into great products without spending a fortune
- Uncover the secrets to non-traditional product development, cost-effective packaging and viral marketing ideas that are guaranteed to improve your bottom line
- Learn proven techniques for turning creative ideas into products that sell from start to finish in less than 30 days
- Explore the science of product packaging on a shoestring budget
- Learn how to create a product that teaches your audience how to do something amazing... and help you sell more product!
- Unleash your creativity to create products that beyond the typical selection of books and DVDs
- How to source trustworthy, cost-effective manufacturers
- Hear a few of Steve’s best selling product ideas that will get your creative juices flowing
- Media etiquette to encourage repeat appearances.
Steve Spangler understands something about creating products that fizz, bubble and erupt into huge sales. His now famous Mentos and Diet Coke geyser experiment became an overnight Internet sensation and landed him an entire line of mass-market products. His Denver-based catalog and online business specializes in the sales and development of educational toys and teaching tools. His print catalog contains more than 650 products and is mailed to over a half a million teachers and parents each year, and his online store draws nearly 4,000 unique visitors every day. When he’s not on the platform, you’ll find Steve in his product lab in Denver creating products for retailers such as Toys ’R’ Us, the Discovery Channel Store and Target. What drives his growing retail business? Speaking!
Register or order the CD or MP3 recording
Special Limited-Time Offer:If you want more information on uncommon ways to get bookings, we’re offering a special discount — only $10 each (while quantities last) — on the audiotapes (note: not CDs or MP3s) of two earlier programs to complement Steve’s program:
- “Itch Your Niche to Make More Money” with Susan Friedmann, CSP
- “How to Get a Million Dollars Worth of Free Television Coverage” with Dian Thomas
With your order of Steve’s teleseminar, CD or MP3, at checkout you will be offered these tapes and transcripts at a special discounted price of $10/each. This offer expires May 15.
Wednesday, April 30with Steve Spangler, CSP
You need products that fizz, bubble and erupt into a new revenue stream and enhanced media coverage. Steve will teach you how to create products that will have your audiences buzzing with excitement — and producers scrambling to book you. Every speaker has product ideas, but even the best ideas don’t jump off the cocktail napkin and sell themselves. Steve will show you his secrets for creating products that produce multiple income streams.
Steve’s innovative products have earned him a regular slot on the TV talk show “Ellen.” He’ll share some of the lessons he’s learned on how to parlay your creative products and information into repeat media exposure. In fact, your unusual products will garner you even more exposure. So even if you sell soft-skill programs, you can use some of Steve’s ideas to augment information products.Take home a few of these secrets...
- How to turn simple ideas into great products without spending a fortune
- Uncover the secrets to non-traditional product development, cost-effective packaging and viral marketing ideas that are guaranteed to improve your bottom line
- Learn proven techniques for turning creative ideas into products that sell from start to finish in less than 30 days
- Explore the science of product packaging on a shoestring budget
- Learn how to create a product that teaches your audience how to do something amazing... and help you sell more product!
- Unleash your creativity to create products that beyond the typical selection of books and DVDs
- How to source trustworthy, cost-effective manufacturers
- Hear a few of Steve’s best selling product ideas that will get your creative juices flowing
- Media etiquette to encourage repeat appearances.
Steve Spangler understands something about creating products that fizz, bubble and erupt into huge sales. His now famous Mentos and Diet Coke geyser experiment became an overnight Internet sensation and landed him an entire line of mass-market products. His Denver-based catalog and online business specializes in the sales and development of educational toys and teaching tools. His print catalog contains more than 650 products and is mailed to over a half a million teachers and parents each year, and his online store draws nearly 4,000 unique visitors every day. When he’s not on the platform, you’ll find Steve in his product lab in Denver creating products for retailers such as Toys ’R’ Us, the Discovery Channel Store and Target. What drives his growing retail business? Speaking!
Register or order the CD or MP3 recording
Special Limited-Time Offer:If you want more information on uncommon ways to get bookings, we’re offering a special discount — only $10 each (while quantities last) — on the audiotapes (note: not CDs or MP3s) of two earlier programs to complement Steve’s program:
- “Itch Your Niche to Make More Money” with Susan Friedmann, CSP
- “How to Get a Million Dollars Worth of Free Television Coverage” with Dian Thomas
With your order of Steve’s teleseminar, CD or MP3, at checkout you will be offered these tapes and transcripts at a special discounted price of $10/each. This offer expires May 15.
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"Over the past few decades, kids’ comics have become the most underground of underground comics," said Diamond’s Janna Morishima at the Kids' Comics Publishers roundtable at last weekend's New York Comic-Con. "Only in the past few years has that started to change." She cited First Second’s children’s line, Scholastic’s Graphix line, and the growing trend of trade houses releasing graphic novels for children and traditional comics publishers developing titles for children as evidence that the market is growing.The panelists agreed that the children’s book market is still in its early stages. "Kids’ book publishers need experience with comics; comics publishers need experience in publishing books for children," said Liesa Abrams of Simon & Schuster’s Aladdin Books. One key difference: "Children’s retailers need prices to be kept low, much lower than you can get away with for the direct market," she said. Randall Jarrell of Oni Press agreed, pointing out that readers could buy a 200-page Captain Underpants chapter book for $4. "That’s a really hard price point for most graphic novel publishers to meet," he said. His solution was to publish Salt Water Taffy, a new graphic novel series by Matthew Loux, on a quarterly basis at $6 for a 96-page graphic novel. |
Hello indeed! It's good to be back, and on my own website.
[From Guide to Grammar and Writing]
A preposition describes a relationship between other words in a sentence.
In itself, a word like "in" or "after" is rather meaningless and hard to define in mere words. For instance, when you do try to define a preposition like "in" or "between" or "on," you invariably use your hands to show how something is situated in relationship to something else.
Prepositions are nearly always combined with other words in structures called prepositional phrases. Prepositional phrases can be made up of a million different words, but they tend to be built the same: a preposition followed by a determiner and an adjective or two, followed by a pronoun or noun (called the object of the preposition). This whole phrase, in turn, takes on a modifying role, acting as an adjective or an adverb, locating something in time and space, modifying a noun, or telling when or where or under what conditions something happened.
One of the common denominators of successful people is their ability to persevere when things don't go as planned. Effective people don't allow themselves to get bogged down in feelings that don't serve their purpose.
On the other hand, ineffective, unsuccessful people allow their emotions to rule rather than their rational and objectivenature. They lament what happened or what didn't and become victims rather than masters of their circumstances.We all have disappointments. We all suffer setbacks. If we're going to attempt anything worthwhile, we're going to experience failure. The mature—and ultimately successful person—sees failure as part of success.
When one method fails, they try again with a new one. Sometimes it takes many attempts.
by the Spare Parts Puppet Theatre
The Spare Parts Puppet Theatre with the State Library of
Victoria and the Arts Centre are proud to present a special
presentation of the production of The Arrival.
Date: Friday 2 May 2008
Venue: Fairfax Studio, Arts Centre
Time: 6.30pm – 8.00pm
Bookings: Tickets are $25 each
Synopsis
The Arrival is a universal tale of the challenges, the humour
and adventures of arriving in a new country and resonates
far beyond any arrival… a new school, a new job, a new town.
This adaptation of acclaimed illustrator/author Shaun Tan’s new story ‘The Arrival’
promises to be a truly warm and magical experience for all. It is a mix of digital projection from Shaun Tan’s exquisite images, performance and the excellence in puppetry that you have come to expect from Spare Parts.
The inspirational illustrations of Shaun Tan come to life in a world of animals and people
living harmoniously in a fantastical metropolis. This strange new place of floating ships,
mysterious lights and symbols is the place our hero Aki makes his home.
The absence of words not only makes the story perfect for puppetry but emphasizes the
isolation that is experienced by many people arriving in a new place.
Shaun Tan’s work has an ability to transcend social, cultural and age barriers. The Arrival is a theatre work that will appeal to all and be remembered forever.
This is Shaun Tan and Spare Parts Puppet Theatre at their best.
BOOK NOW!
Tickets can be purchased online at www.iceaustralia.com/cbca
If you are overcoming the fear of public speaking, these tips will be of enormous benefit - very useful, and obviously practical. You will also find all sorts of useful, practical information on public speaking at Nick's blog.
Read the 12 tips here.
