Previous Publishing Seminars

Mon 26 March 2012 at 07.00 pm

Publishing and Marketing in the Digital Age →

Please note that there are 2 speakers during this event.

Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow 10

Max Whitby, CEO of Touch Press talks about enhanced e-books and the work that Touch Press does.

Damian Horner, Marketing Strategist at Child’s Play International talks about Design and Marketing in the Digital Age.

Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars

Mon 27 February 2012 at 07.00 pm

Children’s Publishing →

Please note that there are 2 speakers during this event.

Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow 10

Jasmine Richards is Senior Commissioning Editor for Children’s at OUP and an Author. Her talk is about the role as an author and editor.

Neil Burden is CEO of Child’s Play International and his talk concerns Child’s Play’s philosophy and the challenges they face in the digital future.

Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars

Mon 13 February 2012 at 06.30 pm

Non-Profit Publishing →

Robert Cornford (Communications Manager at Oxfam)

Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow 10

How Non-Profit Publishing works at Oxfam.

Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars

Tue 15 November 2011 at 06.00 pm

The challenges of independent publishing - John Elford →

Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Willow

John will discuss what it means to be Green in publishing. He will address global issues as well as how to apply green approaches to the business of publishing. He will talk also about his experience of running a small ethically-minded publishing company for over 20 years and the lessons he has learned. The talk will also explore how things are changing in the broad current economic and environmental climate and how this might affect business in general in the future.

Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars

Tue 1 November 2011 at 06.00 pm

My Life as an Editor - Juliette Mitchell →

Misconceptions, mistakes and rewards

Taking Place: Oxford Brookes University, Buckley BG10/11

Juliette Mitchell talks about her experiences at Penguin, including the commissioning process, seeing a manuscript through from start to finish and different approaches to editing. She will touches on dealing with authors and agents and launching the book into the world.

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Type of Event: Publishing | Publishing Seminars

Wed 27 April 2011 at 12.00 pm

Usability, user centred design and persuasion →

how to make sure people are engaged, complete tasks efficiently and effectively, and like what they see/do

Jon Dodd (BunnyFoot)

Taking Place: Tong IT Suite, Brookes

Jon Dodd founded BunnyFoot in 1999, in the early days of usability, we were the first consultancy to offer professional accessibility services and the first to offer eyetracking as standard. They concentrate on user centred design and usability, and also offer specialist eyetracking services to ad agencies and for market research.

Type of Event: Publishing | Lunchtime Digital Seminars | Publishing Seminars