Awards of Excellence Online invitation
Announcing our second installment of Awards presentations
We would like you to invite you to the second show – Awards of Excellence Awards Online.
The awards would have been presented at the AGM, but with everything all topsy turvey, we had to think of something different.
Friday, June 19 – 1:30 p.m. Alberta time.
(link to Bio)
Very Special Guest: Kevin Slimp, The PDF Guru of the known universe
Kevin has been a welcome face at many of our AWNA Symposiums. With real world, real newspaper, problem solving experience, we can look forward to an informative and positive intro to our presentation and all in his charming southern voice.
Please sign in a few minutes ahead of time so we can get things moving quickly and efficiently.
(Next online presentation will be for the Photo Awards and held Thursday, June 25
1) We’re using the platform “Microsoft Teams”. You may join online through your browser, or you may download the Teams meeting software. We’ve tested both 🙂 You’ll be prompted to select one of those methods when you click the link to the meeting. There’s even an app for your phone too if you prefer.
2) When you log in you’ll have a field to type in your name. Please include your newspaper name too, so other participants will know where you are from.
3) When the meeting begins you’ll have a tool bar near the bottom of the window. From there you can turn on/off your camera and microphone. Please mute your microphone if you are not speaking, it helps avoid background noise.
4) In that same tool bar, locate the Chat button. Feel free to chat during the presentation – offer your congratulations – send GIFs and emojis. Have fun! 🙂
Bio
Kevin Slimp is still known to a lot of folks as the guy who developed the PDF printing method back in the 1990s. Many of us know him as a friend, colleague, and a leading voice in the world of community newspapers. For twenty years, he served as director of The University of Tennessee Newspaper Institute.
Kevin wears many hats. In addition to his work with newspapers throughout the world, Kevin is CEO/Publisher of Market Square Books and is a best selling author in his own right. In 2019, he had a #1 best-seller, “Where Do We Go From Here?”
Kevin still speaks at dozens of newspaper conventions each year and conducts groundbreaking research related to community newspapers.