2014 Editors’Symposium
Thursday, September 18, 2014
The Omni Hotel
Nashville, TN
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Agenda
Agenda
•               Know your guidelines/handbook
•               Use the Editors’ Resource Center
•               Articles vs. N&Ds
•               Know your deadlines – the earlier the better
•               How to form an editorial board
•               How to solicit articles/find authors
•               Handling author agreements
•               How to edit the articles
•               How to repurpose
•               How to publicize your committee’s work
•Editor’s Resource Center available throughLeadership Portal
•Find contents of Handbook there
•The “official” rules for content, newsletters,social media, etc.
•Editor’s Resource Center has other usefulinformation
Guidelines/Handbook & Editor’sResource Center
Guidelines/Handbook & Editor’sResource Center
N&D:
•750 words or less
•Not case summary – analysis or news
•Blog like
Articles:
•750 -  2500 words
•Analysis – in line citations
•The heart of your content offering
Articles v. N&Ds
Articles v. N&Ds
Set appropriate deadlines for authorsubmissions and editing, to comply with above.
Deadlines
Deadlines
•No one-size-fits all
•Many committees have “substantive”subcommittees the heads of which arerequired to provide content
•Some have an actual editorial board
Editorial Board
Editorial Board
•How to solicit content/find authors
•Handling author agreements
•How to edit the articles
•How to repurpose
•How to publicize your committee’s work
Other Issues
Other Issues