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The Showcase has been canceled for 2004, based both on member responses to the recent survey of BWA services and on the lack of volunteers this year for the event. However, some exciting alternative events are planned for BWA members this year.
If you are interested in helping to organize a Showcase event in 2005, please contact the BWA president (president at bwa.org). For those who are not familiar with the BWA Showcase, here is some information about this event, which was held annually from 1998 to 2003.
The Showcase offers BWA members, local communicators, product vendors, and employers an opportunity to display their best professional work products to prospective customers and employers. It also provides a comfortable forum to learn through presentations by other professionals, plus networking and tasty food! The 2003 event was highly publicized and brought in many product vendors and corporate sponsors, who either set up displays or donated goods for door prizes. Note that BWA has some of the best writing, editing, training, graphic design, and website development talent available in Colorado.
When and where:
Date - last Tuesday of September
Time - 6:00 to 9:30 p.m.
Place - To be determined (often held in Boulder hotel)
Who should exhibit:
Anyone with a product or service of interest to writers, graphic artists,
or communicators. Exhibition space is limited, with BWA members having priority
over nonmembers. Corporate sponsorship is encouraged.
Who should attend:
Attendance is free and open to anyone with an interest in writing, publishing,
or communications of any type.
Corporate sponsors:
Corporate sponsors are solicited for the Showcase. 2003 sponsors included Art
Institute of Colorado - Center for Professional Development, Boulder County
Business Report, Catapult PR-IR, C Graphics, Cinovation, Colt Reproduction Center,
ComponentOne, eHelp, Indra's Net, MediaLab, Quadralay Corporation, and TechSmith.
For more information on corporate sponsorship, contact president at bwa.org.
Advertising:
Here is what the Showcase committee did in 2003 to attract employers:
* Created and sent a large-scale mailing to employers (1,000 cards).
* Placed an article and an ad in the Boulder County Business Report.
* Placed an article in the Daily Camera.
* Placed notices in other e-mail lists.
* Lined up and promoted a keynote speaker with appeal to a wide audience (author
Cynthia Morris).
For more information:
Read last year's press
release. Look over the list of last year's
exhibitors. Still have questions? Contact the BWA President, president at
bwa.org.
Photos from 2003 Showcase:
For those who missed the 2003 BWA Showcase--or just want to revisit it--check
out the photos below.
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| Keynote speaker Cynthia Morris talks on "Staying Afloat in Turbulent Times," a spirited presentation on how to keep a positive outlook during difficult economic climates. | Jerry Lewis of Boulder County Business Report, a corporate sponsor, engages D.P. Waldman in conversation about the newspaper. | BWA President Julia Joun draws winning raffle tickets for the many door prizes donated by corporate sponsors. |
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| Jim Barbour of Jim Barbour Photography has a lively discussion with an attendee at the 2003 Showcase, held at Boulder's Millennium Hotel. | Roberta Gamza of Career Ink explains the fine points of effective resume writing to fellow exhibitor, Al Kemp, and a prospective customer. | Solveig Haugland, exhibitor for Open Office, chats with Carl Fuermann, who stopped by her booth. |
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| Lucy and Randy Glover display documents produced by their company, Sapphire Point Consulting. Bradley Jarvis (right) also exhibited. | Exhibitor and corporate sponsor Cynthia Rudy of C Graphics chats with Karon ?? and Shari Danielsen. | Exhibitor Pat Werner discusses her training materials with Mary Headley. |
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| Jim Colt of Colt Reproductions, a corporate sponsor, shows examples of his company's print products to interested Showcase attendees. | Exhibitor Rini Twait of Graphical Jazz and husband take a quick photo break with Karen Copeland. | Kaleigh Wotring of Indra's Net, a corporate sponsor, answers questions about her company's Internet services. |
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