Guest Speaker: Barbara DiLorenzo Website: www.barbaradilorenzo.com Bio: BARBARA DILORENZO graduated from the Rhode Island School of Design with a BFA in illustration, and studied painting at the Arts Students League...
Welcome to MARCH – NATIONAL READING MONTH! To celebrate, we’re providing you some FRESH content ideas for your blog, social media, or customer newsletters. We’re confident these will make the...
Imagine looking around your library and seeing cozy nooks, engaging areas and warm corners– with happy children reading and interacting with their parents and caregivers. Who doesn’t want that? A...
A note from the editor: A new year means new sales goal for your bookstore and if you want to crush them, you’re going to need to think outside of...
Do you ever turn on your TV and see local companies and organizations receiving awesome media coverage and think: HOW do THEY get on the news and HOW can MY...
Guest Speaker: Shutta Crum Website: www.shutta.com Bio: Shutta Crum, an award-winning writer of books for children and poetry for adults, is a storyteller and a retired youth librarian who was...
Guest Speaker: Laura Lee Website: www.worldoflauralee.com Bio: Laura Lee is an author, illustrator, and designer. She grew up in the sleepy mountains of West Virginia where she spent many formative...
A note from the editor: A new year means new sales goal for your bookstore and if you want to crush them, you’re going to need to think outside of...
Guest Speaker: Website: www.debbiegonzales.com Bio: Debbie Gonzales is a career educator, curriculum consultant, former school administrator and adjunct professor, and once served as a SCBWI RA for the Austin Chapter....
Guest Speaker: Tami Charles Website: https://tamiwrites.com Bio: Former teacher. Wannabe chef. Debut author. Tami Charles writes picture books, middle grade, young adult, and nonfiction. Her middle grade novel, LIKE VANESSA,...
Guest Speaker: Laura Gehl Website: www.lauragehl.com Bio: Laura Gehl is the award-winning author of picture books with humor and heart, including ONE BIG PAIR OF UNDERWEAR, the PEEP AND EGG...
Guest Speaker: Shelley Johannes Website: www.shelleyjohannes.com Bio: Shelley Johannes is the author-illustrator of the Beatrice Zinker, Upside Down Thinker series (Disney-Hyperion). Her first career was architecture— where she fell in...
Guest Speaker: Rob Broder Website: RobertBroder.com Bio: I am the Publisher and Creative Director at Ripple Grove Press, an independent, family-owned picture book publishing company that I started with my...
Guest Speaker: Hannah Carmona Dias Website: www.hannahcarmonadias.com Bio: Hannah Carmona Dias is a Writer who currently resides in Tennessee. Beautiful, Wonderful, Strong Little Me is her debut book which tackles...
Guest Speaker: Lana Button Website: www.lanabutton.com Bio: Children’s author Lana Button grew up in the tiny border town of St. Stephen, New Brunswick. She has a background in theatre performance...
Guest Speaker: Dana Malstaff Website: www.boss-mom.com Bio: Dana Malstaff is the CEO and Founder of Boss Mom. She is a mother, author, business strategist, podcaster, blind spot reducer, and movement...
Guest Speaker: Naomi Blackburn Website: www.indiepicksmag.com Bio: Naomi Blackburn, owner of The Author CEO, a consultation firm dedicated to helping independent authors navigate the development of strategic business plans and...
Guest Speaker: NJ Rongner Website: www.workingchristianmom.com Bio: NJ Rongner is a business strategist who helps female entrepreneurs clear the clutter and get laser focused on what matters most. Known by...
Guest Speaker: Barb Drozdowich Bio: Social Media and WordPress Consultant Barb Drozdowich has taught in colleges, universities and in the banking industry. More recently, she brings her 15+ years of...
Guest Speaker: Casie Shimansky Bio: Casie Shimansky is an award-winning social media specialist for Cisco’s Talent Brand team, and was recently named a 2018 Mover and Shaker by the Social...
