LitTAP Technical Assistance Convening
Beyond the Tangled Web
Envisioning a Comprehensive Technology Strategy
for Your Literary Organization
Friday, October 30th 2009, 9 am to 5 pm
followed by wine & cheese reception 5:30 p.m. - 7 pm
Poets House
10 River Terrace (@ Murray St.)
NY, NY 10282
 The New York State Literary Presenters' Technical Assistance Program (LitTap) invites you to join your colleagues from around the State for its 2009 Facing Pages convening at the magnificent new POETS HOUSE in Battery Park City in lower Manhattan.
The day will include three panel discussions led by six leading literary presenters, magazines and presses which will explore how literary organizations can utilize new technologies to further their missions. Our focus is on creating a technology plan that encompasses the use of the practical tools (social networking, user-generated content, multimedia, archiving, etc.) along with vision-driven approaches to development, including content distribution, staff management, audience building, and more.
The three panels, while grouped into specific areas of interest (book publishers, literary organizations, literary magazines), are all designed to bring forward issues that are important to everyone working in the literary field, so please plan to join us for the day.
 KEYNOTE by Steven J. Tepper
Curb Center for Art, Enterprise, and Public Policy at Vanderbilt University and author of Engaging Art: The Next Great Transformation of America's Cultural Life
Featured Speaker
Bob Stein
Institute for the Future of the Book
Panelists
Beth Harrison & Billy Merrell, The Academy of American Poets (NYC)
Geoffrey Gatza, Blaze Vox Books (Buffalo)
Paul Morris, Bomb Magazine (Brooklyn)
Adam Robinson, Publishing Genius (Baltimore, MD)
Lars Reilly & Veronica Liu, Seven Stories Press (NYC)
E.J. Van Lanen, Three Percent (Rochester)
Panel Moderators Include
Hoong Yee Lee Krakauer, Queen Council on the Arts
Michael Kelleher, Just Buffalo Literary Center
others TBA
LitTap will provide lunch, a guided tour of the new Poets House and its world-class design, and a wine and cheese reception -- all in view of the sparkling Hudson River and the gardens of Rockefeller Park.
To learn more about the event's speakers and presenters,
and to engage in weekly previews from the convening planning subcommittee*
join guest blogger Rob Casper at
http://blog.littap.org
beginning September 30th
This event is free and open to all New York State Literary Organizations and Publishers.
Space is limited.
Follow the link below to download registration form from the LITTAP website:
http://www.littap.org/temp/FP_Reg_Form_20091030.doc
Please complete the registration form ASAP and return to:
Christine Leahy, New York State Council on the Arts
cleahy@nysca.org
Limited travel funds are reimbursable through LitTap. See registration form for information.
For additional information, please contact
Laurie Dean Torrell, Just Buffalo Literary Center
ldeant@justbuffalo.org
*Convening Planning Subcommittee Members: Veronica Liu, Ron Kavanaugh (emeritus), Michael Kelleher, Billy Merrell, Stephen Motika
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