Publishing and Communications Solutions
Advanced Educational Publishing:
Innovation in Product, Process and Management
A dynamic five-day workshop for publishing professionals around the globe, designed to implement best practice in every stage of the educational publishing process.
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Colourblue and Oriel Square have come together to offer an intensive five-day workshop with a simple focus – how to create the very best educational resources, on time and on budget.
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Where? Oxford
When? 2021 (TBC)
Cost? £2500 + VAT pp
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Workshop topics include:
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How the set-up stage can make or break a project
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Rationalising roles and responsibilities
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The relationship between team size and quality
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Designing an optimal project workflow within tight externally imposed deadlines
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The importance of investment in proper author selection and commissioning processes
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Understanding the options for editorial strategies (print and digital)
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Project-management approaches and technologies
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Technologies for improving coordination between authors, editors and designers
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Publishing risk analysis and crisis management
Who should attend?
- Ministry of Education officials
- Private, quasi-government or government publishing staff
- Publishing managers
- Managing editors
- Commissioning editors
- Curriculum and assessment professionals (liaising with publishers)
- Teachers responsible for producing school resources
- Museum education staff
- Education reform/development organisations
Special events in the workshop:
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Expert trainers – Trainers with more than 60 years of combined experience in educational publishing, in both UK and international contexts.
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Guest speaker – An influential guest speaker, who will provide their strategic and tactical insights into the publishing industry and the publishing process.
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Networking dinner – A formal evening networking dinner, giving you the opportunity to meet with the other delegates and special worshop guests.
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Publishing clinic – The opportunity for one-to-one consultations with the trainers, to discuss specific issues and find optimal solutions.
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