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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

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Jenny Davis has been named creative director, leading the newly created illustrated design team, at the Random House Publishing Group. She will report to SVP, creative director Paolo Pepe. He succeeds David Marshall , who is retiring after 17 years at the company.

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

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Rick Rekedal joins David C Cook as Chief Creative Officer. Previously she was Lead Creative Executive for Co-Productions and Partnerships at Realm. Robert Imfeld is now Director of Marketing at HarperCollins Children’s Books. Deb Wood has been promoted to VP and Creative Director at Abrams. January 5-8.

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People Round-Up, Mid-November 2022

Publishing Trends

Lisa Beech joins Nelson Books as Director of Publicity; previously, she was Associate Director of Publicity at WaterBrook & Multnomah. Erin Fitzsimmons joins Sourcebooks as Senior Art Director for Fiction. Key West Literary Seminar. Lucy Ricketts joins Peachtree as Designer. At the University of Alabama Press , J.D.

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How to Become a Professional Speaker when You Have No Leads or Experience

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I charged $10 for my first seminar and 30 people showed up. The week following my first seminar, I received an email from one of the schools that I had reached out to. They thought the topic of my seminar would be relevant for their students and wanted to know if I was available to speak at their high school.

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How to Become a Professional Speaker when You Have No Leads or Experience

ProBlogger

I charged $10 for my first seminar and 30 people showed up. The week following my first seminar, I received an email from one of the schools that I had reached out to. They thought the topic of my seminar would be relevant for their students and wanted to know if I was available to speak at their high school.