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People Round Up, Early January, 2024

Publishing Trends

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. At Crown Publishing Group , Michelle Giuseffi has been promoted to associate director.

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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. Phoebe Dyer has been promoted to Social Media Manager at Bloomsbury. . Key West Literary Seminar.

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People Round-Up, Mid-December 2022

Publishing Trends

Katrina Turner joins as Production Editor; Antoaneta Georgieva joins as Designer; and Michelle Lecumberry joins as Marketing and Social Media Associate for Sourcebooks Fire. Andrew “AJ” Murphy joins Humanix Books as Sales Director, North America, and Taline Najarian joins as Sales Director, Special Markets and International.

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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. Promote your event on your blog, on social media, and in your newsletter. The week following my first seminar, I received an email from one of the schools that I had reached out to. Step 2: Promote Your Event. Make your event free or very inexpensive.

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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. Promote your event on your blog, on social media, and in your newsletter. The week following my first seminar, I received an email from one of the schools that I had reached out to. Step 2: Promote Your Event. Make your event free or very inexpensive.