Christian publishers from 13 countries learn how to make their magazines more effective
Offered on the campus of the University of Southern California, the first event organized on U.S. soil by Magazine Training International was described by one Christian magazine publisher as “drinking from a fire hose” and by another as a “essential for all serious magazine publishers.”
Participants gave the course excellent marks, commenting on the high caliber of training offered by NavPress Publisher Kent Wilson and Group Publishing Vice-President Tim Gilmour, and the rare opportunity to network with other Christian publishers from around the world.
“The trainers were professional and brilliant communicators,” commented Julie Belding, editor of DayStar magazine in New Zealand. “And, it was encouraging to meet people from around the world with the same passion and goals,” she said.
Many of the participants found the course timely. “The conference was exactly what I needed at this time,” said Colin Dudgeon, publisher of Asia Link in England. “We hit the ground running seven years ago and God has blessed the work tremendously. But, we have not had time to look up and analyze what and how we are working. This has given me incentive to do that.”
“I am so thankful that MTI exists,” said Dot Powell, editor of SALT Fresno in the U.S. “When I found MTI it was an answer to the desperate prayer, ‘Lord, I can’t do this. Help me!’”
“The content of the course was useful and crucial to the survival of my magazine,” commented Chew Ru Ju, an editor with Asian Beacon in Malaysia.
“The conference has totally transformed my thinking,” said Gideon Thuranira of Christian Professional magazine in Kenya.
“We don’t plan to continue offering courses in the U.S.,” commented MTI President Sharon Mumper. “Since we began work 19 years ago we have offered our courses and conferences in countries where publishing training has been very limited and we will continue to do that. However, because we were filming this conference for production as a DVD course I wanted to hold it in a place where we would have convenient access to everything we needed for filming.”
Magazine Training International plans to produce the course as an eight-DVD set with subtitles in Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. The course will include 90-page participants’ manuals and a manual for the course facilitator. The course should be ready for sale by fall.
MTI offers five publishing courses, but at present has plans to film only two of them for production as DVD courses. The next course to be filmed is “Design for Magazines,” to be offered in April, 2008, in the Czech Republic. The course will be taught by Gary Gnidovic, art director at Christianity Today, Int’l; Greg Breeding, creative director for Journey Communications; and Adele Mulford, art director of Discipleship Journal.
Participants gave the course excellent marks, commenting on the high caliber of training offered by NavPress Publisher Kent Wilson and Group Publishing Vice-President Tim Gilmour, and the rare opportunity to network with other Christian publishers from around the world.
“The trainers were professional and brilliant communicators,” commented Julie Belding, editor of DayStar magazine in New Zealand. “And, it was encouraging to meet people from around the world with the same passion and goals,” she said.
Many of the participants found the course timely. “The conference was exactly what I needed at this time,” said Colin Dudgeon, publisher of Asia Link in England. “We hit the ground running seven years ago and God has blessed the work tremendously. But, we have not had time to look up and analyze what and how we are working. This has given me incentive to do that.”
“I am so thankful that MTI exists,” said Dot Powell, editor of SALT Fresno in the U.S. “When I found MTI it was an answer to the desperate prayer, ‘Lord, I can’t do this. Help me!’”
“The content of the course was useful and crucial to the survival of my magazine,” commented Chew Ru Ju, an editor with Asian Beacon in Malaysia.
“The conference has totally transformed my thinking,” said Gideon Thuranira of Christian Professional magazine in Kenya.
“We don’t plan to continue offering courses in the U.S.,” commented MTI President Sharon Mumper. “Since we began work 19 years ago we have offered our courses and conferences in countries where publishing training has been very limited and we will continue to do that. However, because we were filming this conference for production as a DVD course I wanted to hold it in a place where we would have convenient access to everything we needed for filming.”
Magazine Training International plans to produce the course as an eight-DVD set with subtitles in Chinese, Russian, and Spanish. The course will include 90-page participants’ manuals and a manual for the course facilitator. The course should be ready for sale by fall.
MTI offers five publishing courses, but at present has plans to film only two of them for production as DVD courses. The next course to be filmed is “Design for Magazines,” to be offered in April, 2008, in the Czech Republic. The course will be taught by Gary Gnidovic, art director at Christianity Today, Int’l; Greg Breeding, creative director for Journey Communications; and Adele Mulford, art director of Discipleship Journal.