Design DVD Lecturers
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Greg Breeding
As creative director for Journey Communications, Greg Breeding puts his stamp on a body of work that cuts across the world of evangelical publishing. His work covers a broad variety of design needs, appealing to very diverse audiences. Clients have included The Salvation Army, Moody Bible Institute, Campus Crusade for Christ, Family Life Ministry, World Vision, the Evangelical Free Church, the American Bible Society, and World Relief. Greg has consistently received awards from Print’s Regional Design Annual, Folio’s Ozzie Awards, Society of Publication Designers, Florida Magazine Association, and the Evangelical Press Association. He has a bachelor of fine arts degree from Virginia Commonwealth University. He taught design courses with Magazine Training International in Ukraine, Malaysia, and the Czech Republic. Greg and his wife, Lyndee, have three children. |
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Gary Gnidovic
As design director at Christianity Today International (CTI), Gary Gnidovic designs and art directs Christianity Today magazine and oversees Books and Culture and Today’s Christian Woman. He has worked in magazine design with CTI for 19 years, also serving as senior art director for Marriage Partnership magazine. Previously, Gary worked in a design office in Chicago and in book design with Tyndale House publishers. Gary’s designs have received awards from the Evangelical Press Association, Print, HOW, and Communication Arts magazines. He has a bachelor of arts in photography from Southern Illinois University and a master of fine arts in design from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Gary has taught design and photography courses for Magazine Training International in Romania, Ukraine, Croatia, Russia, and the Czech Republic. He and his wife, Kathy, live in Wheaton, Illinois. |
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Adele Mulford
Adele Mulford is art director for Discipleship Journal magazine. Prior to joining Discipleship Journal, she was creative director of M. Media, a design firm she founded which designed Christian publications and produced designs for ministries, businesses, and individuals. Previously she worked with Journey Communications as art director for several Christian magazines. Adele has received awards for her work in design, photography and cover art from the Society of Publication Designers and the Evangelical Press Association. She received the distinguished Print Magazine Award of Merit in 1999. Adele has a B.A. in journalism/advertising from the University of Oregon. She lives in Colorado Springs, Colorado, with her husband, Chris and her daughter, Hannah. Adele taught design courses with Magazine Training International in Bulgaria, Malaysia, and the Czech Republic. |
Business DVD Lecturers
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Tim Gilmour
Tim Gilmour is executive vice-president and COO of Group Publishing, Inc., in Loveland Colorado, and publisher of Group magazine, Children’s Ministry magazine, and Rev magazine. During his more than 25 years in the magazine business he has launched eight titles and played key business roles for 18 different publications. His expertise in the magazine business has helped magazines as small as 5,000 and as large as 250,000 build healthy publications. In addition to magazines, Tim is also responsible for several subscription based web products, training events that train over 50,000 church leaders annually, and a new association for helping develop a healthy volunteer ministry in churches. Tim brings a broad business perspective and proven ability to increase revenues, identify trends, launch new products, and build strategic partnerships. He majored in business administration at Western Michigan University in Michigan. Tim and his wife, Katharine (Kami), have five children. They live in Ft. Collins, Colorado. Tim has taught MTI publishing business courses in Korea and the United States. |
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Kent Wilson
As executive publisher of NavPress, Kent Wilson oversaw the overall operation of the Christian publisher with its three divisions: NavPress books, the Bible division, and the Periodicals Group. Previously, he served as a circulation director for the Discipleship Journal and later associate publisher for the magazine group, which now includes Discipleship Journal and Pray! A graduate of Stanford University with degrees in electrical engineering design and psychology, he later studied for the ministry at Denver Seminary, pastoring a church in the Denver Colorado, area for seven years. Kent also serves as director of the not-for-profit Wilson foundation started by his grandfather. The foundation prints and distributes literature for Christians in the Two-Thirds World. He is also a member of the board of the Colorado Rockies Bible Camp and Conference and is chairman of the board of Magazine Training International. He has taught MTI publishing business courses in Russia, Ukraine, Hungary, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Hong Kong, and the United States. |
Writing MP3
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Sharon Mumper
Sharon Mumper is founder and president of Magazine Training International, an organization whose purpose is to encourage and strengthen Christian magazine publishing in the Developing World. She began the ministry in Eastern Europe in 1989, expanding to the former Soviet Union in 1994 and to Asia in 2000. She relocated the ministry to the United States in 2007, establishing it as a U.S. non-profit organization. Sharon has worked in the field of publishing since 1967, serving as a writer, editor, and marketing director with newspaper, magazine, and book publishers. She taught journalism at a college in Appalachia and has taught and served as a consultant to publishers in the U.S.A., Europe, and Asia. Sharon holds a bachelor of journalism from the University of Missouri and has a masters in cross-cultural communications from Wheaton College Graduate School. She is a consultant for Lydia magazine in Germany and member of the board of Lydia Foundation. |