Two Deadlines Approach for International B2B Competitions

Think you're creative? You have two days to prove it by entering the TABPI Design Challenge, sponsored by Trade Association Business Publications International. The challenge is to design a cover for a hypothetical issue of an imaginary magazine, Concrete Times. The reward is $250 for the overall winner. The challenge is open to all B2B art directors and designers.

The TABPI Design challenge deadline is this Friday, Feb. 29.

Also looming is the deadline for TABPI's Tabbie Awards. This international awards competition is open to trade, association and business magazines published at least four times per year, completely or partially in English. Magazines must accept paid advertising. This year TABPI has added a new web category, Online Feature. (Online entries don't need an associated print publication, but they must be b2b-oriented and accept advertising.)

Entries for the Tabbies must be submitted by Wednesday, March 5.

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Posted by Martha Spizziri on Wednesday, February 27, 2008 @ 12:38 PM
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ASBPE Joins TABPI in Offering Magazine Critique Service

ASBPE and Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI) are offering the Magazine Critique Service (MCS), which is designed as an affordably priced entry-level option for B2B magazines interested in improving their content. Two editors and a designer examine two of your recent issues and provide a report with detailed feedback on your publication. The editors and designers who do the critques have judged magazine awards competitions, won awards themselves, and/or actively work in their professional associations.

A Standard Critique from the MCS is $625 -- $575 for ASBPE members. If you want more feedback, you can opt for a Premium Critique, priced at $975 ($925 for ASBPE members). The Premium option includes a TABPI/ASBPE-approved editorial consultant as one of your publication's reviewers. In addition to the report you receive, you and your staff will get a one-hour conference call with the consultant so you can ask questions about the review.

The MCS is a seasonal offering, and there is a deadline for submissions of Oct. 1.

• See a sample MCS report (535K PDF).
• Download an order form (49K PDF).
 • See the MCS FAQ.

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Posted by Martha Spizziri on Tuesday, September 04, 2007 @ 9:02 PM
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Ronn Campisi Joins ASBPE Boston/New England Board


Designer Ronn Campisi has joined the Boston/New England chapter board of the American Society of Business Publication Editors.

Campisi has extensive experience in the area of publication design. He is former design director of The Boston Globe and has served as design director at Boston magazine, The Real Paper and Fusion magazine. In addition, Campisi has designed formats for many leading technology magazines and newspapers including PC Magazine, Computerworld, Computer Reseller News, and InfoWorld. Campisi has won more than 300 awards for his work and was part of the team that won a 1983 Pulitzer Prize for a special Boston Globe magazine section entitled "War and Peace in the Nuclear Age."

Here's what our Boston/New England chapter president, Alan Earls, had to say about the appointment: "We are excited to have Ronn aboard and hope his wealth of experience will inform our development of programs and events that will strengthen ties with the design side of our membership."

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Posted by Martha Spizziri on Monday, June 25, 2007 @ 1:14 PM
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