[Neasis-l] New England Chapter of the American Society of Indexers events

[Heather Hedden]

New England Chapter of the American Society of Indexers (NEASI)
Spring Meeting: "The Business of Indexing"
Saturday, April 29, 2006
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. (registration starts at 9:15 a.m.)
Chelmsford Public Library, 25 Boston Road,  Chelmsford, MA 01824

Designing a Web Site for Freelance Indexing Services
All freelance indexers should have their own web sites. Topics will include:
what information to have or not have on your web site, the organization of
the pages, how to put sample indexes on your web site, use of graphics, text
style, and web hosting and domain name registering. The presentation will
also address options of contracting a design service, creating a site with a
template, or doing it yourself from scratch, including discussion of
software and training options.
Presented by Heather Hedden, president of the New England Chapter of the
American Society of Indexers for 2006 and also leads the national Web
Indexing Special Interest Group. Through her business, Hedden Information
Management, www.hedden-information.com, she is a freelance book, database,
and web site indexer, and also does some web site design services. She
teaches web site indexing independently and through Simmons College Graduate
School of Library and Information Science Continuing Education.

Show Me the Money: The Business Side of Indexing
Statistics and solutions for making a living as an indexer,  followed by a
candid, no-holds-barred question-and-answer session on topics such as
salaries, business structure, overhead, insurance, tax deductions,
subcontracting, cash flow, billing, raising rates, late and rush fees,
printing costs, international currency exchange, and much more.
Presented by Seth Maislin, vice-president/president-elect of the American
Society of Indexers and a former board member of what-was-then-called the
Massachusetts chapter. He is a freelancer indexer and indexing consultant
through his business Focus Information Services, an indexing instructor at
Middlesex Community College, an information architecture instructor at
Bentley College in Waltham, and a private mentor.

Roundtable Discussions: Running an Indexing Business
We will break up into groups to hold moderated discussions on topics related
to the business side of indexing, such as accounting, scheduling, marketing
to publishers and other clients, marketing periodical and online indexing,
contracts and agreements, and training and continuing education.

Lunch: Assorted specialty sandwiches (including vegetarian), chips, and
beverages will be catered.

Cost: $15.00 for members or nonmembers, which covers the costs for bagels,
lunch, coffee and tea.

Directions: available at the Chelmsford Public Library website:
http://www.chelmsfordlibrary.org/library_info/directions/index.html

Questions: contact Heather Dubnick at hdubnick at earthlink.net or 508-932-6955

Registration: Advanced registration is required due to space limitations.
Deadline is Friday, April 21.
Send checks payable to NEASI, complete contact information, roundtable
discussion topic preferences, and indication of member status to: Heather
Dubnick, NEASI vice-president, c/o Ampersand Enterprises, 39 Dodge St. #356,
Beverly, Massachusetts, 01915.

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Other Upcoming NEASI Events


Peer Review Meetings:

Saturday, March 25, 10:30-12:30
Westborough Public Library, 55 West Main Street, Westborough, MA
www.westboroughlib.org/geninfo.html

Tuesday, May 23, 10:30-12:30
Concord Free Public Library, 129 Main St., Concord, MA
www.concordnet.org/library/pages/general.info.html

Get feedback on one of your indexes and provide feedback to others. More
information is at www.newenglandindexers.org/peer-review-meetings.htm
Please RSVP to May Hasso, at mhasso at charter.net or at 508-366-8176.


Fall Conference
Saturday, September 30, all day
Bentley College, 174 Forest St., Waltham, MA
Speakers will include Susan Holbert, renowned creator of workshops and
training videos on indexing, a panel of indexers on subject specialties, and
a moderated "Indexing Tips and Tricks" session. If you would like to be a
panel speaker or know of a potential speaker, contact Heather Dubnick, at
hdubnick at earthlink.net or at 978-969-3122.

Other Events to be Scheduled
- A second dinner out in late June following the ASI national meeting, as an
opportunity for those who attended the meeting to share their experiences
with the rest of us.
- An informal social picnic again in July or August, as we did last year at
Nashoba Winery.
- A fall peer review meeting.
- A joint meeting with the Boston Chapter of the Society for Technical
Communication on a weekday evening in Lexington in November or December.

Check the web site for the latest updates: www.newenglandindexers.org


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Heather Hedden
President, New England Chapter
American Society of Indexers
http://www.newenglandindexers.org