OIW members will read their work. Everyone welcome. Admission is free. To place your name on the list of readers please contact Donna MacLellan at donnamac1@rogers.com

A guest speaker will explain what networking is all about and how authors and others can use networking to to find resources and information that will help them do research, write books and work on other projects.

How to find an agent and what an agent can do for you.

Ottawa author Nicole McGill will explain how writers begin, organize and end their stories.

OIW members will vote for a new board of directors and discuss OIW business. Some will read their work.

Details to come soon

Everyone needs to know how to make the best of any opportunity to get their message across, whether in person, in a panel discussion or meeting, or on that valuable radio or TV interview. Barbara Florio Graham, author of Five Fast Steps to Low-Cost Publicity will show the crucial steps in preparing for interviews, how to select salient points to make your appearance interesting, how to dress, sit, use the mic, handle props and rehearse.
These techniques are useful in all situations where you want to make the best first impression, so this is not just for authors.

Speakers to be announced soon

OIW members will read from their work.

NOTE: The workshop is full but we need people's cheques to confirm their attendance. Those who contact OIW after Feb. 9 will be put on an overflow list and contacted if a seat opens up. Based on the popularity of this event, OIW may arrange another social networking workshop in the Spring.

Attendees will not be using computers during the workshop. The two speakers will have computers on hand and will use them for demonstrations and their presentations.

Confused about Facebook? Clueless about Twitter? Not sure how to connect to LinkedIn? On Saturday, March 13, Ottawa writer/editor Murray McGregor and David Shaw of Ottawa's Workplace Institute will explain how members of the writing community can use these and other online social networking tools to connect with other writers, conduct research and promote their published works. Attendees should have a basic understanding of computers, web browsing and email.

Where: Library and Archives Canada, Room 156, 395 Wellington St., Ottawa

When: March 13 – 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.

Cost: $10 for OIW members; $15 for non-members (includes refreshments).

Register: Send an email to: membership@oiw.ca and please include the following information:

• Full Name:
• Would you like a reusable name tag with your full name printed on it (no charge)?
• Phone Number: (in case we need to contact you the day of...)
• Briefly describe your interest in attending this workshop:

You will receive a confirmation that a seat will be reserved then confirmed once we receive payment.

Info: (613) 731-3873; membership@oiw.ca; OIW

About the Speakers:

MURRAY MCGREGOR is a believer in social media and particularly active on Twitter, LinkedIn, Delicio.us and Facebook. At first a skeptic, he has embraced social media especially for the values and community he finds in it. He has worked with bloggers as an editor and will start a blog himself some day. McGregor has been an independent writer and editor for the past 10 years. His most recent major assignment was with Army Public Affairs as Content Coordinator on the Army national Web team. For 19 years he owned Leeds County Books in Brockville.

DAVID SHAW is a senior information-management consultant who has managed knowledge, eLearning and content-management-system projects in the US, Canada, UK, Nigeria, Sweden, Switzerland, Denmark, Greenland, Alaska, and Trinidad & Tobago. He has more than 15 years IT experience on more than 90 projects, including as a former Director of Research & Development at an eLearning software company and as a Director of Project Delivery at an XML content-management systems integrator. He is a Professional in Critical Infrastructure Protection (PCIP) and has wide business experience and has written several books and numerous magazine articles. His experience with developing online communities began with videotext, including the world’s largest videotext network spanning Alaska, Canada, continental USA, Greenland and Denmark. In the early days of the Internet he developed BBS using Worldgroup, delivering the online version of Hansard. His current focus is information-management architectures for Enterprise (Web) 2.0, especially the role of social networking tools.