OCNA Webinar Series
Business Innovation Fund Webinar
Presented by: Josee Shank, Manager of the Business Innovation Program, Canada Periodical Team
Previously Held May 19, 2022
If you missed this webinar, please click on the link below to view the recorded version.
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The Community Newspaper - Business Innovation component of the Canada Periodical Fund is designed to provide eligible Canadian publishers of print community newspapers and digital-only community newspapers with the financial support for projects that help produce and distribute high-quality, Canadian editorial content for Canadian readers.
For print and digital-only community newspapers, funding is granted through the approval of a project proposal based on the eligibility criteria of the program. The Business Innovation – Community Newspaper component is a competitive process and funds are limited.
Eligible publishing firms
- To be eligible for funding, publishing firms must meet all of the following requirements:
- be in operation throughout the application process and until the completion of the project;
- be majority owned and controlled by Canadians;
- be private-sector entities, including corporations, not-for-profit organizations, partnerships and sole proprietorships (Note: All applicants must have a Business Number (BN)); and
- have their principal place of business in Canada.
Eligible periodicals
- To be eligible for funding, periodicals must meet the following requirements:
- Print community newspapers:
- Have published between two and 52 regular issues and no more than 56 issues during the financial year, including special issues; and
- Have sold at least 3,500 paid copies through subscription copies and single-copy/newsstand copies during the financial year.
- Official language minority, Indigenous, ethnocultural and LGBTQ2+ community newspapers must have sold at least 2,000 paid copies during the financial year.
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Guidelines for Hiring and Compensating Ad Sales Personnel
Presented by: Caroline Medwell, OCNA Executive Director
Previously Held
If you missed this webinar, please click on the link below to view the recorded version.
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This webinar included the following:
- Setting goals: trends, forecasts and investment levels
- Defining targets and territories
- Designing compensation plans: commissions, base, incentives, expenses, bonuses
- Job description
- Expectations for the position
- Interview Questions
- Offer Letter
- Orientation
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OCNA is promoting webinars hosted by Online Media Campus and Newspaper Academy to help the association fulfill its mission of providing affordable and relevant training to members.
Upcoming Webinars:
Online Media Campus
Data Journalism Tools for Your Newsroom and Classroom
Thursday, June 23, 2022
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (EDT)
$35 USD
Presented by Mike Reilley
During this session, SPJ Digital Trainer Mike Reilley will show you how to scrape data from web pages and PDFs and into a spreadsheet format. You also will learn how to visualize the data using the free Flourish.studio tool. Participants will get a handout with links to the tools, exercises, examples and data to practice with.
Prior to the session, participants should set up a free account at https://flourish.studio/
They also should download free Tabula software here: https://tabula.technology/
Elevate Your Journalism by Collaborating
Thursday, July 14, 2022
2:00 pm - 3:00 pm (EDT)
$35 USD
Presented by Jean Hodges
Traditionally, news organizations competed to get the scoop. But collaborations among news organizations have become far more common in recent years. As budgets continue to tighten, newsrooms are looking for ways to do more than just react to news as it happens. This session will examine the benefits and even a few pitfalls of news collaborations. Plus, you'll see examples of success stories to spur you to look for different ways to collaborate with other newsrooms and organizations to tell the most important stories to your readers
To view more information and archived webinars hosted by OnlineMediaCampus go to: www.onlinemediacampus.com
Newspaper Academy
Advanced InDesign for Designers and Editors
Thursday, July 14, 2022
3:00 pm - 4:15 pm EST
$69 USD
There's no better time to improve the InDesign skills of you and your staff. During this 75-minute session, Kevin Slimp - who has been teaching InDesign since it was first released - will be teaching skills to increase the speed of your productivity and quality of your design.
A few of his topics include:
- Using scripts to speed your productivity
- Combining nested styles with make grid script and automated captions to create full page ad layouts in minutes
- Creating and using Tables in InDesign
- Using Find/Change to edit specific text styles throughout a document
- Best settings for exporting PDF files from InDesign
- And MUCH MORE!
To view more live and archived webinars hosted by Newspaper Academy, go to: newspaperacademy.com