What’s the difference between a Meeting/Social and a Workshop?
A Meeting/Social:
- Is a small informal gathering – networking at its finest
- Is an event that strengthens the membership’s feeling of unity and facilitates creative networking
- May include discussions or presentations about the publishing industry as a whole
- May be a time for attendees to share industry news with each other
- May be a time to share technical information with each other
- May be a time for group critiques
- May be a time to discuss favorite children’s books
- May take an hour or two at the most
- Is free to attendees
- Needs to be held at a free (or very low-cost) facility like a library, church, or school
- Allows no children
Meetings/Socials are currently regular Midsouth events in Tennessee socials are held in; Nashville, Memphis, Knoxville, and in Kentucky events are held in Louisville, Richmond, and Bowling Green. For more information on how to start a social in your area, contact Susan Eaddy.
A Workshop:
- Is a craft-oriented gathering with a specific focus – an event with a higher level of expertise than a social
- Is an opportunity to explore, in-depth, an aspect of writing or illustrating with intent to make a profit
- May take anywhere from a couple of hours to a full day
- Charges an attendance fee (enough to cover a nice speaker honorarium and pay expenses) and SCBWI members must be charged less than non-members
- Includes at least one paid speaker
- Allows no children
If you’d like to coordinate a workshop, please prepare an event proposal including a date, location, schedule, and possible speaker(s) you’d like to invite. Also prepare a budget and send it with the proposal to the Regional Advisor, Susan Eaddy. Regional advisors must pre-approve all SCBWI activities and speakers.
