Workshop: Day 2 Setting up the Maestro Groups
Woke up at six. Not surprisingly I did not sleep well. Got up and went for a brief run to Grant's tomb and back at about 6:15. The most important part is just getting up and out.
Start my workshop Facebook group and did a little bit on the Japan blog. Mitzi sent an updated itinerary.
Met Helen Smith in the lobby, who by the way is retiring after 44 years of teaching, and we walked over to Camille's and literally opened up the place at 7:30. Enrique was there and eventually Ed and Brett showed up and we had a nice morning together talking New York and Boston politics. :)
Class started at 9:30. Yes, 9:30, crazy stuff. For the first two hours I met with my 16 Editorial Leadership kids and after doing some journaling, I went through my "The Big Questions" show and then at 10:30 I felt I needed to take them through the "Steps to Great Copy" session. One of the most amazing things was that EACH of my students had a laptop. I set up a
Facebook group and I posted their pictures and each of them posted one of their journal responses. The possibilities of having this kind of interactive workshop are truly amazing. Quickly it was 11:30 and we said "no mas" to Camille's and went to what used to be called Cafe Swish and is now called something like Vino Sushi, weird name for a Japanese place.
At 1:00 we all gathered together and put the group into Maestro groups each with a designer, editor and all around staffer. I think we wound up with about 13 groups. They were supposed to interview each other looking for possible story ideas and in one hour they were to check back with us. They really found some amazing angles but it appears that the designs may be nothing short of terrible. We circulated and answered questions and before we knew it, it was 4:30.
Crystal and I went to the bookstore and then had a Hagen-Daz and we were back in the Lerner Theatre before six. This year we do not have any night work but they have arranged some lectures and other entertainment options which appear to be terrific. Tonight they could go to a lecture on Photoshop taught by a professional trainer or hear Bobby hawthorne's "Master Class"on writing. Crystal and I wento the Photoshop session which was good and we go a free book out of it. the besgt part was thatCrystal had used most of the guy's examples and she had the book he took mot of them from.
At eight six of us walked to Carmine's for an 8:30 dinner. I had gotten a hold of maryam this morning and invited her and she was able to come. It was great fun. Every one has their stories of meeting their former editors at Carmine's and now I have my story too. We ate Calamari, Carmin'e Salad, Bow tie pasta with chicken and spinach, Chicken Scarpiello, and topped it off with a Titanic. all for $35 each. Definitely a bargain.
Everyone but Pete walked back and we were actually pretty early. Tonight is the night we usually go to see Les paul, but he had been sick, so it was going to be former Yankee Bernie Williams in his place. No thank you.
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