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What Mona Brought Home from AMPPR (Part 1 of 2)

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This guest post was written by Mona Seghatoleslami, a classical announcer, producer and blogger at West Virginia Public Broadcasting.

I’ve just had my first day of work since I got back from this year’s Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio conference in Fort Worth, Texas. I want to do everything at once; I’m really inspired to try a bunch of new things, and even the mundane tasks at work seem more exciting. That’s probably pretty typical after a conference. The true test will be how I’m doing after a few weeks or months.

I have a whole lot of notes from all the sessions, which I can share with anyone who’s interested. I’d also like to hear from what other people learned and plan to do. For now, here are two things I’m inspired to do.

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Notes From the Music Personnel Conference in Fort Worth

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I’m at the national conference of the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio, being held in a newly remodeled Fort Worth Sheraton.  I’m sorry for those of you who couldn’t make it, because the sessions have been very good, and the food is outstanding.

Mona has taken detailed notes, and I think we’ll ask her to write up the great advice we got on announcing from a morning session by John Dodge, Program Director at KBPS in Portland OR.  John had a very lively, engaging list of do’s and don’t’s for classical announcers, based on long experience, a keen ear, and his own personable style.

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AMPPR conference underway; more belt-tightening at stations

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The 47th annual Music Personnel Conference, staged by the Association of Music Personnel in Public Radio (AMPPR), is now underway in Fort Worth, Texas. My intrepid co-blogger Marty is there (I’m envious!), so look for posts soon from her about the goings-on. Not only that, but tomorrow morning she’s participating in a panel about blogging. If you’re attending, drop by and check it out.

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New prez at VPR, and other odds and ends

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:: Robin Fenn was named president of Vermont Public Radio, which runs a network of classical stations throughout the state as well as news/talk outlets. Fenn has worked at the station for 20 years and most recently served as v.p. of development. She replaces Mark Vogelzang, who left VPR to work with a nationwide fundraising effort for public radio. More in the Burlington Free Press. CORRECTION (added 3/11/09): As you’ll see if you read the article, Robin Fenn is now Robin Turnau.

:: I got a kick out of this article about a shopping mall in Yellowknife, Canada, which falls into the “Is it real, or is it The Onion?” file. The Northern News Service reports that most people are glad the mall has stopped playing classical music on speakers at its entrances. The tactic was intended to keep people from hanging around outside the mall.

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