Radar editor-at-large Dale Hrabi to be keynote speaker at AMPA conference

The conference is hosted by the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association (AMPA), March 9 and 10 at Calgary's Radisson Hotel Airport. Among the other presenters are National Magazine Award-winning publisher and editor Derek Webster of Montreal’s Maisonneuve magazine, and local editorial savant, Val Fortney, writing for Swerve, Readers Digest and Chatelaine.
The conference kicks off Friday night with a banquet emceed by CBC’s David Gray and featuring World Champion hoop dancer, Dallas Arcand, and guest speaker, Aritha van Herk, renowned
“The Alberta Magazines Conference is where magazine professionals at all levels can come learn firsthand from experts, hone their skills and network with their peers,” says AMPA Executive Director, Colleen Seto. “As part of AMPA’s mission to provide valuable professional development, the conference serves as the ideal meeting ground for
For more information, to dowload a brochure and to register online, go to www.albertamagazines.com You can also call 403-262-0081 or e-mail Colleen Seto at
3 Comments:
Hrabi gave a seminar on editorial packaging at MagsU last year, and it was great. He's a smart dude.
Not mentioned is that Dale Hrabi had a long-running item in Toro called Graphic Details, which was hugely popular with the magazine's readers. He was part of the group that led Toro's FOB section, Ringside, to be voted the country's best by CSME last year. The guy is nothing short of brilliant.
Dale is indeed a top-notch packager; not surprising since he learned his craft from the late Jim Cormier -- an editorial packaging guru, and a much nicer guy.
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