More Information on the Emerald Author Workshop

I've received quite a few positive responses for the upcoming Emerald Author Workshop to be held on 7 April from my departments - thank you for your enthusiasm!

I've also had numerous requests for more info on:

• the venue for the workshop
• the costs involved
• the amount of participants that can attend
• more information on what the workshop actually entails
  

Venue
The venue will only be finalised and communicated to me at the end of March, however, Eric Broug (Emerald Business Manager - Africa) indicated that due to the positive response of UJ we have quite a strong case to host it.

Costs
It's free!

Amount of participants that can attend
"I don’t have a maximum amount of attendees for the workshop, the more the merrier!" - Eric Broug's answer to this question.

More info
Although I do not know what Eric will be addressing specifically, I was able to find an Introduction to Emerald Author Workshops available on Emerald's database in the section dedicated to authors (and well worth a click.)

Here is what the introduction says: The main part of the session is the presentation that includes:

• background information on Emerald
• what being published means to the author
• the people (editors, their advisors and reviewers, publishers and authors themselves) involved throughout the process
• advice for authors on preparing and submitting articles
• the review process in detail
• how to get involved with your publisher

It is common for the presentation and workshop to be tailored to the audience (particularly if it is to take place at a conference) or reflect the subject coverage of a journal or range of journals if an editor is to give the presentation. The presentation will always include a question and answer session; they have occasionally (where the presenter has experience of journal editing) featured a clinic for a handful of one-on-one consultations with students or delegates. Emerald also supply a booklet - the "Author Workshop Resource" - for delegates to take away. This can also be customised to suit either audience or presenter and aims to back-up some points made in the presentation and broaden others.

I hope that this answers any immediate questions that has come up.
As always I will keep you informed of any change in detail or if more information becomes available.