Welcome to tabpi.org, the website for Trade, Association and Business Publications International Call for Entries: 2010 Tabbie Awards are here! The 2010 Tabbies Call for Entries has been released, allowing all b2b editors, publishers and art directors the opportunity to have their best work judged by their peers. The Tabbies, the editorial and design awards program run by Trade, Association and Business Publications International (TABPI), is again partnering with New Zealand's Magazine Publishers Association (MPA); Australia's Society of Editors NSW; South Africa's Magazine Publisher's Association of South Africa (MPASA), TABPI South Africa and the Southern African Freelancers Association (SAFREA); and the U.S.-based American Society of Business Publication Editors (ASBPE). The Tabbies international b2b magazine competition encompasses 20 categories, and is open to English-language business-to-business publications around the world that are published at least quarterly, as well as b2b online-only publications. Unlike some more restrictive programs, publications are not required to maintain membership in any particular organizations in order to be considered for the Tabbies. Categories in the Tabbies' editorial division include: Best Single Issue, Department, Editor's Column, Feature Article, Focus/Profile Article, How-To Article, News Coverage, Regular Column, Single News Article, Special Section, and Technical Article. Categories in the design division include: Feature Design, Front Cover, Digital Imagery; Front Cover, Illustration; Front Cover, Photograph; Front Cover, Special Issue; Opening Page or Spread; and Table of Contents. The online division recognizes the most interactive, informative b2b websites as well as online-only features. The Gold Sponsors for the 2010 Tabbies are Proximity Marketing and Foster Printing Service.The Silver Sponsor for the 2010 Tabbies is Business Strategies Group Asia. The deadline for entries to be postmarked is March 3, 2010. For complete details, please click here.     Designers, show off your skills in the 2010 Design Challenge! Its time for the third TABPI Design Challenge contest, open to all b2b art directors and designers. Do you have the talent to compete with the world's best b2b designers? The Challenge is meant to reward graphic creativity in the b2b industry, as well as serve as an educational exercise for other artists. The overall winner of the Design Challenge will receive U.S. $250, and have his/her solution highlighted here on the TABPI website. Other selected entries will also appear on the website, to illustrate the range of ideas.There is no cost to enter. To participate, please see the complete details here. The deadline for submitting Design Challenge solutions is Friday, February 12th, 2010.     Next TABPI Twitterfest is Feb. 18-19 Are you high on Twitter and social media? Or are you still skeptical about its usefulness and place in your industry? Well, we’re using Twitter in an exciting new way, and you can be a part of it. The second TABPI Twitterfest will be held over two days, on February 18 and 19, 2010. What is TABPI Twitterfest? It’s similar to an open chatroom, where b2b editors across the globe can talk about issues and ask questions. We’ll be focusing on one primary topic for this TABPI Twitterfest: How do you manage the separation of church and state (editorial and sales) in new media? Do you treat online content as having the same rules? What about webinars? How about for in-person roundtables or conferences? Are the rules the same, or is there more leeway off the printed page? If you feel pressure from the sales side, how do you counter it? You can participate in several ways: 1. Join Twitter (www.twitter.com) and post Tweets on February 18-19. These 140-character messages must contain #tabpi in order to be a part of Tweetfest, and other editors around the world will see your Tweets. 2. Point your browser here, to www.tabpi.org, where we’ll have a widget with the live feed from Twitterfest. You can also go to http://search.twitter.com/search?q=%23tabpi and watch what other editors worldwide are talking about. 3. After watching online what others are saying, you can also join in on the conversation at any time. While we’re encouraging editors to talk about the main topic, you’re free to discuss other b2b topics that might come up. All editors are encouraged to start Tweeting with #tabpi in the Tweet starting on Thursday morning the 18th when they arrive at work. The first TABPI Twitterfest was held October 20-21, 2009. We focused on two areas: ideas to help your publication through the current economic downturn and how to best serve your readers with a mix of online and print content. There were more than 170 Tweets with #tabpi in the feed over the 48-hour period. Please right-click here to download a web archive of the discussion. The main goal of TABPI Twitterfest is aimed at starting dialogue and exchanging ideas between editors in far-flung geographic areas. But a very important secondary goal is to give b2b editors an opportunity to try out Twitter in a friendly, non-threatening environment—to see how it works and to determine if there is anything that might translate to their publication’s industry. As journalists, we should be willing to step outside our comfort zones and see what the readers of tomorrow are doing.     First Editorial Challenge winner is Alison Hall After the success of the first two TABPI Design Challenges, we are excited to announce the winner of the first TABPI Editorial Challenge. Alison Hall, Senior Writer for Sudbury, Mass.-based Corporate Meetings & Incentives magazine, took home the prize money with the quality and tone of her writing, and her detail work. The winner and honorable mentions were selected based on writing style, creativity, how well they drew the reader in, and whether they solve the problem, as presented. Our panel of editorial judges consisted of: Ginger Conlon, Editor-in-Chief, 1to1 Media John Dix, Editor in Chief, Network World Pauline Herbst, former Editor, Wares New Zealand Travis Stanton, Editor, EXHIBITOR Magazine We asked all of our judges for both positive feedback and constructive criticism of all the winners, so as to make this a learning experience for everyone. For complete details on the challenge, including the four Honorable Mentions, please click here.     2009 Young Leader Scholarship winners are both Aussies CLEVELAND — Two Melbourne-area editors are the first-ever Australian winners of the TABPI Young Leaders Scholarship. The YLS, created to increase interest in the b2b publishing world with younger editors who are advancing in their editorial careers is in its fourth year. The 2009 scholarships are to attend the ASBPE Editorial Conference, scheduled for July 15-17, 2009 in Washington, D.C., USA. The 2009 TABPI YLS awards were granted to the following editors: Peter Davies is editor of Architectural Product News and acting editor of Houses for Melbourne-based magazine publisher Architecture Media. Peter has a passion for design publishing and judicious punctuation. Following experience in educational book publishing, Peter joined Architecture Media. He has qualifications in journalism, arts management, and publishing and editing, and is currently completing studies in communications law. Matty Soccio is deputy editor of Marketing magazine, but also contributes and help to edit www.marketingmag.com.au, with blog postings, news updates and the e-newsletter. After gaining an honors degree in English literature at Latrobe University in Melbourne, Australia, Matty began work as a sub-editor and staff journalist for a number of Australian recreational vehicle and travel magazine titles. He then received a certificate in Editing and Sub-editing at the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology and continued to freelance for a variety of local and national publications. Matty writes a regular column in Desktop magazine, and features for Welcome to and CRYSTAL magazines. He's active on Facebook and Twitter, and also maintains a sports writing and journalism blog: Take the Ride, Bubba.     CSN's Rodrigues is 2009 Design Challenge winner TABPI has wrapped up its second Design Challenge contest, with the winning nomination submitted by Convenience Store News' Art Director, Ana Paula Rodrigues. The Challenge was open to all b2b art directors and designers. The Challenge is meant to reward graphic creativity in the b2b industry, as well as serve as an educational exercise for other artists. Rodrigues will receive U.S. $250 for her winning submission. For all the details on this year's challenge, including Honorable Mentions and judging comments, please click here.     TABPI funds new b2b professionals group in South Africa JOHANNESBURG — TABPI is funding the creation of a new b2b media professionals group in South Africa, which will serve as the organisation’s first chapter outside of the United States. TABPI South Africa will operate independently out of a base in Johannesburg and is being set up by joint co-ordinators, Louise Marsland of Bizcommunity.com and Natalia Thomson of Now Media. Paul Heney, TABPI President, explains, “One of the main long-range goals of TABPI has been to foster groups that promote b2b journalistic integrity in different countries. This new organisation that Natalia and Louise are spearheading will be a great new resource for the growing b2b industry in South Africa and throughout the continent. Both of them care deeply about the b2b industry and are hoping to give something back.” The role of the TABPI South Africa will be: To raise the professionalism of b2b editors in South Africa. To facilitate relevant training opportunities. To provide a networking platform for b2b editors in South Africa. To provide pertinent research for the b2b industry. To raise the profile of the b2b media sector in South Africa. To liaise with current industry and regulatory online and publication structures for the greater good of the industry. For more details, click here.