Introduction Michael McCarty

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2 Introduction Michael McCarty The Principal in the law firm Brickfield BurchetteRitts & Stone, P.C., in Washington, D.C., and has served as AMT s general legal and legislative counsel since 1991.

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4 Publications and Electronic Media Committee (PEMC)

5 State society publications, including state websites and other forms of electronic media, are provided to accomplish the following purposes: To communicate up to date information to members of the state society that pertains to the state and the national organization in regards to the certifying agency and all allied health professions certified by AMT.

6 To provide information about state society events and meetings (membership, board and scientific). To provide a means of disseminating continuing education, legislative activity, and other information and opportunities for the society members. To inform the public about the disciplines certified by AMT, information regarding the organization and all who are trained in these professions.

7 To responsibly and ethically represent their national and state organization through proper use of all marketing materials, including logos, and proper citations of written work and photography.

8 Grammar software available Committee to recheck your work Publication could be removed from website until corrected Microsoft Word spell check

9 #1 #2 #3 White Smoke (Score 9.53) $79.99 Grammarly (Score 9.38) $ Writer s Workbench Score (9.28) $120.00

10 This is the AMT Brand Image When people see it they know right away it is AMT however If you change colors, stretch it or deface or change it in any way- It no longer represents our Brand Image!

11 Review Form Section I Editor: AMT PUBLICATIONS REVIEW President: Issue #1 Issue #2 Issue #3 Publication Name: State: Category: JOURNAL / NEWSLETTER RECEIVED BY DEADLINE? Y/N WEBSITE UPDATED? Y/N

12 REQUIRED ELEMENTS Volume/Issue/Date AMT Logo State Officers List Publications info Disclaimer President's message District Councillor's Message Editor's message State News National News Meeting Dates-state Meeting Dates-national #pages-total (enter # of pages)

13 OPTIONAL ELEMENTS Y=1 point N=0 points #Scientific Articles (# x 2) # Management Articles (# x 2) # Legislative Articles (# x 2) # Student Articles (# x 1) Delegate Reports (# x 1) Ad rates (Y/N) Photos (# x 1)

14 PRESENTATI ON & LAYOUT TOTAL POINT COMMENTS: Use of Graphics Use of Pictures Screen Tints Borders Design Elements Page Layout Editing Grammar Spelling General appearance Score 1-5

15 Step 1 Name of State Society Editor and State Step2 Scores for both publications Eligible for Honor Roll Step 3 Met deadlines Add both scores and divide by two

16 State Publication publication complete complete If applicable have website Update website information with publication for AMT Website and Chairperson publications receives will be reviewed blast by Chairperson Prepare website Website changes updates Request Request blast from AMT for all your state Blast members Biannual review sent to State President, Publication State and Editor, website District reviewed and Executive Councillor Notify AMT with state Notify request AMT blast should also Write be sent to publication notification Chair for and members District Councillors Review sent to State Awards Editor, announced Sate President, Yearly Executive and District Councillor

17 Access AMT website Click Editor s Manual Log In 2015 Editor s Manual Click on Manuals Click Be Involved Click State Leader s Resource

18 New Editor s Manual Effective January 1, 2015 Editor s and State President s are responsible for knowing, understanding and applying policies from the manual. Questions should be directed to the PEMC (Publications and Electronic Media Chair)

19 Bi-Annual Deadline Changes for your Publications

20 22.5% First Issue 22.5% Second Issue 45%

21 Must now be updated bi-annually, at the time your newsletter is published. Keep in mind this is where your members go for information so keep it current with all your state meetings and other current events You should have information on the national convention using the flier that is given by the National Office You will be deducted points for not having a current, updated web page.

22 Also known as Blasts Send the content of the message and include the link to the posted newsletter/journal Who should receive the ? Your state membership, AMT Board of Directors, AMT Council, State Editors, Publications Committee

23 Contact the Corporate Office at Attach the Newsletter or Journal Janet Rosenberg Requests PDF best to keep all formatting how you want it to be We have received Publisher and Word files which can be saved to PDF, but risk losing some of your formatting.

24 File size Less than 5MB is best When saving as PDF, look for option save minimum size for publishing online Larger files have to be loaded through the backdoor by the IT Director, resulting in time delays

25 PAGE ORDER Pages should be in order for reading This may be different from the setup for printing

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