Below you will find descriptions of the FREE workshops being offered by Viscape University. We are constantly adding more courses, so please check back often. Descriptions and dates are subject to change.

See a workshop you’d like to attend? Just RSVP to RSVP@viscape.com, and we’ll send you the call-in number the day before the meeting.

Travel Writing: Penning Your Way to a Career : Virtual Travel Writer Meet-up of the YEAR!

 

March 2^nd : 7:30 PM EST

 

Love to travel? Love writing? Are you thinking about starting a travel writing career?

 

BUT…don’t know where to begin (geographically and/or figuratively)?

 

Viscape University‘s next big (and free!) event on March 2, 2009 at 7:30 PM EST will bring together some of the top travel writers and bloggers to talk about their trials, tribulations, and successes in the travel writing and blogging industry!

 

Travel Writing: Penning Your Way to a Career (or, at least, a very adventurous new hobby!)

 

Don’t miss this must attend event for aspiring travel writers because it is going to be the largest and most informative virtual meet-up of travel writers ever!

 

Our expert panel of travel writers will cover topics like:

 

* How to Get Started – blogging and print

 

* Motivation: How to Get it and More Importantly, How to Keep it!

 

* The Ethics of the Pen (Yeah, that’s a Big One!)

 

* Make Yourself Stand Out in the Crowd (Tips, Tricks, and PR)

 

Expert panelists include:

 

            *Debbie Dubrow, creator of Delicious Baby, has two kids of her own and one goal: making traveling fun for the whole family. 

 

            *Claire Walter, award winning author, may live in Colorado, but she’s been jet-setting around the  world for years and sharing her insights on her blog, Travel Babel, since 2006. 

 

            *Shannon Lane (aka Cajun Mama), writer for Traveling Mamas, hails from Southern Louisiana.  She seems to have tried it all as a musician, freelance writer, and seemingly full-time traveler. 

 

            *Shawn Bradford of Olga the Traveling Bra helps you keep abreast of Olga’s latest adventures. After a mini-midlife crisis, Olga grabbed her good friend Shawn, and they have been globetrotting  and taking wild pictures ever since.

 

            *Beth Blair (aka Desert Mama), another Traveling Mama, has worked as a flight attendant, trading in her winged label for travel writing, but now — she only flies for pleasure! 

 

Get your questions answered live and in person (well, virtually) by someone who’s literally been there and done that!

 

Please send your RSVP to RSVP@viscape.com so we can save you a seat! Space is limited and registration is on a first-come, first serve basis.

 

Viscape. Who Else? Live It. Love It. Share It.

 

 

Coming Soon:

The Down Low: The Insider’s Guide To Short Term Vacation Rentals

 

It’s time to make some money, honey! Lining your wallet in this slowed economy is no easy feat.

 

Considering renting your home for Inauguration 2009? Have a property in Panama that you just don’t know what to do with? Viscape can help. Beginner to pro, Viscape’s free seminar The Down Low: The Insider’s Guide To Short Term Vacation Rentals has something for everyone no matter what your vacation rental background!

 

Learn important real estate tricks and tips to get your vacation home rented while keeping yourself protected!

Experts will be on hand to address issues like:

 

Legally Protecting the Property while turning an Investment

 

Get your Home Visibility Without Spending Needless Dollars

 

Maximizing your bottom line and Renting-out With Confidence

 

Co-hosted Viscape’s very own world traveler, the Founder and President of Viscape herself, Caroline Allison and FullyBookedRentals Founders, Emily and Alfred Glossbrenner, this is a must attend event!

Caroline Allison is a former real estate consultant and business developer will walk you through the paces, teaching you how to list and market your property like the pros! Other experienced renters will also present their stories, tips and anecdotes!

 

Alfred and Emily Glossbrenner are experienced vacation-rental owners and the authors of How to Make Your Vacation Property Work for You! They also own and operate FullyBookedRentals (http://www.fullybookedrentals.com), a membership Web site devoted to helping other vacation-rental owners advertise, rent, and manage their properties effectively and profitably.

 

Intro to Travel Writing
Date and time to be announcedDo you want to be a travel writer? Who doesn’t? Travel writers get to gallivant to the most exotic corners of the earth while getting paid to write about it!

 

 

Travel writing is an extremely competitive field. It takes more than packing a bag and hopping on a plane to land the big travel writing contracts. How do you convince editors that you have something unique to say about a big city like San Francisco or something important to say about a small beach town like Outer Banks, North Carolina? How do you break in when you’ve got no travel writing experience to your name?

 

Two travel editors, including a community manager who hires new travel writers, will be leading this workshop. By the end of our conversation, you’ll be prepared to write some travel stories that editors cannot refuse and maybe even land a travel writing gig. Aspiring and beginning travel writers of all backgrounds are encouraged to attend.

 

Travel Photography 101
Date and time to be announced

 

Do you wish you could snap gorgeous photos to remember your travels? The kind that look like they belong in a book or magazine? Photographs are a great way to share your travel adventures with family and friends.

 

Travel photography is tricky, though. You need more than a camera and a zoom lens to get the perfect shot. It takes skill to know when to turn off your flash. It takes practice to capture animals in motion! It takes technical finesse to resize your photos so they look good on your friends’ computer screens.

 

In this workshop, award-winning travel photographer Joe McDaniel will answer all your photography questions. By the end of our conversation, you’ll be prepared to take beautiful travel photos that you’re proud to share online. Aspiring and beginning photographers of all backgrounds are encouraged to attend.

 

Travel Attraction Review Writing
Date and time to be announced

 

From Harrison’s Cave in Barbados and Balboa Park in San Diego, travel editors always need attraction reviews for their websites, magazines and newspapers. Finding and writing about a destination’s hidden treasures is a great way to break into travel writing.

 

Participants in this workshop will learn to write thrilling attraction reviews. Viscape Communications Director Dorothy Carlow will share tips on finding cool attractions to cover, brainstorming, keeping your review focused, and getting-and holding-readers’ attention. By the end of the workshop, you’ll be ready to write attraction reviews that catch editors’ eyes and inspire travelers.

 

See a workshop you’d like to attend? Just RSVP to RSVP@viscape.com, and we’ll send you the call-in number the day before the meeting.