Why You Should Attend the Yale Publishing Course

The publishing industry is changing at an unprecedented rate and it is increasingly difficult to keep up with emerging advances in technology and new business models.  It is, therefore, more crucial than ever for managers to step away from their daily routines and reflect on the challenges facing them in a technology-driven world.  The Yale Publishing Course provides this opportunity and you will emerge energized, inspired, and equipped with new skills to lead your organization more effectively.

Special features of the Yale Publishing Course:

  • It is a course, not a conference
  • It is specifically geared to middle and senior level professionals
  • It is international in scope
  • It offers a unique curriculum that:

- focuses on forward-looking approaches to publishing as a global enterprise

- provides in-depth information on the latest advances in technology

- confronts key issues in editorial content, design and production, marketing, sales, and distribution, and business and management

- encourages participants to think outside their own areas of expertise

  • Its outstanding speakers, carefully selected for their expertise, teaching skills, and demonstrated performance as innovators, include leading publishing executives and industry experts as well as distinguished faculty from the Yale School of Management
  •  Limited to only 80 participants, its collegial and informal atmosphere:

- combines fact-filled lectures with smaller, group discussions

- encourages the active participation of all attendee

- offers one–on–one counseling sessions with the speakers

- allows ample time for networking at receptions, breaks, & meals

  • It takes place in a beautiful, state-of-the-art facility on the Yale campus and taps the  resources of  the Yale University Press and the Yale University Library

Click here to see what some of our speakers as well as what Tina Weiner, the director of the Yale Publishing Course had to say about the programs.

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Richard B. Stolley, Senior Editorial Adviser, Time Inc.
Richard B. Stolley, Senior Editorial Adviser, Time Inc.
Anyone who wants rewarding success in publishing, print or digital, will benefit enormously from the Yale Publishing Course. Its dedicated speakers lead stimulating classes on a broad spectrum of relevant subjects.
Dorothy Kalins, Director, Dorothy Kalins Ink, and Founding Editor of Metropolita
Dorothy Kalins, Director, Dorothy Kalins Ink, and Founding Editor of Metropolitan Home and Saveur
Chaos in the publishing world means fresh opportunity for people smart enough to sign up for the Yale Publishing Course. They’ll learn as much from their fellow students as they will from the stellar faculty.
Joseph Galarneau, Chief Operating Officer of Newsweek and General Manager, Newsw
Joseph Galarneau, Chief Operating Officer and Digital General Manager, The Newsweek/Daily Beast Company
Digital disruption is the publishing industry has created the demand for a new type of professional,someone who is equally comfortable with bits and bytes as with ink and paper. Technology and the marketplace are moving too quickly to rely on on-the-job-training alone. YPC provides a unique environment in which mid-career managers can learn from leaders in the industry, as well as from peers from around the world. It provides an intensive mini-MBA in publishing that is unequaled anywhere else.
Peter A. Kreisky - Senior Advisor, Time Inc.
Peter A. Kreisky - Senior Advisor, Time Inc.
The program provides next generation industry leaders with the knowledge, insights, and tools they need to succeed.
Richard N. Foster, Ph.D. - Senior Faculty Fellow, Yale School of Management
Richard N. Foster, Ph.D. - Senior Faculty Fellow, Yale School of Management
The publishing industry - in all its parts - is in the eye of a historic storm. If you want to understand the forces shaping this storm, and if you want to capitalize on the unique opportunities it presents and avoid its risks, there is no better place for you to spend a week than the Yale Publishing Course. This Course has the potential to change your life's direction.
Martin Levin - Former CEO, Times Mirror Book Co.
Martin Levin - Former CEO, Times Mirror Book Co.
The intensive course started at breakfast and continued through the evening hours with frequent breaks allowing for networking. The program provided a major download of crucial publishing information. The participants came to Yale as strangers and went home as colleagues.
Robert Baensch, President, Baensch International Group
The combination of an intensive, structured program present by an outstanding faculty of experts along with the diversity of the participants makes the Yale Publishing Course a unique learning experience that provides information and skills that can be immediately applied on the job.