Traffic. Economy. Time. Budget cuts. Schedule. Workload. It can be tough these days to attend a continuing education conference - especially if it's out of town! Good news - we're all in the same boat. You're not floating out there alone.

Your BCA officers met recently and considered some great ideas to help our members with this issue. While we're still in the early planning stages, potential solutions include offering mini-workshops on location in various states as well as webinars hosted by fellow members and well-known speakers on hot topics. As we nail down the details of this future option for BCA, we welcome your thoughts and topic suggestions. Please send them to Brenda Rick Smith at brenda.smith@kybaptist.org.

In the meantime, however, here are a few sites offering helpful webinars now:

1. PRINT Magazine has several interesting topics:
   • Creative Freelancer: Controlling the Money Conversation with Clients
   • Fonts that Click: The Present and Future of Using Type on the Web
   • From Print to Web: Translating Your Skills to News Media and Markets
   • 5 Ways to Use Social Marketing to Build Your Business
2. Poynter Online covers topics for writers:
   • Building a Twitter Strategy for Your News Organization
   • Video News Editing: The Remixer Game
   • Reporting Global Issues Locally
3. Lynda.com is another online tool for program and software training at your seat:
   • Lynda.com
   • Lynda.com Blog