The changing face of writing conferences
By Melissa HartIn the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, event staff face a difficult decision: Cancel and hope for better luck next year or move online. Luckily for writers around the country, more and more conferences are choosing the latter. Here’s how conference directors are successfully adapting live events into virtual ones.
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