About the Program
Why your member magazine should participate
Participants of this program have overwhelmingly given their consultants top marks, judging that their time and money was well spent and that the consultation and coach made a significant positive impact on their magazine.
Consultations
Multi-Month Consultations
MagsBC has received funding from CPF for a few subsidized consultations between member magazines and Katahdin Media Management to mid-March 2025. Each consultation consists of 6 hour-long sessions, though at this point (December 2024), the magazine may discuss having fewer sessions with Katahdin.
Katahdin will be offering the first session for free in order that members can decide whether this firm is a good fit and can assist their team with its goals.
To arrange an initial session, please contact John Wilpers and Peter Medwid of Katahdin Media Management directly, cc’ing Sylvia Skene, identifying yourself as a MagsBC member.
If the member magazine would like to have a full consultation with additional sessions with the Katahdin team, the member must apply to MagsBC. If accepted, the member will be invoiced $400 toward the cost of the full consultation, which is used to leverage funding for this program to pay the remaining costs.
A small magazine may pay $200, and, if fewer sessions are booked with Katahdin, the $400/$200 fee will be prorated.
Applications are first come, first served.
1/2 Day Consultations
MagsBC has also received funding to offer 3-3 1/2 hour consultations to mid-March 2025 on a specific issue or initiative between an expert and member magazine staff.
Members pay a $150 contribution towards the cost ($75 for a very small magazine), fill out a pre-consultation survey, have a short chat beforehand and a consultation with the expert, and receive a 1-2 page summary of recommendations.
To apply, please fill out this form and submit to Sylvia Skene, Executive Director, MagsBC. As consultations are “first come, first served,” we suggest you apply as soon as possible to take advantage of this program.
Note: members can suggest an expert, but we may choose to assign a coach we feel is a better fit, or who has more knowledge and experience. See below for some of our highly rated experts.
Bakau Consulting
Inclusive Content Strategies | Radical Content Creation | Anti-Racist Editorial Practices | Diverse Audience Engagement
Carley Hodgkinson
Branding | Art Direction | Dynamic + Expressive Design | Typography | Visual Design Auditing
Sarah Hoyles
Podcasting | Writing for Broadcast Media | Journalism | Content Development | Social Media
Anita Li
Audience Engagement | Community-Driven Journalism | Media Ethics | Media Business Models and Sustainability | Journalism Innovation | Audience Development (SEO, Social, etc.)
Lisa Manfield
Online Publishing | Audience Engagement | Digital Marketing | Search Optimization | Reader-Generated Content | Working With Bloggers
Patrick Sauriol
Digital Marketing | Copywriting & Online Content Strategy | Website Redesign | SEO | Search Engine Marketing | Paid Ads | Social Media
Carli Van Stolk
Search Engine Optimization | Digital and Content Marketing Strategy | Social Media | Blog and Website Content