Jeff Goertzen, graphics editor for The Denver Post, has served on the SND board for 11 years. Currently, he is director for Region 5 and chair of the Information Graphics Quick Course.
Since creating an SND informational graphics training program in 1998, Jeff has organized dozens of three-day graphics workshops in the United States and worldwide. He has conducted first-time SND workshops in countries such as Colombia, Costa Rica, Brazil, Panama and China.
Jeff worked from 1990 to 1998 as a graphics consultant in more than 40 countries and on more than 100 newspapers, including El Mundo of Madrid, Spain; El Periodical de Catalunya in Barcelona; USAToday; LeMonde; Clarin; El Comercio; New Straits Times; and O Globo.
His projects have won dozens of awards, including Golds, from SND and Malofiej. He also has worked on redesign projects with Mario Garcia and Roger Black. Jeff has been part of the visiting faculty for the Poynter Institute of Media Studies since 1989.
He has worked extensively with IFRA and SIP, and was a keynote speaker for the World Association of Newspapers in Seoul, South Korea. Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English, Jeff has judged the annual SND Best of Newspaper Design™ competition as well as the Malofiej awards in Pamplona, Spain. He has spoken frequently at the SND Annual Workshop and will speak at SND Buenos Aires.
He is married to Simone, a native of Brazil, and has three children: Drew (13) Yasmin (10) and Gabriel (9). See more at http://www.jeffgoertzen2010.org.
I have served on the SND board of directors for 11 years conducting informational graphics and illustration workshops. Through these years, I've developed a passion and commitment for SND that few people in our Society have. My extensive international experience with my consulting and workshops, especially in Latin America, has allowed me to develop a cultural bond with the people I work with. And finally, I have a love for visual communication in all capacities. It's the combination of all this that gives me the insight necessary to take SND in a new direction, both nationally and globally.
There are five things that must be done:
Join! Because we are going to make SND a more enticing Society and try to give it back to its members. We are going to work hard to make SND a better source of learning in new areas of visual communication. Most of all, we're going to give you the chance to participate in SND and be part of the team.
First of all, I have an outreach program that is proven effective at raising money. I tested this program at The Denver Post and we made $6,000 for our department in one afternoon. I presented it to the SND board in our spring Board Meeting and we discussed the possibilities of trying it with SND. Two board members have already said they would try it at their newspapers.
We also need to increase memberships by reaching out to other media forums. The next annual competition we will include magazines and hopefully increase our entries for the competition. The broader we make our Society, the more people will get involved and become members, and participate in our workshops and competitions. These are the best vehicles we have for generating revenues.
This is an unprecedented election for SND. Please vote, and vote for who you think is truly the best candidate.