Quick Course History

The Quick Courses started in 1988 with more than 700 people attending a series of one-day workshops designed for basic design training for newsrooms. While the basic concept of the travelling workshops was "borrowed" from the National Press Photographers Association, the Quick Courses simplified logistics and cut costs by finding colleges and universities to serve as the host for many of the stops.

The emphasis is on editors and small newspapers, so the traveling speakers cover the basics and make their presentations instructional. The speakers are picked because they had worked on smaller publications and are energetic and experienced.
To assure that the speakers base their presentations on national trends, not just examples of their own papers, we set up a national slide exchange, with more than 20 people donating examples for the presentations. Part of the Quick Course mission was to carry the SND flag to new cities and to expose more non-members to the basics of good newspaper design. We have met hundreds of journalists on the tour.
Here is a summary of all the Quick Courses held so far
(If we missed your name and year, please let us know.) As of December 2002, we have trained 9,857 people.

1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995
1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003
Year Location Dates Speakers Attendance
Quick Course '88 Lincroft, N.J. Mar. 12

Larry Nighswander
Steve Cvengros
Brian Steffens
Bill Ostendorf (Chair)
Sandy Schwartz
Andy Prendimano
Dierck Casselman
Rob Schorman
Richard Murphy
Gary Chapman
Deborah Withey
Kit King
Jeannie Grand
Dennis McCulley
Gwen Wong
Murray Koodish
Celeste Ericcson
Bill Castronuovo
Jeff Dionese

 613
Bowling, Green, Ky. Mar. 14
Ypsilanti, Mich. Mar. 15
Spokane, Wash. Mar. 17

Fullerton, Calif.

 Mar. 19
Quick Course '89 Norfolk, Va. Mar. 11 Susie Eaton Hopper
Deborah Withey
Mike Phillips
Bill Dunn
Bill Ostendorf (Chair)
Sam Hundley
Ray Gehman
John Rumbach
Fred Larson
Ted Jackson
Judy Jordon
Mare Earley		 425
Hattiesburg, Miss. Mar. 13
South Bend, Ind. Mar. 14
Phoenix, Ariz. Mar. 16
Reno, Nev. Mar. 18
Quick Course '90 Dallas, TX Mar. 31 Maureen Decker
Bob Lynn
Bill Dunn
Bill Ostendorf (Chair)
Karen Blessen
Dave LaBelle
Mary Ritz
Ken Marshall
Don Dickson
Larry May
Metzger & Marsters
Paul Kolsti

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San Diego, Calif. Apr. 2
Vancouver, BC, Canada Apr. 4
Minneapolis, Minn. Apr. 6
Portland, ME Apr. 7
Quick Course '91 Akron, OH Apr 11 Bill Dunn (Chair)
Neal Pattison
Therese Schechter
Wendy Govier
Patty Reksten		 454
Atlanta, Ga. April 13
Cedar Rapids, IA April 15
Colorado Springs, Colo. April 18
Portland, Ore. April 20
Quick Course '92 Milwakee, Wis. March 12 Bill Dunn (Chair)
Nanette Bisher
Neal Pattison
George Benge
Thea Breite		 567
Chapel Hill, N.C. March 14
Orlando, Fla. March 16
San Antonio, TX March 18
Riverside, Calif. March 21
Quick Course '93 Birmingham, Ala. April 15 Bill Dunn (Chair)
Neal Pattison
Bryan Monroe
Joe Scopin
Nanette Bisher		 545








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Syracuse, N.Y. April 17
Columbia, Mo. April 19
Salt Lake City, UT April 21
Calgary, Alberta, Canada April 22
Santa Rosa, Calif. April 24
Quick Course '94 Denver, Colo. April 2 Neil Chase (Chair)
Marla Camp
Herman Vega
David Miller
Dale Peskin
Stacy Sweat
Katherine Friedrich		 994
Hermosillo, Mexico April 5
Los Angeles, Calif. April 7
San Francisco, Calif. April 8
Seattle, Wash. April 9
Dayton, OH April 14
Boston, Mass. April 16
Minneapolis, Minn. April 18
New Orleans, La. April 20
Quick Course '95 Providence, Rhode Island March 16 Neil Chase (Chair)
Randy Cox
Joan Carlin
Martha Thierry
Jay Small
Rob King		 565
New York City, N.Y. March 18
Wichita, Kan. April 1
Reno, Nev. April 3
Alburquerque, NM April 5
Richmond, Va. April 20
York, Pa. April 22
East Lansing, Mich. April 23
Quick Course '96 Tallahassee April 18

Bryan Allison (Chair)

A great number of speakers traveled to each quick course site.

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Chapel Hill, April 20
Muncie, Ind. April 2
Saskatoon May 16
Las Vegas May 19
Dallas May 20
Quick Course '97 Pullman, Wash.

 April 5

Jim Preston (Chair)
Nanette Bisher
Randy Cox
Joan Carlin
Laura Varon Brown
Neil Chase
Neal Pattison
Ron Coddington
Jerold Council
Alan Jacobson
Deb Hodgson
Lucie Lacava
Bill Marsh
auri Treston
Larry Printz
Randy Stano

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Eugene, Ore. April 7
Austin, TX April 12
Evanston, Ill. April 14
Lexington Ky. April 30
San Juan, PR May 2-3
St. Petersburg, Fla. May 5
Baltimore June 7
Albany, N.Y. June 9
Quick Course '98 Halifax, Nova Scotia Feb. 7 A great number of speakers traveled to each quick course site. 1177
St. Petersburg, Fla. Feb. 22
East Lansing, Mich. Feb. 28
Provo, Utah Mar. 2
New Orleans, La. Mar. 9
New York, N.Y. Mar. 18
Murfessboro, Tenn. Mar. 28
Quick Course '99 NSC (NPPA) Baltimore, Md. Mar. 4 A great number of speakers traveled to each quick course site.

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CSPA/CMA, N.Y. Mar. 17
San Jose, Costa Rica Mar. 26-27
Savannah, Ga. Apr. 5
Florence, Ala.

Apr. 10
Rochester, N.Y. Apr. 12
Sacramento, Calif. Apr. 17
Muncie, Ind. Apr. 24
Milwaukee, Wis. May 8
Seattle, Wash. Jul. 8
Missoula, Mont. Jul. 31
Arlington, Texas Oct. 11
Evanston, Ill. Oct. 25
CMA/ACP Atlanta, Ga. Oct. 27
White Plains, N.Y. Oct. 30
Boston, Mass. Nov. 8
Quick Course '00 East Lansing, Mich. Feb. 26 Randy Stano
JFord Huffman
Steve Cavendish
Scott Goldman
Jackson Dykman
Matt Mansfield
Jim Preston
Joe Hutchison
Will Sutton
Grey Blackwell
Bonnie Jo Mount
George Benge
Victor Panichkul
Felecia Henderson
Keith Briscoe
Randy Cox
Joe Hanel
Monica Moses
Peter Pauly
Janet Reeves
Randall Roberts
Rodrigo Sanchez
Annette Vazquez
Christine McNeal
Matt Mansfield
Theresa Badovitch
Nuri Ducassi
William Dunn
Scott Horner
Jerry Lower
Sara Quinn



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Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Feb. 28
Buffalo, N.Y. Mar. 9
CMA/CSPA New York, N.Y. Mar. 15
Vermillion, S.D. Mar. 27
Reno, Nev. Apr. 15
Calgary, Alberta, Canada Apr. 29
Rockfold, Ill. May 6
Raleigh, N.C. Oct. 14
Denver, Colo. Oct. 16
Austin, Texas Oct. 23
Palm Springs, Calif. Oct. 30
Washington D.C. ACP/CMA Nov. 8
Quick Course '01

Ottawa, Canada

 Feb. 17 Ricardo Martínez
Christine McNeal
Jim Jennings
J. Ford Huffman
Rodrigo Sánchez
Randy Stano
Ana Lense-Larrauri
GW Babb
John Bodette
Sherman Williams
Meg Theno
Theresa Badovich
Gayle Grin
Bill Kuykendall
Nanette Bisher
Juan lopez
Ron johnson
Kristy quattlebaum
Therese Shechter
Robert DiNiro
Pegie Stark Adam
Denis Paquin
Tim Frank
Warren Watson
Dennis R. Floss
Dean DiMarzo
Christian Potter Drury Mark Vergari
Matt Mansfield, San Jose Mercury News
Christine McNeal
Charles Apple
Darryl Moen
Jane Hunt
Paul Nelson
Stacy Sweat
Stephen Lomax



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Coral Gables, Fla. Mar. 3

Hartford, Conn.

 Mar. 8
San José, Costa Rica Mar. 8-9
Wichita, Kan.
 April 6
Murfreesboro, Tenn. Apr. 20
Eugene, Ore.
 Apr. 21
St. Louis, Mo.

 Apr. 23
Portland, Maine May 5
Lafayette, La.
 Jun. 11
New Orleans, La. Oct. 25
Tuscaloosa, Ala. November 5 Nov. 5
Madison, Wis. Nov. 19
Tacoma, Wash. Dec. 3
Quick Course '02 San Jose, Calif., Jan. 19 Tim Frank
Maggie Cuesta
Nuri Ducassi
A. Enrique Valentine
Hilda M. Perez
Mike Stocker
Tom Peyton
Joel Weltman
Randy Stano
Christine McNeal
Jim Jennings
John Pluym
Greg Swanson
Denise Reagan
Eileen Kennedy
Greg Klee
Christine McNeal
Bill Pliske
Carl Neustaeder
Ian Somerville
Catherine Pike
Gayle Grin
Warren Watson
Steve Dorsey
Marla Camp
Dave Gray
Deborah Withey
Sherri Taylor
Matt Mansfield
Theresa Badovich
Randy Stano
Tracy Collins
Joe Worley
Billy Berkenbile
Ron Johnson
Dave Kordalski
Phill Spiker
Jennifer Palmer-Chancellor
Dave Carman
Bonita Clark
Martin Gee
Ched Whitney

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East Lansing, Mich. Feb. 23
Coral Gables, Fla. Mar. 2
Cherry Hill, N.J. Mar. 14
Lafayette, La. Apr. 2
Galena, Ill. Apr. 12
Norfolk, Va. Apr. 15
Las Vegas, Nev. Apr. 20
Nashua, N.H. Apr. 29
St. Paul, Minn. Aug. 24
Orlando, Fla. Oct. 31
Syracuse, N.Y. Nov. 18
San Diego, Calif. Dec. 6
Quick Course '03 San José, Calif. Mar. 7 Rosalynne Whitaker-Heck
Steve Dorsey
Kim Crow
Denis Finley
Tracy Collins
Scott Goldman
Eileen Kennedy
Denise Reagan
Tim Frank
Greg Klee
Christine McNeal
Bill Pliske
David Kordalksi
Bonita Burton
Matt Mansfield
Chris Kozlowski
Bill Pliske
John Garcia
Brian Cragin
Stacy Sweat
Bill Gaspard
Martin Gee
Eduardo Danilo
Lucie Lacava
Vicente León
Eddie Macías
José Merino
Kelly Frankeny 		373
Jersey City, N.J. Mar. 13
Hampton, Va. April 12
Nashua, N.H. Apr. 26
Cleveland, Ohio May 3
San Pedro Garza Garcia, N.L. Mexico May 17
Ventura, Calif. Oct. 11
Quick Course '04 Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Jan. 30 Josh Awtry
Jonathon Berlin
Margo Berman
Bonita Burton
Allan Bussell
Steve Cavendish
Tracy Collins
Patricia Cox
Chris Courtney
Steve Dorsey
Brad Ellis
Rick Epps
Tim Frank
Ed Gable
Jeff Goertzen
Scott Goldman
Gayle Grin
Mauricio Gutierrez
Tim Harrower
R. Scott Horner
David Kordalski
Eric Krieger
Ken Lyons
Matt Mansfield
M. McLain
Ellen Meany
David Michael Miller
Bryan Monroe
Robb Montgomery
Chris Nelson
Jeff Neuman
Kelli Newman
Keira Nothaft
Peter Ong
Bill Ostendorf
Sondra Andersson Pappan
Akili C. Ramsess
Denise Reagan
Andy Rohrback
Stephen Rountree
Christian Schwartz
Vince Sidwell
Harris Siegel
Greg Swanson
Stacy Sweat
Joanne Utley
Vicki VanHurley
Warren Watson
Paul Whelan
Don Wittekind
Dona Wong
Randy Yeip
Joe Zeff 		654
Honolulu, Hawaii Feb. 7
East Lansing, Mich. Feb. 20
Harrisburg, Pa. Feb. 23
San Jose, Calif. Mar. 5
Orlando, Fla. Mar. 5,
Omaha, Neb. Mar. 12
Gainesville, Fla. Mar. 27
Richmond, Va. Apr. 1
Richmond, Va. Apr. 2
Muncie, Ind. Apr. 15
Denver, Colo. Apr. 17
Middletown, N.Y. Apr. 24
Dallas, Texas 21-May
Tulsa, Okla. Oct. 18
Tempe, Ariz. Oct. 22
Hong Kong Aug. 2
San Jose, Calif. Sep. 30
Quick Course '05 Chapel Hill Jan. 28-29 Josh Awtry
Cassie Armstrong
Cody Bailey
Tim Ball
Jonathon Berlin
Margo Berman
Bonita Burton
John Campanelli
Tracy Collins
Tracy Cox
Len DeGroot
Steve Dorsey
Christoph Fuhrmans
Martin Gee
Lee Glynn
Jeff Goertzen
Guillermo Antonio Gomez Hill
John Grimwade
Brian Gross
Mauricio Gutierrez
R. Scott Horner
Joe Hutchinson
Kenny Irby
Alan Jacobson
Ron Johnson
Stephen Komives
David Kordalski
Leonm Lawrence III
Elio Leturia
Santiago Lyon
Matt Mansfield
Thomas McGuire
Ellen Meany
Janet Michaud
Andrea Smith Miller
Arnold Miller
David M. Miller
Edward Miller
Kenny Monteith
Robb Montgomery
Monica Moses
Suzette Moyer
Larry Nyland
Cory Powell
Randall Roberts
Rob Schneider
Chris Snider
Greg Swanson
John Telford
Diane Weiss
Kevin Wendt
Eric White
Michael Whitley
Jon Wile
Don Wittekind 		659
Tacoma 5-Mar
Dallas March 9-12
Muncie March 18-19
Los Angeles 19-Mar
Hartford, Conn. 7-Jun
Tempe April 1-2
Albuquerque 9-Apr
Orlando 16-Apr
Toronto 23-Apr
Dallas 7-May
New York 14-May
Puerto Vallarta May 16-18
Tucson June 3-4
Detroit 11-Jun
Houston Oct. 6
Chapel Hill Nov. 5
Quick Course '06
St. Petersburg Jan. 23-25 Pegie Stark Adam
Charles Apple
Michael Babin
Theresa Badovich
Jonathan Boho
Ron Brackett
Dudley Brooks
Mark Bullard
Tracy Collins
Chris Courtney
Susan Mango Curtis
Steve Dorsey
Nuri Ducassi
Mark Edelson
Julie Elman
Tim Frank
Bill Gaspard
Jeff Goertzen
Scott Goldman
Paul Gonzales
Gayle Grin
Bill Gugliotta
Kevin Hand
Hiram Henriquez
R. Scott Horner
Sam Hundley
Joe Hutchinson
Kenneth Irby
Alan Jacobson
Ron Johnson
John Kascht
Lori Kelley
Stephanie Grace Lim
Anne Lindberg
Jim McBee
Christine McNeal
Ellen Meany
Chris Morris
Suzette Moyer
Guillermo Munro
Craig Pittman
Sara Quinn
Denise Reagan
Jamila Robinson
Michael Rocha
George Rorick
Rob Schneider
Matt Waite
Paul Wallen Jr.
Bill Waugh
Michael Whitley
Don Wittekind
Randy Wright
Joe Zeff
 361
Chapel Hill Jan. 27-28
Muncie Feb. 3-4
Palm Beach April 8
Ventura April 22
Cleveland May 6
Salt Lake City May 20
Baltimore June 3
Oklahoma City June 17
Chicago June 25-28
Orlando Aug. 31
Spokane Sept. 30-Oct. 1