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Douglas Publications, LLC (www.douglaspublications.com) creates newsletters, training tools (videos, books, software and conferences), "trade" magazines and ezines, marketing database directories, web sites, audio conferences, web search engines and other information for "business to business" (B2B) communications. These B2B publications and events are not written or designed for the average consumer. Our publications contain information vital to our audience so they can run their companies and maintain their professional educational designations. They use the information we provide to improve their professional competency and earn continuing education credits.
Revenues are generated from subscriptions, training tools purchases, conferences, advertising and/or data with ancillary income from the rental of mailing lists, reprints, and other projects. We constantly reinvent ourselves to better serve our clients and readers. We are always looking for new opportunities.
Alan Douglas established the company in 1985. The company has grown through both acquisition and the creation of new publications and events. The most recent acquisition was Briefings Publishing Group from Wicks Business Information, LLC in 2005. Our headquarters is located in Richmond , Virginia and we have an office in Alexandria , Virginia . We operate with employees in a number of states. The five company divisions are: Newsletters, Magazines, Database Directories, Training Tools and Business Development. We have really wonderful folks working very hard to do a great job. Our corporate mission is to produce high quality, high value information, make a profit and have fun doing it.
 ALAN M. DOUGLAS, President and Chairman of the Board, founded the company in 1985. Served on the Board of Directors, founding Chairman of the Small Publishers Committee, Chaired Publishing Services Committees and Chaired Ethics and Admissions Committee for American Business Media. Co-founder and Chairman of the board of the Integrated Media Consortium, a national purchasing cooperative composed of independent media companies. Former columnist for Folio: magazine and speaker at numerous media association conferences. In 2005 named one of Folio: Magazines “Folio Forty” top business media executives and cited as one of the “Top 100 Executives” by B2B Magazine.” Member of the District of Columbia and Florida Bars. Douglas has a Bachelor of Business Administration and Juris Doctor from the George Washington University and a Masters of Law from the University of Miami. He taught business courses at the University of North Carolina- Greensboro, N.C.A. & T. State University and University of Miami. |
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2000 Folio:40 lists the fastest growing companies in the magazine
industry, as measured by aggregate growth from 1997 to 1999. According
to the magazine, the companies on this list "represent some of the
real trendsetters in magazine media."
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Blue Chip Enterprise Initiative program is sponsored by MassMutual,
Nation's Business magazine and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. The
program allows business owners to tell their stories of risk and
challenges and the ways they overcame these challenges to find great
success.
Two Douglas Publications, LLC newsletters won in the 2005 Newsletter & Electronic Publishers Foundation Journalism Awards competition.
First Place, Best Instructional Reporting: American Speaker. Aram Bakshian Jr., editor, won the David Swit Award for providing a continuous, comprehensive speaking guide, offering presentation advice to business executives. The material in the publication is solid, helpful and entertaining, covering such topics as preparing a speech, overcoming pre-speech jitters, using body language to your best advantage, avoiding technical problems, tactful use of humor, handling questions and answers, and ending the speech with a bang. Each issue also contains Bakshian�s analysis of a different speech.
Honorable Mention, Best Instructional Reporting: Manager�s Edge. Barbara Baker Clark, editor, won for publication of a series of articles to help its readers, mostly middle managers across a wide range of industries, deal with change. The articles were written to instruct managers on how to help employees overcome their fear of change.
The International Association for Continuing Education and Training (www.iacet.org) is a non-profit association dedicated to quality continuing education and training programs. IACET authorizes education providers that meet strict continuing education guidelines created in 1968. IACET certification is the standard learners seek for quality. IACET's Criteria and Guidelines are the core of thousands of educational programs worldwide. |
