Ten things you may not know about af elca staff convo april 2012 pptx

10 things you might not know about Augsburg Fortress…

Beth Lewis, President & CEOAugsburg Fortress

April 2012

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1. Augsburg Fortress is streamlined & now focuses on publishing for 2 primary communities:

Congregations & Higher Education

2. For congregations, we focus on two areas of excellence

Creating superb group-use resources for

• faith formation• worship

3. We create faith formation resources that are intentionally

Lutheran

4. And, faith formation resources that are intentionally ecumenical

5. We offer lots of free samples so you can try out our resources in your congregation or other ministry

settings!

Try out free samples on YouTube! www.youtube.com/user/Augsburgfortresswww.youtube.com/user/wearesparkhouse

And other free samples on our websites! www.augsburgfortress.org www.wearesparkhouse.org

6. We are the #1 denominational publisher in terms of delivery of digital content for

congregations!

re:form a la carte

7. We offer a wide range of worship & music resources

FREE

8. We offer free resources to support your ministry…

www.thehardestquestion.org

Free downloadable Little Red Book

www.augsburgfortress.org/redbook

FREE!

www.youtube.com/user/augsburgfortress www.youtube.com/user/wearesparkhouse

Free instructional webinars & videos

FREE!

Free samples, monthly hosted webinars & other support to ELCA Resource Centers

Augsburg Fortress focuses on publishing for 2 primary communities

Congregations & Higher Education

• Textbooks• Secondary texts

• Monographs re: bible, theology, etc.

• Commentaries • Dictionaries • Primary works

9. Fortress Press Publications

Fortress Press is the #1 denominational publisher in digital book delivery.

Fortress Press eBooks:•Google Editions = 1500+•Amazon Kindle = 1230+  •B&N Nook = 900+•Apple = 100+•and growing!

10. We’re always looking for fresh new talent for

AF, FP & sparkhouse• For information about freelance

writing & other creative work:www.augsburgfortress.org/submit

• For information about student internships:

• www.augsburgfortress.org/careers

Why don’t I know about this cool stuff from AF, FP & sparkhouse?

• Sign up for free eNewsletters www.augsburgfortress.org/enewsletter

• Follow AF & sparkhouse on social media siteswww.augsburgfortress.org/social.jsp

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if we may assist you!Beth Lewis

beth.lewis@augsburgfortress.orghttp://twitter.com/bethalewis

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