Magazine Training International Inc

Programs: Conferences and courses: mti continued preparations for two courses to be offered january, 2016, in kerala, india. Translation began on one of two manuals to be translated into malayalam, the local language of kerala. Translation on the manual to be used with the business course was nearly completed. Revision of the english version of the manual to be used with the magazine editing course was completed. Mti began to locate trainers for the course and to make arrangements for a hotel in which to hold the conference.

resource materials: mti distributed training manuals and dvd courses to christian publishing staff around the world. In addition to physical copies, 26 editions of the manuals in a variety of languages are available for free download from the web site.

online training: mti offered eight free ebooks and nine online training videos for web-based viewing. By the end of the year some 233 people had downloaded ebooks 426 times and taken advantage of video training 124 times. Half of those who took advantage of these resources live in asia. About a third are in eastern europe, about a quarter are from africa, and most of the rest are from latin america and the middle east. Mti also offered five free webinars and made plans for six more for 2015. The webinars were viewed online by 124 people from 30 countries.

personal consulting: each month, the mti president and staff handled emails and social networking contacts from an average of 70 to 80 christian publishing staff in the third world asking for information, advice, or simply making friendly contact. Other mti staff handled emails from many more people asking for information on resources, conferences, or other training opportunities. Many of these contacts resulted in an exchange for five or six or more emails.

web site: our extensive web site has hundreds of pages of free downloadable resources for publishers and dozens of pages listing resources, courses, and conferences available to christian publishers from a variety of secular and christian sources. There is also a continually updated directory of christian magazines around the world. Last year, the web site averaged a weekly unique viewer rate of 300 from 170 countries over the year. Work began on a new improved web site to better serve christian publishers by making resources more readily available.