Publishing In Japan with Baye McNeil & Ayanna Coleman

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Event Description

With the new year comes new or renewed goals! There’s no better time to start on your business or fine-tune your project than at the beginning year when you’re refreshed and have revived focus and perspective.

Brought to you by Legacy Foundation Japan and Raymond Lim, Director of Rayann Capital, we invite you to invest in your success in January and join us in learning the fundamentals of legal and financial literacy along with exploring successful business models that could be just what you need to start your next project.

LFJ members who attend will have an added bonus opportunity after the event to schedule a free 1-hour business consultation with Raymond either face-to-face or through a virtual meeting. Members in Japan and abroad are encouraged to sign up!

Attendees will gain:

• Insight into how to start a business in Japan with real-world examples
• Information focused on how to best monetize their skills and the basics of business ideation
• Blueprint Canvas worksheets and direction to help you map out your ideas and identify the value you or your product adds to the market

Please Note:

• For this event, it is a reservation, online purchase only

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Event Description

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This two-part event will give you a taste of both self-publishing and traditional publishing.

Part I – Baye McNeil will explain how he self-published in Japan and how he got Japanese companies to partner with him to do audiobooks for his current two books: “Loco in Yokohama” and “Hi, I am Loco and I am Racist”.

Part II – Ayanna Coleman will then explain the inner workings of the publishing world for attendees who are interested in going the traditional publication route, including acquiring an agent, navigating different types of publishers, and generally how to stand out and get people interested in your work.

Your Speakers

Baye McNeil is an author, columnist, lecturer, and activist, born and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He’s the author of two critically acclaimed books on life as a non-Japanese person of African descent living in Japan. He is also a published columnist in two different languages, The Japan Times in English and Tokyokeizai in Japanese. In his columns, Baye profiles people of color, as well as shares his own reflections on living in Japan while Black, and current events.

Along with his writing, Baye also lectures and conducts workshops on the Black experience in Japan, race issues, reducing presumptions, and diversity & inclusiveness in Japan at universities, companies, and organizations throughout Japan. Baye has appeared numerous times on BBC and has been profiled in international publications including The New York Times.  He has written op-eds for several outlets including The Washington Post. Currently, Baye resides with his wife in Tokyo.

Ayanna Coleman is a business efficiency and marketing consultant with an educational background in marketing and English literature. She has worked in the publishing industry within publishing houses, literary agencies, as a book reviewer, and many years as a children’s librarian. She also earned a Master of Science degree in Library and Information Science at the University of Illinois, one of the programs in the United States.

Ayanna has spoken at conferences in front of hundreds, crafted panels and programming for myriad audiences, and connected with organizations and individuals within the education, consumer and professional services, media, nonprofit, and financial industry groups. Through it all, she found her passion in supporting entrepreneurs and growth-stage organizations to elevate their voices and find the tools and systems that work for them so that they can make their dreams and missions a reality. Ayanna resides in Tokyo with her husband and foster dog.

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During this event, we will be taking every precaution to reduce the risk of COVID-19. Guests will be asked to check their temperatures and wear a mask upon entry. We will also provide hand sanitizer. If you have a temperature or cough during the days leading up to or on the day of the event, we ask that you do not attend. Thank you for your cooperation.

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