Erik Stevens
Partner/Consultant, Phaff & Partners B.V.

Erik Stevens is social psychologist by training (University of Amsterdam, 1983). He started his career as freelance journalist for several special interest magazines. In 1985 he started working as management consultant and trainer. Projects were in the field of quality control, organizational improvement, and management/leadership. Since 1989 he has been focused on the publishing and printing industry, working on strategic, commercial and organizational matters for publishers of newspapers, magazines and professional information. Besides consultant and interim manager, he is also active as researcher, mainly in projects commissioned by public and/or private bodies. The most recent research project was commissioned by the Netherlands Press Fund, a governmental advisory board. The project ‘Internet 2.0 & business models for publishers’ is the basis for his contribution to the TOC conference 2008.

Sessions

11:35am Monday, 02/11/2008

What’s Their Secret? Key Elements for Successful Web Publishing Formats

Digital Strategy, General Broadway North

Erik Stevens (Phaff & Partners B.V.), Antoine van den Berg (Next Level Consult)

Dutch sites reveal ingredients for viable business models of internet publishing. Our research has led to a diagnostic model that publishers can use to review their online publishing activities. Read more.