If you are an editor thinking of moving up into supervision or management of other editors, or if you’re not an editor but you supervise editors, this one-day seminar is for you. Through sharing experiences, you will learn from the leader (an experienced editorial manager) and each other.
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Professional writing today must be concise, clear, and comprehensible — or it doesn’t get read. This means that writers must understand Plain Language principles and be able to apply them effectively.
This lively, hands-on workshop equips participants with the knowledge and skills they’ll need to write clearly for today’s fast-paced work environment. Each participant will receive a workbook full of explanations, exercises, and helpful references that is theirs to keep.
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We're so excited to announce our first Speaker Nights of 2023. We have three lined up for the coming months! On the third Wednesday of the month, we host a Speaker Night to hear from a wide variety of hosts and to discuss topics related to editing, publishing, and more. Speaker Nights are currently conducted …
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Join us on Wednesday, November 16th at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom for a holiday social with The Merry Dairy! Marlene Haley and Amelia Ryan have turned their experience making ice cream for Ottawa residents into a cookbook and will be speaking to us about the writing and editing that went into Great Scoops: Recipes from a Neighbourhood Ice Cream Shop. …
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You’re editing a wide variety of content from different clients—web pages, reports, speeches—and one of the writers misuses a word or phrase. You fix it and move on. Then you see the same mistake by another writer, from a different organization, in a different document. You start keeping track, and you see the word misuse over and over again. What is going on?
What you have here is a language meme.
We're beyond excited to announce that we will be having an in-person social this year to welcome back members and ring in the autumn season. There will be food and a cash bar, great conversation, and door prizes! Date: Saturday, September 24, 2022 Time: 1pm to 4pm EDT Location: The Bridge Public House (1 Donald …
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We're pleased to announce our Speaker Nights for this upcoming fall! On the third Wednesday of every month, we host a free Speaker Night to hear from a wide variety of hosts and to discuss topics related to editing, publishing, and more. Speaker Nights are currently conducted through Zoom and are free of charge. If …
At the February Ottawa-Gatineau Speaker Night, Wayne Jones talked about the publishing industry and how it has evolved over the years due to technology. He talked about traditional publishing and self-publishing, noting the editor’s role in each. In traditional publishing, editors work with the publisher. In the self-publishing world, editors work with the writer. Wayne …
Written by Tom Vradenberg. Edited by Stephanie Mason. Editing research grant proposals: it’s about as specific as it gets. Most editors, throughout their careers, specialize in subjects they gravitate to, with many pulled towards the more popular genres of scientific journals or poetry (amongst others). However, editing academic research grant proposals may be the niche …
Speeches present editors with special challenges. After all, speeches are meant to be spoken and heard. And that makes them different from documents written to be read silently on the page or screen. So, how can editors fine tune their skill set to add more value to the speechwriting process? Join us April 20 to find out …
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