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Seminar: Managing Editorial Teams with Carolyn Brown – April 26, In-Person

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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Seminar: Effective Plain Language Writing with Moira White – June 1, In-Person

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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Speaker Nights: January, February and March 2023

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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5 word misuse memes to watch for

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.

Working for an Author Services Company

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 …

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March Speaker Night: Editing Academic Research Grant Proposals with Letitia Henville

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 …

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April Speaker Night: The Final Touch: Editing a Speech with Wendy Cherwinski

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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