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Merel Elsinga

The Editing Essentials Test Tested: Unlock Your Editing Career

avril 5, 2022 by Merel Elsinga | 8 commentaires sur The Editing Essentials Test Tested: Unlock Your Editing Career

You have just embraced editing as your new career. You have some editing experience, just not the five years recommended to sign up for an Editors Canada certification test. How can you convince prospective clients or a potential employer that you do have editing skills? The certification steering committee has come up with a new […]

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Susan Chambers

Seven Common Survey Design Errors and How to Avoid Them

mars 29, 2022 by Susan Chambers | 4 commentaires sur Seven Common Survey Design Errors and How to Avoid Them

Not so many years ago, administering a survey to get feedback from stakeholders (e.g., clients, members) was a time-consuming and expensive venture. These days, conducting a survey study has become much simpler with the advent of web-based survey tools. But perhaps the process has become a bit too quick and easy. While it’s now easy […]

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Gael Spivak

Using Volunteer Work to Make Yourself More Marketable

mars 22, 2022 by Gael Spivak | 2 commentaires sur Using Volunteer Work to Make Yourself More Marketable

I didn’t volunteer with my editing association to get things out of it for myself. But over the years, I noticed that I was getting a lot out of it beyond feeling good about giving back to my community. This post summarizes what I learned so that you can use it to shape your own […]

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Lynne Melcombe

Ode to the ODE: Is a Listing in the Online Directory of Editors Worthwhile?

mars 15, 2022 by Lynne Melcombe | Un commentaire sur Ode to the ODE: Is a Listing in the Online Directory of Editors Worthwhile?

I’ve been a member of Editors Canada for, well, a minute or two. Over those minutes — okay, years — there have been times when I’ve had an Online Directory of Editors (ODE) listing and times when I haven’t. My rationale has varied. Sometimes I’ve had a listing because things were going well, and I […]

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Frances Peck

On Editing an Editor: Leslie Vermeer and Frances Peck in Conversation

mars 8, 2022 by Frances Peck | 6 commentaires sur On Editing an Editor: Leslie Vermeer and Frances Peck in Conversation

Editing a first-time novelist calls for a blend of sharp-eyed clarity, cheerleading and hand-holding. What if the novelist is also an editor? As part of a series of blog posts featuring conversations between author-editors and their editors, The Editors’ Weekly asked two editors to reflect on their experience of working together. Frances Peck is a […]

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Berna Ozunal

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 2

mars 1, 2022 by Berna Ozunal | 2 commentaires sur Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 2

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is the second in a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada standards committee. In Part 2, I’ll look at some of the ideas and issues that have […]

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S. Robin Larin

Ask an Award Winner: An Interview with Naomi Racz

février 22, 2022 by S. Robin Larin

This is the final post in a series of interviews that the Editors Canada student relations committee completed last year with Editors Canada award winners. This month, S. Robin Larin shares the committee’s interview with Naomi Racz (Cumberland, B.C.), who was the winner of the 2020 Claudette Upton Scholarship. (This interview has been lightly edited.) […]

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Aaron Dalton

What is Plain Language? Part 5: The Nitty-gritty

février 15, 2022 by Aaron Dalton | 3 commentaires sur What is Plain Language? Part 5: The Nitty-gritty

This is the fifth and last in a series of articles discussing the basic principles of plain language by Aaron Dalton. I offer two half-day workshops: the first is all about the why and then we look at some document-level issues like tone. This is the workshop that I am most passionate about and try to get […]

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Jasmine Peteran

Book Review: Networking for Freelance Editors

février 8, 2022 by Jasmine Peteran | 2 commentaires sur Book Review: Networking for Freelance Editors

For many of us out here in the freelance world, networking can feel like a chore. But Networking for Freelance Editors: Practical Strategies for Networking Success taught me two key things that turned a chore into a worthwhile challenge. For starters, activities I’m already doing willingly and regularly can become effective networking tactics with the […]

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Berna Ozunal

Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards: Part 1

février 1, 2022 by Berna Ozunal

Past, Present and Future — One Editor’s Perspective This is a three-part series about my thoughts and experiences as they pertain to Editors Canada’s Professional Editorial Standards (PES) and my ongoing work with the Editors Canada standards committee. In Part 1, I’ll give some historical context of PES and discuss my involvement with PES and […]

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