Étiquette : mentoring

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Ilana Reimer

Editing Young Writers

septembre 15, 2020 by Ilana Reimer | 2 commentaires sur Editing Young Writers

Sometime before I turned 10, my parents “published” my first story at Staples. When I held this spiral-bound, laminated book with my own words and illustrations inside, I felt like an author. Looking back on my progress as a writer, I see my journey dotted with people who believed in me. They pushed me to […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Mentors

octobre 8, 2019 by Rosemary Shipton | 8 commentaires sur Mentors

Throughout my career, I’ve been influenced by many mentors. When I was first hired right out of graduate school, Meredith, the experienced editor I was replacing, spent six weeks working alongside me introducing me to the principles, techniques and subtleties of editing both a scholarly journal and my first book manuscript. As we reorganized the […]

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Trish Morgan

Lifelong Learning for Mentors and Mentees

août 28, 2018 by Trish Morgan | 6 commentaires sur Lifelong Learning for Mentors and Mentees

Editors Canada launched the John Eerkes-Medrano Mentorship Program in the spring of 2017. For information about how you can become a mentor or a mentee, click here. Let’s begin with three playful suppositions. First, the best kinds of editing involve learning. Second, the best editors have learned from mentors. Third, the best mentors keep on learning. […]

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Anita Jenkins

Mentorship: Where the Learners Teach and the Teachers Learn

octobre 24, 2017 by Anita Jenkins | 3 commentaires sur Mentorship: Where the Learners Teach and the Teachers Learn

Having a mentor is often invaluable for workers in their early to middle careers. Courses, study groups, guest speakers and conferences all help them learn their trade. But one-on-one interaction with a wise and supportive mentor is an incredibly important component of the learning curve. Let’s not forget, though, how much an experienced professional can […]

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Rosemary Shipton

Mentoring

juin 7, 2016 by Rosemary Shipton | 5 commentaires sur Mentoring

What’s the best way to pass skills, experience and business smarts from one person to another? Mentoring tops the list. We humans have always known the value of one-on-one instruction: parents teach their trade or profession to their children, apprentices work for years with their masters and young hires look for an old hand in […]

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