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Transform Your Business by Talking to Your Clients

Written by Erica Machulak and copy edited by Mahima Bhagwat

This blog post is a teaser for the author’s workshop session at the 2024 Editors Canada Conference. Register online to attend “Face Time: Transform Your Business by Talking to Your Clients” and join us as we test drive the ideas below with practical exercises and discussion.

If you hope to grow your business, raise your rates, and discover new services that you might offer, my best advice is that you meet with every new client before you agree to work with them. This initial conversation sets the tone for your future work together and gives you valuable information before you commit to the project. When clients get to know you, they are more likely to hire you again, refer their friends, and come to you when they need something different from what you have already provided.

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Editors BC Student Networking Event

What: Student networking event for Editors BC student affiliate members

When: Saturday, May 11, 2024, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm PDT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free

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You’re invited to a 90-minute online networking event on Saturday, May 11, to meet other student affiliates, share your knowledge and successes, and learn from your peers.

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Editors BC General Meeting: New Guest Speaker and Presentation Topic

When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

Food and travel writing: A journalist’s story

Don Genova’s editing experience has ranged from being severely edited (his first-ever story for the Toronto Star) to editing student writing in his Food and Travel Writing course at UBC. Along the way, he’s trained new journalists in supervisory roles and judged many writing competitions for various food and travel writing organizations. 

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Being an Indigenous Writer: Expectations, Realities, and Opportunities

When: Wednesday, April 17, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT

Where: Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

While Jenn Ashton has always been a writer, only for the past decade has she considered herself an Indigenous writer, a label borne of perspective and opportunity and shaped by perception and expectation. While being an Indigenous writer felt stifling at first, Jenn has discovered the extraordinary benefits of Two-Eyed Seeing (one eye seeing two perspectives, Western and Indigenous). She will share the realities and opportunities available to Indigenous writers everywhere.

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Volunteer Spotlight: Michelle Hardy 

Editors BC is proud to spotlight our February volunteer, Michelle Hardy. Michelle volunteers as a Blue Pencil editor. In this interview, Justin Chevrier, Editors BC’s volunteer coordinator, asks Michelle about her proudest editing moment, her favourite punctuation mark, and more.

Michelle smiling, wearing a black shirt.
Michelle Hardy 

What or who makes you laugh out loud?

Moira Rose from Schitt’s Creek. I love her confidence and style, her syntax and vocabulary.

What is your guilty pleasure?

Cookies. 

What is your dream vacation destination? Why?

Italy. I look forward to exploring Italian food, art, architecture, and coastline and listening to the language. 

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Editors BC General Meeting: Learn More About the 2024 Editors Canada Conference in Vancouver

When: Wednesday, March 20, 2024, 7:30–8:30 pm PDT

Where: ​​Online through Zoom

Cost: Free for Editors Canada members, $10 for non-members, $5 for student non-members

This month, you’re invited to a sneak preview of the upcoming 2024 Editors Canada conference (Vancouver, June 21 to 23). In this informal meeting, local conference organizers will share ideas and updates about an exciting range of conference activities. Members giving presentations or workshops may also share brief overviews, hinting at the range of topics and depth of discussion this conference will cover. 

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Registration Open: Editors Canada Conference 2024 

We’re pleased to announce that Editors Canada Conference 2024 will take place from June 21 to 23. The conference will be held at the Harbour Centre campus of Simon Fraser University, and the theme is Present Progressive: Passion, Precision, and Purpose.

How to attend

Registration for the conference is now open, and early bird prices are available until April 25—which is just around the corner. See below for pricing, or visit the conference website for registration, accommodation, and more details. You can also download the PheedLoop app to stay on top of conference updates.

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AI, Tech, and Editing: A Pragmatic Toolbox

When: Saturday, March 2 (9:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT) and Saturday, March 9, 2024, (9:00 am to 12:00 pm PDT)

Where: Online via Zoom

The sudden proliferation of AI text tools in 2023 has upended many industries in a very short span, creating in equal parts fear, confusion, and excitement for the future. 

This webinar aims to empower editors with a raft of AI tools to enhance their workflows today. It sets aside ethical debates about the technology and instead takes a pragmatic and clear-eyed look at useful tech and the direction in which the market is moving in the short term. 

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