Category: Training & Professional Development
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The members of The Quad are speaking and teaching around Canada and the USA! Here’s where you’ll find us talking about editorly things: Conferences Nov 10–11, International Conference of Advanced Editorial Professionals in Toronto, Canada — Amy Schneider, Erin Brenner, & Adrienne Montgomerie (Erin and Adrienne are presenting.) Formal Teaching We’ll also be teaching these…
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As much as editing is a profession, there is so much variety in our work that “editing” is almost a collection of professions. Much like practicing “medicine” could mean a whole variety of vastly different things. An editor can be defined by these variables: The result is a literal million specific types of editing. While…
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My first job after college was with a company that developed training for pharmaceutical sales reps, and it taught me a lot about trademarked drug names. In the materials we created, we had to make sure the drug name was handled correctly every time it appeared—that is, with any unique registered marks and trademarks, capitalization, hyphenation, or…
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Professional conferences are whirlwinds of catching up with colleagues, making new connections, being introduced to new concepts, exchanging ideas, and getting inspiration. By the end of the last day, you’re loaded down with business cards and session notes and bubbling with enthusiasm. But then you’re home and facing the mountain of laundry and refilling the…
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Editors need access to a wide range of knowledge. The Copyeditors’ Knowledge Base can help with that.
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Learn from the Quad! Check out our upcoming speaking and teaching engagements in spring and summer 2026.
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The Quad will be well represented at several editing conferences this fall. Erin Brenner will present From Gut Feelings to Profit Growth: The Data Every Editor Needs to Track at ACES VCON. Erin will also be presenting The Freelance Editor’s Guide to Low-Stress, Authentic Selling at the Editorial Freelancers Association virtual conference. Lori Paximadis will…