Workshops
We offer proven—and popular—workshops for workplace writers and editorial professionals. Our specialties include plain language, clear business writing, and editing at all levels.
We can deliver any of our workshops virtually or in person, and we can customize them for your organization or deliver them off-the-shelf.
If you don’t see the type or length of workshop you’re looking for, please ask. We’re always developing new workshops to meet our clients’ needs.
Coaching
We can assess individual workplace writers’ strengths and weaknesses and deliver one-on-one coaching to your organization’s team.
Trainers
Our four experienced trainers—Lucy Kenward, Lana Okerlund, Rowena Rae, and Ruth Wilson—have served a variety of clients, including:
- Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
- BC Financial Services Authority
- BC Liquor Distribution Branch
- BC Pension Corporation
- BCIT Student Association
- Buy Social Canada
- Canada Industrial Relations Board
- Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division
- Desjardins Financial
- Editors BC and other branches
- First Nations Fisheries Council
- Fisheries and Oceans Canada
- Foundation of Administrative Justice
- Halton Region
- IC Axon
- Insurance Corporation of BC
- Labour Program (Government of Canada)
- Langara College
- Legislative Assembly of BC
- lululemon
- MNP LLP
- Osgoode Hall Law School—Journal of Law and Social Policy
- Rise Women’s Legal Centre
- Simon Fraser University
- UBC Sauder School of Business—Ch’nook Indigenous Business Education
- West Coast LEAF
Workshops for Workplace Writers
- Plain Language at Work: Tips for Clear Writing
- Writing with Respect
- Finding the Right Tone
- Writing Effective Briefing Notes
- Writing Effective Emails
- “Is This Readable?” How to Make Sure Readers Can Use the Documents You Write
- Principles of Copy Editing for Workplace Writers
- Principles of Proofreading for Workplace Writers
Workshops for Editorial Professionals
- Introduction to Editing
- Structural Editing
- Principles of Copy Editing
- Practical Proofreading
- The Art of the Query
- Style Sheets with Substance
- Editing Cake and Proofreading Compote: A Recipe for Successful Cookbook Editing
- Starting a Freelance Editing Business
- Do the Work You Want (and Earn More Doing It): A Guided Strategic Retreat for Editors