Project Management Archives - Editors Canada Webinars

Panel: Running an Editorial Agency

Presenter: Erin Brenner, Crystal Watanabe, Aalap Trivedi and Janet MacMillan

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Business Skills , Project Management

Level: Introductory

Note: This session will take place during the Editors Canada Virtual Training Day and will be available at a discounted rate as part of the Training Day package. Visit the Training Day webpage for the full schedule and package rate. Have you ever considered starting your own editing agency? Would you like to work with an editing agency […]

Research-Backed Strategies for Setting and Achieving Goals

Presenter: Suzy Bills

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Project Management , Self Care

Level: Introductory

If you’re like most people, you’ve heard a lot about how to create and achieve goals—but you still struggle with the process. In this session, you’ll learn proven strategies for setting and achieving goals. You’ll also learn what practices to avoid and how to overcome the obstacles that can sabotage your goals. Presenter Suzy […]

Harness the Power of Neurodiversity to Maximize Your Potential as an Editor

Presenter: Rhonda Kronyk

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Diversity and Inclusion , Freelancing , Project Management , Self Care

Level: Introductory

For many neurodiverse editors, meeting deadlines, keeping up with administrative work and maintaining focus are well-known barriers to doing their jobs more effectively. But editors with ADHD often haven’t been taught that they also gain strengths, such as a propensity toward empathy, an ability to hyperfocus and creative problem-solving skills that they can use to […]

Working with Other Editors: What, Why and How

Presenter: Letitia Henville and Katherine Morton

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Topics: Business Skills , Core Editing Skills , Project Management

Level: Introductory

Tags: business skills, freelancing

In this webinar, Letitia and Katherine will present several ways editors can work together with an anti-hustle approach for mutual benefit. In the first half of the webinar, Letitia will discuss networking, volunteering and community-building, describing how editors can build their income by building their reputation among colleagues as well as potential clients. She will […]

Introduction to Project Management and Time Tracking for Freelancers

Presenter: Cath Ennis

Language: English

Number of sessions: 1

Topics: Business Skills , Freelancing , Project Management

Level: Introductory

This webinar will introduce some basic project management principles that will help freelancer editors to develop more accurate timeline estimates for their projects, track their progress on current projects, and manage multiple simultaneous projects. The session will also suggest some methods for tracking and visualizing time and earnings that will help attendees to collect meaningful data to proactively develop their freelance business.