Unlike many holidays that may have worldwide religious significance or are based on an ancient heritage, these two are uniquely American days of remembrance. We set aside time each year to remember those who have died to keep our country safe and free.
It’s an honor to recount their deeds and sacrifices.
But without discounting the efforts of those fine men and women, the days leading up to those holidays could serve as a time for other victories (smaller victories, I’ll grant you, but victories nonetheless).
Why not use the days leading up to Memorial Day to form an alliance with champion project managers to make you a lean, mean, fighting machine through your projects?
Why not seize the days between Memorial Day and Independence Day to gain freedom from the verbose jargon and common errors that have crept into your communication?
Fighting the good fight
Sure, you’d like to beat back the enemies of disorganization and win the war against improper grammar and usage, but how? There are two key methods: assistance and training. ProEdit can help you with both.
Assistance is easy, whatever it is you need. Our in-house team excels in making your projects be the best they can be. Our services include:
- Editing
- Technical writing
- Marcom writing
- Proposal writing
- Instructional design
- Project management
- Graphic design
- Proofreading
- Web content writing
If you prefer to have on-site workers under your direct management, our staffing service can help you put the right people on your team. ProEdit is the largest and most experienced staffing firm in the writing and editing industry. Whether you are looking for a temporary contract worker or a permanent hire, we have more than 50,000 qualified candidates in our stable of trained professionals.
As for training, keep your eyes glued to this blog as our staff shares wisdom gained from years of experience to bring you helpful hints and practical tidbits, whether you’re a professional editor or not. We’ll be sure to cover frequent grammatical errors and various ways to improve your copy, as well as guidelines for everything from instructional design to technical writing.
Another less obvious way of retraining your editorial eye is simply to pay attention to the tracked changes in the documents you receive from your editors. Just watching the types of errors that are being corrected and what kind of word choices are being tweaked can help you create far better drafts for the next project. Just think of it as an independent study (even if you don’t get the course credit).
Celebrate your independence
Prior to leaving the office for your multiple family reunions and cookouts during the upcoming holidays, make a mental note to celebrate your freedom of speech that our forebearers fought so hard to preserve by making your spoken and written communication as good and as correct as it can possible be.
When you’re ready to make that step, just let us know. We’ll have your back.
Written by: Sean Taylor, ProEdit
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