Episode 29

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Published on:

10th Sep 2019

Organizing an editorial conference

Denise and Louise talk to Beth Hamer, a professional proofreader and the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading's conference director. Beth chats about how to organize a successful editorial conference.

Listen to find out more about:

  • Responding to feedback
  • Refining the delegate experience 
  • Benefits of attending the annual SfEP conference
  • Choosing a venue
  • Choosing speakers 
  • Programming sessions

Mentioned in the show:

  • Beth Hamer Freelance Proofreader: http://beth-hamer.co.uk/
  • Society for Editors and Proofreaders: https://www.sfep.org.uk
  • SfEP annual conference: https://www.sfep.org.uk/networking/conferences/
  • SfEP 2019 speaker: Chris Brookmyre – crime/thriller author, speaker: https://www.brookmyre.co.uk/
  • SfEP 2019 speaker: Rob Drummond – linguist, writer, lecturer: https://www.robdrummond.co.uk/
  • SfEP 2019 speaker: David Crystal – linguist, writer, editor, lecturer and broadcaster: http://www.davidcrystal.com/

Denise and Louise

Music credit

‘Vivacity’ Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

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