Activities of EFA's Wash DC chapter will be posted here. For additional information, contact Mark Pavlick, chapter coordinator, at chap_washdc AT the-efa.org. You must be an EFA member to join an EFA chapter. Chapter events are open to all members, guests of members, and freelancers interested in joining EFA. See also: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/DC-EFA/
Activities of EFA's WashDC chapter will be posted here. For additional information, contact Mark Pavlick, chapter coordinator, at chap_washdc AT the-efa.org. You must be an EFA member to join an EFA chapter. Chapter events are open to all members, guests of members, and freelancers interested in joining EFA.
Next Meeting
Freelance Success Using Social Media
Monday, October 11, 2010 (6:00 pm)
Freelance Success Using Social Media: Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and More
Brenda Stoltz, a B2B technology marketing consultant and social media instructor at Northern Virginia Community College, will speak on the many advantages that the use of social media can give freelance writers, editors, and journalists. Ms. Stoltz will speak on Monday, Oct. 11 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Large Meeting Room of the West End Public Library in Washington. There will be a period for questions and discussion with Ms. Stoltz.
Location information: http://www.dclibrary.org/westend
Directions: http://maps.google.com/maps?q=1101+24th+St.+N.W.+Washington%2C+DC+20037
This lecture is free and open to the public. No reservations are required.
For more information please contact Mark Pavlick at mvp1@igc.org.
Previous Meetings
"Organize Your Office and Finances"
Monday, March 22, 2010
Join DC Editorial Freelancers for this presentation by Susan Kousek, a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Balanced Spaces, who will talk about two topics of importance to solopreneurs (self-employed individuals without employees):
1. Setting up and organizing a home office
-- How to avoid many of the mistakes solopreneurs make when setting up a home office (including workspace and furniture recommendations)
-- How to set up a filing system for your projects
2. The financial aspects of running a freelance business
-- Setting up a filing system for your financial records and important business documents (e.g., federal registration, business license, contracts, etc.)
-- Invoicing
-- Tracking your income and expenses for taxes and management purposes.
This talk will take place in the LARGE Meeting Room at the DC West End Public Library beginning at 6 pm on Monday March 22nd. Admission is free, no RSVP required. The nearest Metro stop is Foggy Bottom.
http://dcpl.dc.gov/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1266&q=565827
Susan Kousek
Balanced Spaces, LLC
Reston, VA
www.balancedspaces.com
skousek@balancedspaces.com
Certified Professional Organizer
Certified GO System Trainer
Getting a Grip on Word Files
Monday, February 22, 2010
Desktop publishing expert Bevi Chagnon takes some of the core concepts of her "508 + Word + PDF" class and condenses them into this short seminar on how you can work smarter and faster with Word's built-in tools:
-- Are your Word documents uploaded to the Web?
-- Are they provided to government agencies that require 508-accessible files?
-- Are your Word documents passed along to desktop publishers who import them
into InDesign, QuarkXPress, and other layout programs?
-- Are exported to Acrobat PDF files that must be 508-accessible?
-- Are they stored in content management system (CMS)?
If you answered "yes" or "maybe" to any of these questions, then this class is for you. It is specifically designed for writers, editors, authors, subject matter experts (SMEs), and others who create MS Word documents destined for the web, content management systems, or desktop publishing.
You'll get 2 hours of step-by-step instructions and tips on how to create "well-formed" Word files, faster and easier. Many of these tips will also help you format and edit your documents faster, too.
If you have a laptop, bring it to the seminar and work right along with
Bevi's demonstrations. Handouts will be provided for you to take home.
Bevi is half designer, half geek, and 100 percent teacher. She's a prolific
writer on design, web, desktop publishing, 508 accessibility, technology, and digital media. Look for her work in your class (your custom workbooks), as well as online in various forums, tech lists, and websites.
http://pubcom.com/associates/instructors.html#bevi
This DC-EFA meeting will be held in the LARGE Conference Room of the West End Public Library from 6-8 pm on Monday, Feb. 22nd. The nearest Metro is Foggy Bottom.
Admission free, no RSVP needed.
http://dcpl.dc.gov/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1266&q=565827
Getting a Grip on Word Files
Monday, January 11, 2010
Desktop publishing expert Bevi Chagnon takes some of the core concepts of her "508 + Word + PDF" class and condenses them into this short seminar on how you can work smarter and faster with Word's built-in tools:
-- Are your Word documents uploaded to the Web?
-- Are they provided to government agencies that require 508-accessible files?
-- Are your Word documents passed along to desktop publishers who import them
into InDesign, QuarkXPress, and other layout programs?
-- Are exported to Acrobat PDF files that must be 508-accessible?
-- Are they stored in content management system (CMS)?
If you answered "yes" or "maybe" to any of these questions, then this class is for you. It is specifically designed for writers, editors, authors, subject matter experts (SMEs), and others who create MS Word documents destined for the web, content management systems, or desktop publishing.
You'll get 2 hours of step-by-step instructions and tips on how to create
"well-formed" Word files, faster and easier. Many of these tips will also help you format and edit your documents faster, too.
If you have a laptop, bring it to the seminar and work right along with
Bevi's demonstrations. Handouts will be provided for you to take home.
Bevi is half designer, half geek, and 100 percent teacher. She's a prolific
writer on design, web, desktop publishing, 508 accessibility, technology, and digital media. Look for her work in your class (your custom workbooks), as well as online in various forums, tech lists, and websites.
http://pubcom.com/associates/instructors.html#bevi
This DC-EFA meeting will be held in the Small Conference Room of the West End Public Library from 6-8 pm on Monday, Jan 11th. The nearest Metro is Foggy Bottom.
Admission free, no RSVP needed.
http://dcpl.dc.gov/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1266&q=565827
Government Contract Work: Takes Stamina to Win but Worth the Payoff
Monday, November 9, 2009
Government Contract Work: Takes Stamina to Win but Worth the Payoff
Shirley Sirota Rosenberg reports she had no choice. In the third grade, a teacher pleased with a story Shirley wrote, remarked, "I suppose you want to be a journalist when you grow up." And, she reports, "I was marked for life, never working at anything else."
Her first job was with a local weekly newspaper; the next: a move into freelance work for both the private and public sectors that eventually included the post of Washington Editor for Parent's Magazine..
More than years ago Shirley established SSR Incorporated, a writing and editing business. For much of that time, she was also an Adjunct Professor at GWU, teaching the capstone course in the Publications Specialist Program.
http://ssrinc.com/home.html
Ms. Rosenberg will speak on Monday Nov. 9th in the Small Conference Room of the West End Public Library from 6-8 pm. The nearest Metro stop is Foggy Bottom.
http://dcpl.dc.gov/dcpl/cwp/view.asp?a=1266&q=565827
Succeeding in Today's Freelance World
Monday, October 19, 2009
Ms. Barbara Hart, an editor in the D.C. area for over thirty
years, will speak to us on
"Succeeding in Today's Freelance World" on
Monday, October 19th from 6-8 pm in the Small Conference Room of the West End Public Library.
Some of the topics Ms. Hart will cover, as well as her contact
information, are below:
* Editing versus proofreading tasks
* Realistic hourly rates (how to figure your annual income needs)
* Contracts and independent contractor tax issues
* Washington requirements that are different from other locales
* Plethora of styles based on Chicago and how to conform to style of
each client
* Quality standards (or lack thereof)
* Ever-decreasing, ever-tightening time to provide editorial and
proofreading quality
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Barbara B. Hart, Pres. & Editorial Director
Publications Professionals LLC
3702 Oak Hill Way
Fairfax, VA 22030-1608
phone: 703.934.4499
fax: 703.591.7389
e-mail: BHart@...
web: www.pubspros.com (redesigned site pending)
Tax Issues of Independent Writers and Editors
Monday, September 21, 2009
Mr. Leonard B. Trester, CPA, Senior Tax Manager for MillerMusmar Accounting Services in Reston, will speak to us on Monday, September 21st, 6-8 pm, in the Small Conference Room of the West End Public Library in DC. Nearest Metro is Foggy Bottom.
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