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Welcome to the 21st annual American Copy Editors Society national conference March 23-25, 2017 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Wednesday
, March 22
Bayboro
9:00am •
Board Meeting
Grand Bay Foyer
3:00pm •
Registration
Red Mesa Cantina (Off-site)
7:00pm •
Editors for Diversity Happy Hour
The Tavern at Bayboro (Off-site)
5:00pm •
Copyediting Freelancer Happy Hour
Williams
9:00am •
Great Bosses Boot Camp - pre-registration + fee required
Thursday
, March 23
Boardwalk
11:15am •
Ask the leadership expert: Jill Geisler
Grand Bay Ballroom
8:30am •
Opening General Session: A look at the state of ACES and recognition of scholarship winners
Grand Bay Foyer
7:30am •
Registration
Grand Bay North
9:45am •
Leadership in the Workplace
11:30am •
Catch as Catch Can
2:15pm •
Copy Editing & Corpus Linguistics
3:30pm •
'Word by Word: The Secret Life of Dictionaries' Reading
Grand Bay South
12:30pm •
Networking Lunches
Harborview/Pier/Skyway
9:45am •
Beyond Editing: First and Last Steps When Working With Self-Publishers
11:30am •
What’s New at the Chicago Manual of Style
2:15pm •
The Future of Headlines? You'll Never Believe How People Reacted to Clickbait
3:30pm •
Getting Down to Business: Copy Editing for Corporate and Financial News
Poolside
6:00pm •
Opening Night Reception
St Petersburg Foyer
8:00am •
Vendor Trade Show
St. Petersburg I
9:45am •
Freelancing 101: Launching Your Editing Business
11:30am •
Freelance Editing: The Top 10 Things I Wish I'd Known
2:15pm •
Professional Etiquette: Navigate Networking Without Making Enemies
3:30pm •
Mastermind Group: A Copyeditor's Key to Career Growth
St. Petersburg II
5:00pm •
Education Fund Spelling Bee
St. Petersburg III
9:45am •
Is This Racist? How Editors Can Identify Hidden Bias in Language
11:30am •
Using Social Media to Earn Trust
2:15pm •
Words Matter: Covering Disabilities
3:30pm •
A Progressive Prescription: Epicene Pronouns and Style
Williams/Demens
9:45am •
Quick Fixes You May Have Forgotten About
11:30am •
Latest Research on Editing
2:15pm •
What's Taught In Editing Courses? And What Should Be
3:30pm •
Libel: Why Attribution Matters
Friday
, March 24
Bayboro
12:30pm •
Dow Jones News Fund alumni lunch
Grand Bay Ballroom
8:30am •
The Online Misinformation Ecosystem (general session)
7:00pm •
Banquet
Grand Bay Foyer
7:30am •
Registration
10:30am •
Networking Coffee Break Sponsored by McClatchy
4:00pm •
Silent Auction
6:00pm •
Reception
Grand Bay North
9:30am •
Our Changing language: When Does Wrong Become Right?
11:00am •
The Editor as Writer: Essential Tools and Strategies (With Music!)
2:00pm •
Ask the AP Stylebook
3:15pm •
Averting Burnout Constructively and Decisively
Harborview/Pier/Skyway
9:30am •
Women in Management
11:00am •
What Can News Editors Let Go?
2:00pm •
The Right of Self-Determination: Creating Inclusive Spaces for Transgender Folks in Journalism
3:15pm •
10 Mistakes Sports Writers Make and How to Fix Them
St Petersburg Foyer
8:00am •
Vendor Trade Show
St. Petersburg I
9:30am •
Freelancing 201: Beyond the Startup
11:00am •
Beyond the Basics: Creative Ways to Find and Retain Great Freelance Clients
2:00pm •
Copy Editing Medical Content: Do No Harm
3:15pm •
Editing Across Borders: Translation, Localization, and the Global Readership
St. Petersburg II
9:30am •
Computer-Assisted Copy Editing: Using Tansa’s Products for Clear, Concise and Consistent Content
2:00pm •
Faking Extroversion as an Introvert
St. Petersburg III
9:30am •
Don't get fooled: How to spot bad information and fake news
11:00am •
Truthful Copy in a Post-Trust Age
2:00pm •
Get in Front of the Line: Editing for Agencies
3:15pm •
“French toast” vs. “french fries”: The Wild West of Food Editing
TBA
12:30pm •
Lunch on Your Own
Williams/Demens
9:30am •
How to Edit Marketing Materials and Corporate Communications With Sense and Savvy
11:00am •
Copyediting Fiction for Traditional Publishers
2:00pm •
Bookmaking for Beginners: Getting Your Self-Publishing Client to a Finished Product
3:15pm •
Assessment Editing
Saturday
, March 25
Grand Bay Foyer
7:30am •
Registration
Harborview/Pier/Skyway
9:00am •
The Art of the Possible: The Dictionary as Authority of a Changing Language
10:15am •
Editors and Accessible Content: Captions, Alternate Text, and Accessibility Style Guides
1:30pm •
Government Contract Editing--Guidelines to Make It Work
2:45pm •
Small Staffs
St Petersburg Foyer
8:00am •
Vendor Trade Show
St. Petersburg Ballroom
4:00pm •
Lightning Presentations and Closing General Session
St. Petersburg I
9:00am •
Persuasive Pricing: A Strategic Approach to Your Freelance Rates
10:15am •
Streamline Your Business with Systems
1:30pm •
The Value of Narrative Stories in Corporate Communications
2:45pm •
Writing to Requirements: Helping Authors Tell Their Story
St. Petersburg II
9:00am •
How to Get Your Dream Job on the Web
10:15am •
Save Time and Your Sanity: Increase your Efficiency with Microsoft Word
1:30pm •
Webster's Unabridged of 1864: The Invention of the Modern Dictionary
2:45pm •
Quality Control in Corporate Communications
St. Petersburg III
9:00am •
Online Verification and Investigation
10:15am •
How to Fact-Check
1:30pm •
Cookbook Editing from Soup to Nuts
2:45pm •
How to Diagram Sentences -- and Why
TBA
11:45am •
Lunch on Your Own
The Canopy (Off-site)
7:00pm •
After-Party
Williams/Demens
9:00am •
Editing for Diverse Audiences
10:15am •
Google News Lab Research Tools
1:30pm •
Learning to Let Go: Combatting Perfectionism When Deadlines Loom
2:45pm •
Social Studies: Editing in a Post-print World
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Wednesday
, March 22
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, March 23
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, March 24
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, March 25
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Harborview/Pier/Skyway
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Red Mesa Cantina (Off-site)
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