by Lisa Orchard | Jun 17, 2022 | cities, editing, planners, technical writing, training, urban planning, writing
Here’s one example. Take this paragraph: This report provides an update on staff’s engagement with the Province to date, as directed by Council, on the Province’s multi-year process to redevelop Ontario Place and recommends entering into a “Province...
by Lisa Orchard | Jan 14, 2022 | cities, planners, technical writing, urban planning
One of the best things about publishing Persuasive Writing for Planners has been getting a chance to meet so many interesting planners who are doing all kinds of inspiring things! I’m going to profile all of them in my textbook for planners over the next year and I...
by Lisa Orchard | Dec 30, 2021 | technical writing
Guilty! I know I haven’t connected as much as I should. Many of you are probably thinking the same about your own blogs and social media posts. At least I hope I’m not alone in this! As a sole proprietor, it’s hard to keep up when you’re busy with the “real...
by Lisa Orchard | Apr 22, 2021 | instructions, technical writing
When I was a kid, I wondered how the instructions got on the cereal box. We had Quaker Oats every day, and the instructions and ingredients were in both English and French. Here I am a few decades later, and I still read the instructions. It’s in part because...
by Lisa Orchard | Nov 21, 2020 | cities, planners, technical writing
It’s just over one year since I left the comfy confines of the public sector and launched Scribe TW. Truth be told, it wasn’t that comfy, but it was confining. Much as I valued the work of my colleagues in government, and was truly blown away by the intelligence and...
by Lisa Orchard | Jan 4, 2020 | technical writing
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