Are you a developmental editor, or interested in developmental editing? Join us for an informal chat about this fun and fascinating variety of editing.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors. 

If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host.

Topic: Developmental Editing Happy Hour

Time: Aug 18, 2026 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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This coffee chat centers people who work as editors and are living with disability and/or chronic illness. It is open to everyone. The idea was partly inspired by an active peer group currently hosted by the Society of Authors.

Group agreements that will be open for discussion at the start of the chat:

* Disclosure (of illness/disability/etc.) is welcome. Disclosure is not required.

* There are no requirements. We participate (or not) in the ways that work for us.

* We take care of ourselves. Stretch, eat, drink, take a break, etc.

* We can’t be articulate all the time. We give each other the benefit of the doubt and ask questions.

* We keep confidentiality: Learning goes, stories stay.

Topics for the online chat this Monday are currently open. If you have a conversation topic you would like to host (for this meeting or at a different day/time), please contact me! I also have a list of topics to bring to the meeting in case they are needed.

Topic: Editing With Disability/Chronic Illness

Time: Aug 17, 2026 02:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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This month’s Member Meeting workshop leader is Rosilynn Yoon, a digital marketing freelancer, entrepreneur, and new business coach. After a corporate career in startups and advertising agencies, she took the leap into entrepreneurship—and never looked back. Since then, she’s built a successful marketing agency while discovering her true passion: helping others build their dream business, and life. Her most recent venture is launching the Nine to Five to Freelance Academy, where she helps aspiring entrepreneurs start and grow a sustainable service-based business.

More details coming soon!

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will be recorded.

Topic: July Member Meeting with Rosilynn Yoon
Time: Jul 13, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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 Join an informal discussion on the benefits of using wildcards in your editing practice. This session is designed for newer wildcard users but experienced users are welcome to join us. Bring your questions and favorite tips. We’ll share a few short demos and facilitate a group conversation about time-saving wildcards available in Word.

Recommended reading: Chapters 1-2 in Brave New Word, a free downloadable resource from PerfectIt, or another basic wildcard overview. (You will be added to PerfectIt’s newsletter, but can easily unsubscribe. You do not need to have PerfectIt to use wildcards.)

This event is open to members only. If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the hosts Marjory Hamann and Michael Schuler.

Topic: Benefits of Wildcards for Editors
Time: Jun 16, 2026 11:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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You know that your Guild profile, LinkedIn profile, and website are key tools in your digital marketing plan. They are a primary way of presenting your brand. But if everyone has a website and profile, how do we differentiate ours from everyone else’s? Should you use the same content on both your website and your LinkedIn profile? How can you use your website/profiles to attract “your perfect client”? Is SEO important anymore?

This month’s Member Meeting speaker is Rosilynn Yoon, a digital marketing freelancer, entrepreneur, and new business coach. After a corporate career in startups and advertising agencies, she took the leap into entrepreneurship—and never looked back. Since then, she’s built a successful marketing agency while discovering her true passion: helping others build their dream business, and life. Her most recent venture is launching the Nine to Five to Freelance Academy, where she helps aspiring entrepreneurs start and grow a sustainable service-based business.

Rosilynn presented “The Editor’s Edge” marketing workshop last year. Members can find that presentation in the Guild’s website (Activities > Meeting Videos & Notes > +2025 > June 16, 2025). This year she will be discussing ways to optimize your Guild and LinkedIn profiles and website. This will be followed later this year by a pen-to-paper session where you can work with her and your editing colleagues to evaluate your profiles and website, update your bio, determine what copy to add (or remove), and enhance your brand.

To get started, look yourself up on the Guild website by clicking the Member Directory button, and then come to the May 11 Member Meeting with your questions and ideas.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will be recorded.

Topic: May Member Meeting with Rosilynn Yoon
Time: May 11, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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As editors, we’re trained to shape words—not visuals—yet the way we present our businesses still shapes how we’re perceived. The good news? You can build a strong, trustworthy brand—without design overwhelm—by using Canva with intention.

In this practical workshop, you’ll learn to use Canva as a strategic business tool—not simply to create attractive graphics, but to strengthen your brand, streamline your workflow, and elevate your client experience. We’ll begin with the essentials: templates, branding fundamentals, and polished client-facing documents. From there, we’ll move into brand kits, layout control, collaboration features, Canva’s AI tools, and accessibility best practices.

You’ll leave with practical systems, a clearer brand direction, and the confidence to use Canva thoughtfully, so your business materials feel cohesive, professional, and aligned with your editorial identity. When your visuals are consistent and purposeful, you spend less time second-guessing and more time focusing on what you do best—editing.

Sohini Ghose (she/her) is an editor with more than fifteen years of international publishing experience. She has worked with Big Five and independent publishers, university presses, and both debut and bestselling authors, holding in-house roles at Cambridge University Press, Seagull Books, Macmillan, and now HarperCollins (Harlequin). She has also run her own global editorial business since 2015 and is a published author with books from Macmillan India and Rupa Publications.

A digital collage artist whose work was first exhibited in New York City in 2021, Sohini's interest in visual storytelling informs her approach to branding and design for editors, and she offers one-on-one Canva consultations tailored for editors seeking to strengthen their visual brand and business presence.

Committed to supporting the next generation of editors, Sohini helped establish and teach editing at the Seagull School of Publishing, continues to mentor emerging professionals, and serves on the board of the Editors Tea Club.

Note: We will extend the discussion from this meeting into our March Editors Helping Editors event on March 12. Bring your questions about branding your own editing business and how you can use Canva to your advantage.(You are not required to attend the Member Meeting to attend EHE or vice versa. We will talk about Canva at both events!)

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will be recorded.

Topic: Canva for Editors with Sohini Ghose
Time: Mar 9, 2026 06:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Learn the basics of how to edit for simple, clear, yet compelling language—transforming technical information into reader-friendly content.

Kristen Clark is an experienced government editor and writing coach by day and runs Pristine Clarity (a plain language editing and communications consulting firm) in her spare time. She has been a government editor for local and federal agencies since 2018, where she has honed her expertise in plain language editing. Before that, Kristen spent a decade in journalism covering local, state, and federal government, politics, and public policy.

This event is free to attend and open to all editors, guests, and/or members of related fields. It will be recorded.

Topic: Intro to Plain Language with Kristen M. Clark
Time: Jan 12, 2026 06:30 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)
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Join member Rudy Leon for a group discussion of Laura Portwood Stacer's Make Your Manuscript Work. This group will meet to discuss this book on December 1, 15, and 29, and January 12. 

December 1: Phase 1, intro through p. 46
December 15: Phase 2 pp. 47-114
December 29: Phase 3, pp. 115-end, including Appendices
January 12: Laura Portwood-Stacer will be joining us for questions and discussion—please note that this meeting will be from 3 to 4:30 p.m. PT, to accommodate her schedule. 

This event is open to all editors and members of related fields. If you have any questions about this event, please email info@edsguild.org to be put in touch with the host.

Topic: Scholarly Editors DE Book Club

Time: Dec 1, 2025 04:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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The Guild board of directors needs you!

The NW Editors Guild board of directors is seeking candidates for the 2026 board of directors.

You don’t need to have previous board service experience, and you’re not required to be a seasoned editor. The only requirements are that you’ve been a member of the Guild for one year, that you enjoy being a member of this excellent organization, and that you're willing to abide by the expectations of Guild board members and work to keep the Guild running smoothly.

Please join us for an informal, virtual gathering, where we can converse about volunteer service for the board. 

This event is open only to members, and will not be recorded. 

Topic: Board Recruitment Happy Hour
Time: Nov 3, 2025 01:00 PM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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Are you new (or new-ish) to the Guild? If so, please join us for an informal discussion about all the awesomeness that the Guild has to offer, how to navigate the website, and how to make your experience as a member personalized, interactive, and fun. Moreover, come to meet your fellow editors and members!

Topic: Welcome to the Guild Coffee Hour

Time: Jul 28, 2022 09:00 AM Pacific Time (US and Canada)

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