Start planning your ACES Accelerate experience! From Jenny Lawson's keynote session to Coffee Chats, get ready for two days of networking, learning, and editing!
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ACES Accelerate | 2022 Virtual Conference
Wednesday, September 21
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m. | Opening Session
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Breakout Sessions
- The Indie Partnership: Working With Self-Publishing Authors
- Editing Technical Writing When You’re Not Technically a Technical Expert
- More Than Plain Talk: The Surprising Variety of Government Editing Gigs
- Ready, Set, Goals!
- Grammar Obscura
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Freelance Coffee Chats
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
- Foundations of Productivity
- Editing Gender
- Editing for Corporate Marketing Communications: Getting It Done While Getting It Right
- Grammar Table: Takin’ It to the Streets
- Boost Your Editing Speed and Confidence With Macros
2 p.m. – 3 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
- Using Text Expanders for Efficient Editing
- What Is Plagiarism? Putting Out Fires Around This Hot Topic
- 14 Tips for Editing Data Visualizations
- Doing It All: The Ups and Downs of Being a Multipotentialite Editor
- Get Into a Long-Term Relationship With Your Clients
3:15 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. | Academia Coffee Chats
3:45 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
- Ethical Editing: How To Follow, Break, and Change the Rules
- What’s New in AP Style
- Business Data for Freelance Editors: Improve Your Working Practices and Run Your Business With Confidence
- Writing and Editing Market Content — Without All That Market Jargon
- Level Up Your Editing Business: What Do You Do When You’re Done Getting Started?
5 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. | Print/Digital Coffee Chats
5:30 p.m. – 5:45 p.m. | Closing Announcements
Thursday, September 22
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 p.m. | Opening Session
10 a.m. – 11 a.m. | Breakout Sessions
- Lost in a Sea of Words: Mapping Your Way to a Stronger Story
- Say What You Mean: Avoiding Disability Euphemisms in News Stories
- The Secret to Great Proofreading
- An Editor’s Guide to Minority Languages
- Automated Assessment of the Quality of Copyediting
11:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. | Corporate Coffee Chats
12 p.m. – 1 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
- Editing Without Tears (From the Editor or the Author)
- Editing High-Tech Marketing Content: Tips and Tricks
- Working Smarter With the Chicago Manual of Style for PerfectIt
- Updating Internal Style for Diversity and Inclusion
- Content Marketing: What It Is and How To Edit It
2 p.m. – 2:45 p.m. | Keynote Speaker
3 p.m. – 4 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
- #EditingForSocialMedia
- Indexing 101
- We All Have Something To Teach: Expanding Your Business by Offering Courses
- How To Think About Editing Coverage of Immersive, VR and Metaverse Experiences
- Using Inclusive Language To Become a Better Editor
4:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m. | Breakout Sessions
- Line Editing, Copyediting, or Proofreading? Defining the Book Editor’s Roles
- Is That a Typo? How To Develop a Multilingual House Style Guide
- Hedge Fun: How To Be Vague With Precision
- Editing for Bias—An Actual System That Works
- The More You Know: An Inside Look at Freelancer Recruitment
5:30 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. | Management Coffee Chats
6 p.m. – 6:15 p.m. | Closing Remarks
