Learn this easy, three-step strategy for editing your own work.
Typos and grammatical errors can make you look sloppy and unprofessional. They cause people to question your competence and can waste valuable time correcting mistakes — yours or someone else’s. In today’s fast-paced world, even a small error can give clients and colleagues a reason to doubt or ignore you.
This course teaches a simple, three-step strategy for editing your own work quickly and effectively. With these techniques, you’ll consistently send out error-free communications and strengthen your professional credibility — every time you hit "send."
Senior Lawyer, Editor, and Lean Practice Management Advisor, Gimbal Canada Inc.
Karen is a lawyer and Lean Six Sigma Black Belt with over 20 years of international experience in corporate-commercial, regulatory, and education law. She is a co-founder of and principal at Gimbal Lean Practice Management Advisors, specialists in Lean and continuous improvement in legal and business processes in professional service firms and public sector institutions. Karen offers clients a powerful combination of legal experience and process improvement skills. Since founding Gimbal, she has taught Lean thinking and process improvement to thousands of lawyers and other professionals across North America and, in February 2020, she’ll be teaching a course on legal innovation and technology at McGill’s Faculty of Law. She speaks and writes regularly on the application of Lean in the legal profession, and facilitates projects that improve the practice and the business of professional service firms. Karen worked for years as a professional editor. She teaches powerful writing and editing techniques to business professionals who want to communicate clearly and concisely with their clients and colleagues. Education: B.Sc. (Honours) from Queen's University at Kingston, Ontario. Bachelor of Common Law (LL.B.) and Bachelor of Civil Law (B.C.L.) from McGill University’s Faculty of Law. Certified Lean Six Sigma Black Belt and Lean Six Sigma Sensei from Villanova University. Karen was a member of the Quebec Bar for over 20 years.
