Proof It!: How to be a Better Proofreader
About this audiobook
Catch your careless writing bloopers—before the bloopers catch you! Join CSP Mandi Stanley for thirty minutes to make sure your documents and e-mails are error free with no embarrassing mistakes. Learn:
–Why any message with your name, your department's name, and especially your organization's name attached to it must be flawless—absolutely error free
–How to use the "Newspaper Proof," a fail-safe, three-step approach to proofreading
–How to build your "Proofreader's Power Pack" with indispensable tools and resources
–How to proofread for quality under tight deadlines
–How to proofread in distracting office environments
If you're tired of reading over the same document four or five times—and still finding something to change—get ready to laugh and learn with Mandi Stanley as she shares her own proofreading horror stories and admonishes everyone to throw away their red pens.
About the author
With more than 16 years of experience on the seminar circuit, CSP Mandi Stanley works primarily with business leaders who want to boost their professional image and with people who want to be better speakers and writers. She has traveled throughout North America entertaining and educating more than 40,000 seminar participants, totaling 3900 platform hours. Some of her clients include: Campbell’s Soup Company, Duke Energy, Kimberly-Clark Corporation, The United States Air Force, and McDonald’s USA In 2003, Stanley was designated a CSP, Certified Speaking Professional. Fewer than 9 percent of all worldwide speakers have earned this designation, and Mandi is the first Mississippian in history to receive this honor through the NSA. Mandi has served on the faculty of the American Management Association, where she received the Quality Award and first-place ranking in market share. She is a summa cum laude graduate with concentrations in English, communication, and management and the author of the newly released No-Panic Plan for Presenters. Audiences appreciate her platform enthusiasm, interactive style, and content-rich messages.
