8th April 2013: Freelance ELT editorial professionals required
Nick Robinson Publishing & Training Services and emc design are looking to put together teams of freelance ELT editorial professionals to work on forthcoming projects for major ELT publishers. Read more.
8th April 2013: One year on …
Last month’s TESOL Convention in Dallas marked the first-year anniversary of this agency. 12 months on, we’re still here, and it seemed to make sense to reflect on that. So here, in no particular order, are five things I’ve learned. Read more.
25th January 2013: ELT job opportunity
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a hard-working, dynamic, online ELT professional to play an essential content role for an ambitious start-up with major publisher backing. This is a rare chance to become part of a fast-growing strategic venture from the early stages and to help deliver real impact. Read more.
7th September 2012: Interview with BookMachine
Those nice folks over at BookMachine were kind enough to interview me this week for their blog. You can read it here.
19th April 2012: Building your platform
Thinking back to the start of the twenty-first century, the concept of a teacher, trainer or author promoting his or herself online in the way we’re expected to today was almost unimaginable. The word blog wasn’t coined until 1999, and blogging didn’t really hit its stride until around 2004. And what about Facebook and Twitter? They both feel so much a part of our day-to-day lives that it’s easy to forget that they were only founded in 2004 and 2006 respectively. I probably check Facebook and Twitter upwards of twenty or thirty times a day. How did these things become such an integral part of my personal and professional life? Read more.
29th February 2012: Why an agency for ELT authors?
In early February I decided to indulge myself a little and attend a non-ELT conference. It’s not that I don’t love ELT conferences; I do (if you’re in any doubt, have a look at the Events page). But after almost eight years in publishing, I was looking for some new perspectives. And when the chance came up to go to a cookbook conference, I just couldn’t resist. (For those of you who don’t know me, cooking is my other big passion. If you’re interested, I blog on cooking, eating and drinking at editorskitchen.com.) Read more.