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© 2012 Good with Words

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Ingrid writes a regular column Writer's Edge in The Business Valuator, the quarterly newsletter of the Canadian Institute of Chartered Business Valuators. 

Click on the titles below to read past columns:

• Crafting Bullet Lists (September 2009)

• The Virtues of Active Voice (July 2009)

• The Power of Ordinary Words (March 2009)

• The Ideal Length (December 2009)

• Applying Storytelling Techniques to Report Writing (March 2010)

• Are You a Slasher? (June 2010)

• Executive Summaries (September 2010)

• How Long Is Your List?  The Series Comma Makes It Clear (December 2010)

• Pesky Prepositions (March 2011)

• Art of Writing Good Headings (July 2011)

• Are you using "a", "an", and "the" properly? (Fall 2011)

• Help for poor spellers (Winter 2011)

And here is a sample of another business-related article:

• Email Best Practices (featured in CheckMark, Autumn 2008, a publication of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Ontario)

Here's an example of a newsletter we write for BDO:

• Your Family Business Matters

Here's an example of a corporate manual created for OPA:

• OPA Consumer Program Guide

From time-to-time Ingrid also writes articles for magazines and newspapers – here are a few:

• Having a Grown Up Snow Day (Rochester Magazine, January 2011)

• Ice Attack (Impact Magazine November 2010)

• Niagara's sweet celebration, the 15th annual Niagara Icewine Festival offers cool events for a hot trend (Rochester Magazine, January 2010)

• As Luminato floods Toronto with creativity, you can take your pick (Democrat and Chronicle, May 2009)

• Edible Montreal, the 11-day High Lights Festival includes a smorgasbord of gourmet delights (Rochester Magazine, January 2009)

• Water powers Welland Canal in St. Catharines (Democrat and Chronicle, September 2008)

• Plenty to see at Toronto's HotDocs film festival (Democrat and Chronicle, March 2008)

• Winter in Niagara-on-the-Lake (Rochester Magazine, December 2008)

• Gourmet Toronto, Deluxe hotel packages give guests a rare look at the city's culinary hot spots (Rochester Magazine, February 2008)

• Go ahead and challenge yourself (Toronto Star, December 2007)

• 'Subway blitz' opened hearts and pockets (Toronto Star, December 2006)

• Poison pills for the environment (Toronto Star, March 2006)

 

 

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