About
Words for the Moment is a professional writing, editing, and coaching consulting and outsourcing service with international and cross-industry experience, in the private and public sectors.
Focus on Excellence
Based in Canada, Words for the Moment Inc. / Des mots pour le moment incorporée offers writing talent experienced in a wide range of specialty areas.
Documentation
- Editing and rewriting, for one-of tasks, as well as large-scale projects:
- providing a range of editing services: proofreading, copyediting, and substantive editing
- ensuring clarity, consistency, accuracy, and brevity
- coordinating with subject matter experts and researching source materials, as required, to resolve discrepancies and enhance content flow
- Streamlining complex, technical documents
- Creating and enhancing resumes, CVs, and cover letters for executives and established professionals
- Developing templates and style guides
- Specializing in technology initiatives and cutting-edge software implementations
- Delivering ghostwriting services for personal or corporate requirements:
- rewriting technical and engineering documents for lay readers
- rewriting multi-authored technical documents to read coherently
- refining layouts for reports, resumes, and presentations
- analyzing and reformatting website designs and content
Collaboration
- Working remotely with multilingual teams in different countries and cultures
- Coordinating with project teams
Training
- Creating training materials for end-users of IT systems, including:
- presentations; instructor and student manuals; quick reference and help guides; job aids
- Preparing documentation and training for different user roles:
- end users, whether front-line staff, plant workers, managers, or senior executives
- technical users, from full-stack developers to analysts
- Incorporating a solid understanding of translation, localization, and change management issues in documentation and training projects:
- adhering to in-house and industry styling conventions
- developing project-specific style sheets
- Training individuals and groups on writing, editing, and communications skills:
- bringing teams together with a common framework
- Coaching one-on-one or in group settings
Quality Assurance
- Undertaking quality assurance reviews
- Adhering to in-house and industry-standard styling conventions
Academic Training Plus Practical Experience
Words for the Moment combines academic training in adult learning with over two decades of studying written communications:
- language and styling trends
- business and marketing communications standards
- technical writing conventions
- graphic design and layout techniques
Along with the practical experience gained in organizations large and small throughout North America and in Europe – from Fortune 100 and Fortune 500 companies to government departments and agencies; from human rights groups to small retailers – Words for the Moment can offer you a host of options for your written communication needs.
Client Requirements, Needs Analysis, and Program Evaluation
Your needs come first.
Whether you require a writer to conform to existing standards or to create new styling guidelines, to work with individuals or with teams, or simply to offer advice on your editing procedures or template designs, Words for the Moment can work with you to achieve the written communication results you are looking for.
Effective initiatives target the appropriate resources. Consequently, needs assessment and evaluation strategies form important elements in the training and change recommendations undertaken by Words for the Moment.
Specialty Services
Please ask about:
- IT: Documentation, course design, and end-user training for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems and other applications.
- Formation en français ou des services de rédaction sur demande.
(Training in French and French-English writing services, by request)