The Urban Planner's Writing Club
Lisa D. OrchardTechniques for clear and effective writing for planners and other urban experts. Write so readers can find, understand, and act on your professional advice. Your technical expertise will only take you so far - you have to communicate it to have an impact!
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 47 | Founded | 3 years ago | Last Issue | 8 months ago |
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Winding down the Club...
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Hi friends,
A quick update: I’ll be winding down this Substack soon, but this isn’t goodbye. You’ll hear from me again shortly in a new newsletter format. I’ll also be publishing the most popular articl...
Saying what you mean with your slide decks
Move from confusion to clarity
A quick online search will generate an endless list of articles and videos on how to create a great presentation. Why so many? Do we really need another list telling us to focus on a key message and use a sim...
What's your style?
How do academic and professional styles differ? Many planners ask me how to make the transition from writing papers about urban planning to preparing professional documents on a specific issue. Let’s take a look at a few examples that illus...
Your professional life is long...
Let me answer my own question – yes!
In this interview with , I talk about my own career “journey” to share my best advice, five years(!) into launching Scribe Technical. It gave me a chance to reflect and build on the many conversations I...
Making AI work for you
Almost everyone I’ve worked with in the past year has asked me about AI, and particularly about using ChatGPT. As of this week, we also have Google’s Gemini.
I can’t avoid it any longer! Here we go: a few tips and a few thoughts.
Thanks...
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I'm an urban planner-turned-technical writer and editor. I'm on a mission to help other planners and urban experts write clearly and have an impact. We don't learn plain language and business writing in our professional programs - fill the gap!
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