The use of generative-AI is becoming global in scale, but how does the new technology affect the daily lives of working editors and writers? 

In this recorded webinar, editing instructors Andi Tosch and Matthew Bennett give fresh insights into how they use generative- and corrective-AI to work on and around human-authored writing, including to inform and enhance business communication, expand editing and writing services as well as assist in the publication process. They’ll also cover how AI is reshaping the book publishing industry and discuss new legal and contractual changes.

About the speakers:

Andi Tosch 

A full-time staff technical writer and editor at a large cloud-based software company, Andi Tosch has more than 15 years of experience crafting corporate communications and technical documentation. She began her communications career as a policy analyst and program manager at Microsoft, and spent seven years as a freelance technical writer, creating and editing documentation for a variety of technical clients. 

Andi is a lifelong learner who's passionate about the accessibility and reach that online learning can afford students. She currently is an instructor for the UW Certificate in Editing and the developer and instructor of the new Business Writing Foundations course and in 2019 was honored with a Teaching Excellence Award for commitment to teaching and learning as part of the instructional team for the UW Certificate in Editing.

Matthew Bennett 

Matthew Bennett is an educator, writer, editor and researcher. He began editing in 2008 at Ronsdale Press, and in 2016, he co-founded Cascadia Editors Collective to provide developmental editing and artistic guidance for writers. As a freelance editor, he collaborates with writers on novels, memoirs, creative nonfiction and academic books. He has presented his writing in the U.S., Argentina, Mexico and Canada, and contributed a chapter to A Cultural History of Race in the Reformation and Enlightenment, 1550–1760, published in 2023. 

He currently is an instructor for UW Certificate in Editing and UW Specialization in Developmental Editing, and was awarded an Instructional Excellence Award in 2022. 

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