This week, I worked on proofreading all of the documents and content my team and I produced over the last 5 weeks before submitting them to the Councilmember for review. I wanted to complete the guide, one-pager, and website text/graphics deliverables before working on the memo and the translations. This mental segmentation of the overall LiA project into two phases has helped me stay organized and maintain a realistic, useful timeline as I move through this project.
The long-form guide took the longest to edit as I had to reformat many of the pages in order to maintain a coherent look throughout the pages. Furthermore, I wanted to double-check my research throughout this guide as it utilizes legalese and certain codes at different levels of government, and I wanted to ensure that the pages were both understandable and accurate.
The one-pager required more re-formatting rather than proofreading as I limited the text on the document and had already fact-checked the information on it as it was the same as that on the longer-form guide.
Finally, I added an "FAQ" section to the website text document I wrote. This was based on a suggestion from one of our team members, and the entire team helped come up with questions that prospective business owners may have. I believe the diversity of perspectives the different members of the team offer allowed us to come up with a wide variety of questions, many of which I would not have thought of on my own.
A realization I had this week is how challenging it is for me to delegate tasks to others. Given that this project involves much legalese and requires accurate information about resources, it was difficult to let go of the notion that I had to do all the work myself. I realized that I could reduce my anxiety around this perfectionism by asking a few of the other interns to help proofread some of the pages and documents. With at least two interns proofreading every piece of writing, we were able to catch many more mistakes than when I personally tried to handle this process by myself.
Hello! My name is Alexis and I am an undergraduate at Georgetown University. I'm majoring in international political economy, minoring in women's and gender studies, and pursuing a certificate in diplomatic studies. In the past, I have conducted research on the concept of moral courage and I am currently researching eldercare in East Asia through the Laidlaw Programme.
In my free time, I like to cook, bake, and sew. I also really enjoy rock climbing, skiing, and going on hikes. One of my dreams is to visit the Yellowstone and Yosemite National Parks. If you ever want to chat, please feel free to reach out!
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