Description

Technical writing is probably the most widely read form of written communication with the exception of advertising. Businesses use technical writing extensively to communicate information to management, employees and other businesses. Technical writing in business can include training manuals, employee guidelines, processes, policies, procedures, handbooks and manuals, and Web content. This purpose of this type of writing is to portray a message that is clear, concise, and most importantly, helpful to the reader. This course shows participants the fundamentals of excellent technical writing. You will learn to write clear, concise technical documents that present your ideas with precision and impact.

Audience

This Power Seminar is for anyone who wants to improve his or her technical writing skills. You will greatly benefit from this training if:

• Your technical reports, procedures, design documents, and proposals are dull and do not accomplish the results you intend.
• You would you like to organize your ideas and information more quickly, improve clarity, and sound more authoritative in your writing.
• You want to know how to easily eliminate grammatical errors and be technically accurate.
• You do not want to put your reader to sleep with a boring, passive writing style.
• You want to save executive and client reader time by reducing document length.

Content

Communicating effectively and confidently will help you address viewpoints in a collaborative and respectful environment. You will learn how to objectively express feelings and politely convey opinions in an effective and respectful manner. Upon successful completion of this training, you will be able to:

• Select appropriate organizational formats that achieve results.
• Identify and correct ineffective technical writing.
• Reduce writing time.
• Condense technical document length to save reader time.
• Write authoritatively and persuasively.
• Design and use effective visuals.
• Draft effective abstracts and executive summaries.
• Refresh your grammatical skills.
• Use a style guide for consistency.