Technical Writing: Getting Positive Results from Proposals, Reports, and Instructions

This workshop will focus on key components of technical writing.  Topics Include:

• Analyze your readers and prepare documents to meet their needs

• Improve your technical writing style using tested techniques

• plan and organize your ideas and design documents to achieve desired outcomes

• Understand the changing role of grammar in today's workplace

This session will then examine the three types of documents with high impact in the business world: proposals, reports, and instructions.  You will discover ways to improve your proposals, reports, and instructions making them powerful means of persuasion and communication.

Dr. Worthington has taught technical writing for over twenty years.  Janet established the Technical Writing Program for the Community and Technical College of West Virginia Institute of Technology and served as coordinator for five years.  She currently teaches the graduate technical writing course for the Educational Technology Program at Boise State University.  Dr. Worthington has presented workshops on business and technical writing for engineers and other professionals in manufacturing, government, and non-profit organizations.  Dr. Worthington received a Ph.D. from Florida State University in English Education.  Her publications include technical articles and books on such varied topics as robotics, surface mine blasting, and gas drilling research.  In addition, Janet has served as a reviewer for technical writing textbooks.

Location: TBA

Fees: $450 per person, includes all materials.
Early Bird Rate: $425 if registered by Oct. 27  

Groups: Group discounts are available for three or more participants registering from the same organization.

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