ALREADY PAID? REGISTER NOW COPIES OF PAST NEWSLETTERS PRESS

ONSITE CLASSES

Business Writing
Scientific Writing
Technical Writing
Writing SOPs
Writing the Scientific Manuscript

ONLINE CLASSES FAQs

Business Writing
Scientific Writing
Advanced Scientific Writing
Technical Writing
Advanced Technical Writing
Writing the Scientific Manuscript
Writing Fundamentals

CORPORATE ONLINE TRAINING

CORPORATE ONSITE TRAINING

TRAINING PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT

WRITING / EDITING

Scientific documents
Technical documents
Grants
Standard Operating
Procedures (SOPs)

WRITING TIPS

Home > Services > Onsite Writing Courses > Technical Writing

I found the class to be very helpful and informative. Pam did a fantastic job in getting the information [across].

-- Engineer, Sikorsky Aircraft, CT

Rapid transitions between instruction and exercises facilitate learning and retention.

-- Economist, HUD

[The onsite technical writing class ] was the best I've ever attended!

-- Sandra Rhodes, ECP/SWE Manager, Bechtel Jacobs Co.

Pam is a real gem, and was successful delivering the course content in a highly effective manner. She exhibited great professionalism and patience throughout the course. Thank you.

-- Engineer, Southern California Edison

Pam Hurley was asked to tailor a short writing seminar to address the specific client communication needs of our technical staff based on writing samples. Samples included a newsletter, business letters, email, and procedure documentation. She delivered a splendid presentation focusing on more effective communication styles and language. Even our most accomplished authors learned a few techniques to more efficiently and effectively communicate the same material. Great value-added training.

-- Patrick Revelle, Manager, Northrup Grumman

Right after Pam's class, we saw a difference in just the emails people who attended have been writing. I recommended [to upper management] that we continue with the course and that we send all of our people through the course.

-- Allen Belle, Computer Associates Manager

Email / 877-24WRITE (249-7483)

Onsite Technical Writing

Why should your staff hone their technical writing skills? Poorly written technical documents, whether reports, manuals, or other other texts, reflect negatively on your staff and your business. Empower your staff to write technical documents that reflect positively on them and your business and that are user-friendly and user-oriented. Contact us for more information!

Our courses result in

Less time wasted answering readers' questions, resulting in time, money, and resources saved
Enhanced image of the professionalism of the company and its staff
Less time spent rewriting and revising

Our onsite technical writing course uses critical thinking as its underpinning, helping writers understand how to write a stylistically correct technical document that flows, is easy to read and use, that uses language effectively, and most important, that meets readers’ needs for ease of use and information.

The most common topics we cover in such a course are listed; however, this list is by no means complete, and we can modify these topics to suit your needs.

Click on any course topic below for more information:

Benefits

Proven strategies to plan and write the technical document
Effective methods to engage your reader and stay on point
Proven techniques to write more concisely and precisely
Easy to incorporate approaches to organize to meet readers’ needs
Valuable tips for writing the various sections of a technical paper
Practical, useful editing and proofreading strategies

Technical Writing

Developing a Writing Strategy
- Analyzing audience needs
- Understanding purpose
- Understanding the necessity of persuasion
- Maintaining a positive image
- Being concise and precise
- Using active/passive voice, concrete/abstract language, emphasis
Critical Thinking
- Understanding the role of thinking in decision-making
- Using logic to understand the impact of actions and decisions
- Avoiding assumptions
Organizational Strategies
- Using organizational techniques
- Using outlining effectively
- Presenting content to gain readers’ attention
Using Language Effectively
- Reducing unnecessary words
- Reducing repetition and redundancy
- Keeping it simple
- Using only words that add value
- Creating flow
- Showing relationships
- Avoiding lazy pronouns
Writing the Technical Report
- Deciding the kind of report format to use
- Understanding reader needs
- Stating the problem
- Understanding your objective
- Determining the purpose
- Using subtopics
- Organizing the information
- Ending with an appropriate conclusion
Constructing Effective Sentences and Paragraphs
- Using appropriate emphasis
- Creating “links” between and among ideas
- Using shorter versus longer sentences and paragraphs
- Meeting readers’ needs for effective sentences and paragraphs
- Using topic and supporting sentences
Understanding How Readers Read
Building the Argument of the Document
Using Figures, Graphs, and Charts
- Meeting readers’ expectations for
- Using descriptive titling and captioning
- Guidelines for creating
- Design tips
Writing Proposals
- Defining the proposal
- Understanding the role of persuasion in proposals
- Determining content and organization
- Determining formality requirements
- Understanding the sections
- Focusing on readers’ needs
Editing and Proofreading Strategies

We also offer more specialized courses on writing

Don’t see what you’re looking for? We can develop it for you! Contact us for more information.