TRAINING COURSE OVERVIEW
This Essential Technical Writing Skills training course will provide participants with improved skills, confidence and techniques for better technical writing. This includes everyday communication plus reports, manuals, complex documents and proposals.
It is ideal for all technical and management professionals, managers and staff who write reports and complex papers for others. This includes external stakeholders and senior management. Some experience of report or technical writing is required.
This Anderson training course will feature:
- How participants work on their own real-life documents, objectively editing and proofreading working in pairs (using breakouts)
- Training facilitation by an expert in technical writing and a published author
- Detailed course manual and materials, including a PDF writing reference guide
- Interactive learning exercises to practice structuring, composing, editing, and proofreading.
- Practical techniques to save time and effort when producing and writing technical documents
TRAINING COURSE OBJECTIVES
By the end of this Anderson training course, participants will be able to:
- Understand what makes for a good report and the key principles of report writing
- Know the tools and techniques for writing clear and concise reports, documents, and summaries
- Learn and apply a four-step report writing process for producing on-time and well-written reports
- Gain insights into the strengths and weakness within your own report writing
- Make sure that you use the right style, tone of voice and phrasing in your reports
DESIGNED FOR
This Anderson training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals who would like to improve their business communication skills but will greatly benefit:
- Professionals who have greater written communication responsibilities in their evolving roles or who are finding new technical writing challenges in their careers
- Individuals reporting up to senior executives or the board and want to shine
- Supervisors/Managers/Department Heads with new communication challenges in their careers
- Technical consultants, researchers and other professionals
LEARNING METHODS
This Anderson training course uses a wide variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure effective assimilation and retention of the information presented. The training course is highly interactive and will prompt delegates to reflect on their own thinking and communication style and practice. The Tutor will guide and facilitate learning using a wide variety of methods including direct input, discussions, case studies and group and individual exercises to focus on the themes of the training course, practice skills and receive feedback.