Technical Writing Workshop

Friday May 6, 2011 9:00am-3:00pm

Northwest Community College - Smithers

Registration deadline: Friday, April 22

This one-day workshop is geared to anyone who dreads writing work reports or would like to improve their proposal writing skills. It offers three hours of writing instruction in the morning followed by two hours of interactive learning after lunch and teaches the basics of effective communication through writing, including:

Writing engaging reports and proposals
Defining your audience
Using appropriate language
Working through writer's block
Discussion of basic writing composition and sentence structure

This workshop is intended to be interactive and invites requests from participants about specific topics they would like to see covered. Also, participants are encouraged to bring any proposals, reports or other business communications they're working on for editing sessions and instructor feedback.

Cost is $80 per person and participants can register at the Bulkley Valley Research Centre at 1188 Main Street, 250-847-2827250-847-2827. The recommended text for this workshop is Impact (Pearson Prentice Hall), which can be ordered through Interior Stationary for $64.80 or purchased secondhand online.

This course is designed as a writing-focused compliment to Smithers Community Services Association's Grant Writing Boot Camp on Friday, April 15. For more information, visit the Smithers Community Services website. Instructor Amanda Follett has a Bachelor of Journalism and Master of Arts in Communication. She has over 10 years experience working as a journalist, freelance writer and communications specialist. Please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) with any questions.

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