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Boise, ID 83725-1660

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Professional Technical Writing

Getting Positive Results from Proposals, Reports, and Instructions

Learn key components of technical writing that can make your documents effectively reach your audience and achieve results.

Objectives:

  • Examine the three types of documents with high impact in the business world
  • 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

Benefits of Attending:

You will discover ways to improve your proposals, reports, and instructions making them powerful means of persuasion and communication.

Who Should Attend:

Supervisors, team leaders, team members with reporting responsibilities, or anyone with the desire to improve their writing and reporting skills.

Dates/Times:

March 2010 Dates Coming Soon | 9 am-4 pm

Presenter:

Janet Worthington, Ph.D.

Dr. Worthington has taught technical writing for over twenty years. She 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, Dr. Worthington has served as a reviewer for technical writing textbooks.

Location:

Boise State Campus, Business Building, Room 206

Fees:

$450 per person, includes all materials

*Early Bird Rate: $425 if registered by March 3!

Groups:

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

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Center for Professional Development, 1910 University Drive, Boise, ID 83725-1660

Phone: (208) 426-3861

Email: cpdinfo@boisestate.edu

Reviewed: June 9, 2009