presents American Management Association Seminars
EFFECTIVE TECHNICAL WRITING
Seminar No: 02216 -XNBB
CEU Credits: 1.8
Length: 3 days
Improve your technical writing—without compromising your technical message!
If writing technical information and effective memos, letters, reports, manuals, instructions, documentation, specifications, or proposals is a tough proposition for you, turn to AMA's dynamic program Effective Technical Writing. This intensive 3-day seminar will show you proven approaches and techniques that you can apply immediately back on the job to achieve successful written communication of technical information. Discover concrete techniques that will help you develop confidence, attain greater productivity, and produce powerful documents.
Attendees:
Engineers, scientists, computer personnel and people in R&D and other technical areas, as well as business professionals at all levels.
How You Will Benefit:
- Learn tips and techniques to start writing
- Organize your material by purpose and audience
- Write with greater clarity and precision—in less time
- Present complex technical information simply
- Know the purpose of your writing before you begin, and eliminate false starts
- Recognize the needs of your audience to make sure your message hits home
- Learn how to use illustrations to make your document stand out
- Edit and polish the final draft to make the "write" impression with your superiors
What You Will Cover:
- The basics of good technical writing
- Understand the needs of your audience
- Plan and organize the project
- Overcome writer’s block
- Select the appropriate format for your audience
- Prepare manuals, proposals and documentation
- Understand sentence structure and powerful word usage
- The essentials of electronic writing
- Simplify complex information
- Use graphs, charts and tables
- Edit and revise
Extended/Detailed Seminar Outline
Learning Objectives
- Learn Tips and Techniques to Start Writing
- Organize Your Material by Purpose and Audience
- Write with Greater Clarity and Precision-in Less Time
- Present Complex Technical Information Simply
- Know the Purpose of Your Writing before You Begin, and Eliminate False Starts
- Recognize the Needs of Your Audience to Make Sure Your Message Hits Home
- Learn How to Use Illustrations to Make Your Document Stand Out
- Edit and Polish the Final Draft to Make the "Write" Impression with Your Superiors
Technical Writing Defined
- Understand the Pitfalls, Style, and Characteristics of Technical Writing
- Review Samples of Technical Writing
- Prepare a Writing Sample in Technical Style
Understanding the Technical Reader’s Needs
- Determine Various Readers' Needs
- Convey Technical Information Clearly to Nontechnical Readers
Patterns of Technical Writing
- Become Familiar with the Various Patterns of Technical Writing
- Learn to Write: - Definitions - Narration - Process Description - Physical Description - Instructions
Organizing Technical Writing
- Learn How to Organize and Evaluate Technical Data
- Understand the Various Patterns of Technical Writing
- Structure the Physical Format to Enhance Presentations of Ideas
- Use Linking Words and Phrases in Sentences and Paragraphs
Writing the First Draft
- Understand the Writing Process
- Understand the Importance of Determining and Focusing on Your Purpose and Goals
- Become Familiar with Techniques for Overcoming Writer’s Block
Achieving Sentence Clarity and Precision
- Review Proven Techniques for Ensuring Clarity and Precision
- Avoid Wordiness and Confusing Sentence Constructions
Technical Report Elements
- Distinguish between Informal and Formal Reports
- Become Familiar with the Elements of Technical Reports
Writing Abstracts
- Understand the Function, Format, Characteristics, and Guidelines for Preparing Descriptive and Informative Abstracts
Using Illustrations
- Review the Use and Nature of the Kinds of Illustrations Appropriate to Technical Writing
Technical Report Formats
- Understand the Nature of Technical Report Formats
Preparing Technical Manuals and Proposals
- Become Familiar with the Content, Structure, and Style of Technical Manuals and Proposals
Editing Techniques
- Review Guidelines for Editing and Polishing Technical Writing
- Understand How to Write for Another Person’s Review and Critical Commentary
Start and End times: first day - 8:30am-5pm, all other days 9am-5pm unless otherwise specified. Your registration confirmation notice will confirm the hotel/conference center for the seminar for which you registered. The information included on this page is all the information available on this seminar. Please use form below to register only. To request information that is not included above please send an email to
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Seminars scheduled for the cities below are held at the locations listed below. For location information for other cities in which AMA seminars are held please call or email for information.
New York
AMA executive Conference Center
1601 Broadway New York, NY 10019
American Management Association (Located in the same building as the Crowne Plaza Hotel) 1601 Broadway On Broadway and 48th Street near Times Square. Entrance is on 48th Street.
Chicago
AMA executive Conference Center (adjacent to the Marroitt O'Hare)
8655 west higgins rd
Chicago, IL 60631
San Francisco
AMA executive Conference Center is located in San Francisco Marriott Hotel
55 Fourth Street 2nd Level
San Francisco, CA 94103
Atlanta
AMA Executive Conference Center
Address: 1170 Peachtree Street Ne Cnr Peachtree & 14th (3rd Flr)
City, State, Zip: Atlanta, GA 30309
Washington, DC
Arlington, Virginia
2345 Crystal Drive, Suite 200
Arlington, VA 22202
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