* How to Improve Your Writing is available in November 2009
PAPA2007 or April 2010
PAPA2008** an ONLINE version of the combination of How to Improve Your Writing and Advanced How to Improve Your Writing is available in February 2010
PAPA2009Building on the basics of How to Improve Your Writing, this popular one-day workshop explores more ways to write with greater clarity and impact. Through the use of effective sentence structure, powerful verbs, and positive statements, you will discover how to clean up the clutter in your writing to get your point across. This course includes writing exercises and time to practice your new-found skills.
Who Should Attend?
- Anyone interested in strengthening their writing skills and write more effectively
Topics:
- Review of basics
- Principles of effective writing
- Principles of plain language
- Punctuation made simple
- Powerful verbs
- Effective sentence structure
- Editing writing – yours and other’s
- Rewriting in plain language
- Making your case (presenting an argument)
- Writing to persuade
Learning Outcomes:
- Acquire advanced techniques to improve your writing
- Acquire new skills for revising your writing and the writing of others
- Practise those techniques in the workshop with feedback
- Develop confidence about applying techniques to improve your writing and revising
- Learn how to present an effective argument in writing (make a case/persuade their readers)
Facilitator: Fiona Prince has been delivering communications-related training to groups and individuals for over fifteen years in both the public and private sector. Fiona helps people increase their productivity by helping them to understand how miscommunication gets in the way of getting important things done. She does this with proven communication tools such as customized workshops, team-building sessions, individual coaching and personality assessments. She has Bachelor of Fine Arts in Theatre from the University of Victoria, a Masters of Arts in Applied Communication from Royal Roads University, and a Keirsey Temperament Theory Certification from Synergy Leaders, LLC.