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SUMMARY:Get to the Point: A Practical Writing Course for Technical Professionals
DESCRIPTION:Date: February 25\, 2025 \nEvent Format: Online Course \nLocation: Online \nHosting Organization: RGI International \nEvent Summary: This interactive training introduces participants to the Pyramid Method of Writing(tm) and applies it to writing effective emails\, letters\, short and long reports\, and proposals. Participants will receive personal feedback on three writing assignments. The format provides time to discuss and evaluate longer more technical documents such as recommendations\, investigations\, formal reports and studies\, and proposals. Individual and group exercises allow participants to practice the concepts and  learn from each other. \nAGENDA: \nWebinar 1 (1.5 hours) \n\nIdentifying and focusing the reader’s attention on the main message\nDifferentiating between “need to know” and “nice to know” information\nApplying Pyramid Method of WritingTM to organize information\nUnderstanding the purpose for writing (informative or persuasive)\n\nWebinar 2 (1.5 hours) \n\nWriting action-getting requests for internal and external audiences\nUsing language to create a confident image of you and your organization\nUsing the active voice to make the information easier to understand\n\nWebinar 3 (1.5 hours) \n\nPersonalizing your writing to create a comfortable tone\nEliminating wordy expressions from your writing\nDeveloping a clear\, concise and complete writing style\nEvaluating a request from a reader’s point of view\n\nWebinar 4 (1.5 hours) \n\nDetermining the best tool: email\, phone\, text or video\nWriting to multiple-audiences (technical and non-technical)\nWriting short reports – incident\, inspection\, field trip\, progress and project completion\n\nWebinar 5 (1.5 hours) \n\nWriting longer reports- evaluations\, recommendations\nWriting numbers and abbreviations\nWriting instructions and procedures\n\nWebinar 6 (1.5 hours) \n\nEditing techniques\nWriting short informal proposals\nDesigning information for readability\n\nThis course is accredited by the Engineering Institute of Canada (EIC) and is eligible for 12 PDHs or 1.2 CEUs.Evaluating a request from a reader’s point of view \nHow to Register: Click here for more information and to register \nEvent Contact: RGI International – https://rgilearning.com/ \nDisclaimer: The views expressed during this event are those of the hosting organization and do not necessarily represent the views of APEGS.
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