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Technical Writing: How to Turn Complex Material into Documents That People Can Understand - ONSITE ONLY

Description

Please contact MEA if you are interested in having our expert staff conduct this workshop on-site at your location for several of your employees. When we deliver a workshop on-site at your location, we will customize the course to meet your needs as part of our fee. If you would like to discuss your company's on-site needs with an MEA professional, please contact us at (800) 662-6238 or e-mail training@meainfo.org.

Have you ever tried to program a newly-purchased DVD or find answers to your tax questions in the tax booklet? If so, as a reader, you know how difficult it can be to understand technical material. As a technical writer, your task is to describe complex, technical topics in a way that even a novice can understand. This workshop is for anyone who writes technical reports, proposals, analyses, manuals, documentation, or user guides. It will help you present technical material clearly and effectively. It is designed to give you the skills you need to gain control of the writing process, whether you write by yourself or on a team. This is a hands-on workshop and you will learn to:

Topics

Organize complex material for maximum effect

Analyze and write for the audience

Apply strategies for simplifying your writing style

Get started quickly and make more efficient use of your writing time

Strengthen your documents with graphics