Writing topics
Scribe provides in-house writing training for business and government clients at all levels: from clerical to executive.
You will receive practical, jargon-free writing training from a professionally qualified educator with over twenty years of teaching and training experience.
Please feel free to mix-and-match topics from the areas listed below to get the right training content for your staff. Other topics may be available upon request.
TESTIMONIALS
"I've had very positive feedback after last week's course; seven people called to say they were using the techniques discussed! I thoroughly enjoyed it also and found it extremely helpful."
Niahm Toohey, Tourism WA
"Thanks for your training input to the People Rich team in relation to effective reports and proposals. It provided us with an excellent framework to properly launch our work to market. Your time and expertise were greatly appreciated."
Vic Grant, Performance Consultant and Coach, People Rich Pty Ltd.
Tim, thank you for your valuable training session today. The information you imparted was above expectations and easy to digest.
John Campbell, Senior Procurement Officer, The Hatch Group
Writing proposals and business cases
Adapting your writing style to suit your chosen audience.
Constructing persuasive arguments to support your proposals.
Employing a modular structure that allows for component reuse.
Making your proposals more effective by aligning them with your clients' needs.
Selecting successful titles for your proposals.
Writing proposals that are compelling, credible and concise.
Writing highly effective executive summaries.
Report writing
Getting report outlines approved.
Identifying the needs of your readers.
Locating high quality information online.
Presenting your reports in a style that establishes your credibility and enhances your reputation.
Using those features of Microsoft Word that help structure and format large reports more easily.
Writing longer, more complex reports.
Proofreading and editing skills
Achieving clarity through plain English.
Choosing between confusing words such as its and it's, that and which, affect and effect.
Employing general strategies for better writing.
Explaining the best-practice, contemporary guidelines for punctuation, capitalisation, hyphenation and abbreviation.
Justifying to others the editing decisions you make.
Justifying your choice of fonts.
Punctuating like a professional.
Using capitals correctly.
Using headings to structure large documents;
Using proofreaders' symbols to "mark up" printed works.
Using shortened forms correctly: W.A. or WA?
Technical writing
Choosing an informative title.
Deciding when to write a number in words.
Formatting tables neatly.
Using metric units and prefixes correctly.
Using strategies for better technical writing.
Using the author–date (or Harvard) referencing system.
Writing numbers and spans correctly.
Writing the abstract, introduction, methods, results, discussion and conclusions.
TESTIMONIALS
At a recent training course (January 2008), participants anonymously rated Scribe's presentation on a number of criteria. They used a scale of 1 (disagree) to 5 (agree):
Criteria | Average |
|---|---|
The presenter was well prepared: | 5.0/5 |
The course content was relevant and appropriate: | 4.9/5 |
The presenter's explanations were clear: | 4.9/5 |
The presenter used time effectively: | 4.9/5 |
The presenter used appropriate examples: | 4.7/5 |
The course handouts were useful: | 4.9/5 |
The presenter demonstrated a high level of knowledge: | 5.0/5 |
Overall score: | 4.9/5 |
Feel free to contact Scribe for further information.
