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Technical Writing Course outline
Improve your Writing Skills
for the rest of your career
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Improve your Company's Documentation.
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Plan Documentation in minutes, not hours
(or days).
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Learn skills to last you a lifetime!
Learn how to simplify the writing process, enhance your style
and improve readability.
You can learn the best way to write professional, user-friendly
technical documentation.
If you write instructional material such as business procedures,
training courses, standard operating procedures, work instructions,
user manuals, online help guides, safety manuals and so on,
then this course is for you. It works for any business area,
whether for you write for external customers or for internal
staff.

(Full
course details on PDF)
Phone 01452 500639 to book your course

Course Content (in brief)
MODULE 1: How to Write
- Writing to make it clear
- How to target the reader
- Layout and use of images
- Plain English for technical writing
- Exercises to help you remember.

MODULE 2: Planning and Structure
In this module you learn -
- Document planning techniques that can save hours (or more)
- Structure
- How to include the relevant, & eliminate the irrelevant
- Save time and stress.

MODULE 3: Working Smart in MS Word
A short module on Power Tips for Word.
- Getting the best out of MS Word
- Creating an "Index-at-the-back", and quick-tagging index
keywords.

Learn by –
- Understanding
- Asking and doing
- Seeing examples
- Group discussion
- Practical exercises

(Course
full details PDF)
Phone 01452 500639 to book your course

Training Room - facilities required
What will you need?
- Separate room for the course.
- PC LCD data projector + screen
- Whiteboard
- Flipchart
- Paper and pens
- A light lunch
Maximum 14 trainees per course.

TRAINING COURSE FEES
Prices on application. Prices
depend on the number of delegates (it gets cheaper per person for
larger groups), travel costs etc. Please contact
us for details.
Incidental expenses extra. Terms and Conditions apply.
'Open' Courses
In response to recent demand, I have now introduced 'open' training
courses here in Gloucester, for individuals. Details on request.

Ordering: please allow 14 days' notice...
Training needs a lot of planning and
preparation so, please, I need your written order, together with
our signed Terms and Conditions, two weeks before the training date.
Phone 01452 500639 to book your course

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Clients in UK, Europe, USA and India.

Areas covered in the UK:
This course is available in all parts of the UK, including
Avon, Bedfordshire, Berkshire, Buckinghamshire,
Cambridgeshire , Cheshire, Cleveland, Cornwall, County Durham, Cumbria,
Derbyshire, Devon, Dorset, Durham, East Sussex, Essex, Gloucestershire,
Hampshire, Herefordshire, Hertfordshire, Humberside, Isle of Wight,
Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Lincolnshire, London, Manchester,
Merseyside, Middlesex, Norfolk, North Yorkshire, Northamptonshire,
Northumberland, Nottinghamshire, Oxfordshire, Rutland, Shropshire,
Somerset, South Yorkshire, Staffordshire, Suffolk, Surrey, Sussex,
Tyne and Wear, Warwickshire, West Midlands, West Sussex, West Yorkshire,
Wiltshire, Worcestershire, Yorkshire. Wales: Anglesey, Blaenau Gwent,
Bridgend, Caerphilly, Cardiff, Carmarthenshire, Ceredigion, Conwy,
Denbighshire, Flintshire, Gwynedd, Merthyr Tydfil, Monmouthshire,
Neath Port Talbot, Newport, Pembrokeshire, Powys, Rhondda Cynon
Taf, Swansea, Torfaen, Vale of Glamorgan, Wrexham. Scotland: Aberdeenshire.
Northern Ireland: Counties Antrim and Down. Ireland: Dublin and
vicinity.
TYPOS!
As you know, Technical Writing Course, mistyped, might be techncialw
riting course; technicalw riting course; technialwritingcourse;
techncial writing course.
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What Course Delegates said
"A practical, enjoyable and insightful course,
which successfully imparts the importance of clear English ... a reminder
of how much I had forgotten and how easy it is to get into bad habits!
The course material is both useful and accessible and will undoubtedly
prove invaluable [in] the workplace where I intend to put into place
some of the skills practiced during the course."
- Debi Strawson,
Lead Operations, Perenco UK

- about difficulties people have when writing technical documentation
"Lots of useful ideas and smart tips to make technical
writing less scary, whether you are updating an existing manual or writing
from scratch."
- J. Taylor,
Manager,
Employee Communications and Development, RSPCA.

"This course is really going to save me precious time.
I would recommend it to anyone who has to write and maintain any type of
document. "
- K. Young, Operations Manager, Dataflow Communications.
"The most interesting parts for me were the exercises
because I like the ‘hands on’ approach. I find ‘to do’ is the best way for
me to learn. I also liked sharing ideas with my colleagues and having the
time to think about how we can move forward with our documentation project.
I valued Philip’s input and suggestions."
- M. McDermott, Training Advisor, Quintiles
Ltd UK.

"Many thanks for the course yesterday. I for one found
it extremely useful, and judging from the comments I’ve had from my colleagues,
so did they." - L.P., Development Manager,
Distinction Systems Ltd.
'A colleague attended the previous
course and said it was the most useful course he had ever attended.'
- C.H., Transport for London.
"I learned how to be precise and deliver the information
in a clear, comprehensible fashion."
- L. Watson, Customer Support Analyst, Coventry
University.

"The training day was useful and informative. Good
pace and delivered at a level understandable to the delegates. The most
interesting part was the plain English module, because it's been a long
time since I was at school and I slipped into bad habits."
- G. Norman, ConocoPhillips, Humber.
"The section on planning was the most interesting as
this is something that is immediately relevant. Overall, a very good course.
It presented a number of techniques that can be used immediately with no
additional tools." - A. Hall, Bank of England.
"The course was informative and fun - a good combination.
The best bit was the document planning as I have trouble with keeping my
thoughts in order. I learned so much today about writing. Overall it was
fabulous, so much more user friendly than I expected."
- Laura W., Wyeth Europa.

"This was a real insight into how much we can improve
our documentation so that it is easy to follow. I learned a lot of skills
that will be put into practice. A good course, as lots was covered which
has given me the skills to improve my writing."
- Rachel S., Tribal Group, Hull.
" I learned a lot about document structure and layout.
Overall, a very good exercise. This course will help me a lot and has given
me a lot to think about." - T. Day, RMS Services.
"The training was well organised and delivered. Plenty
of content to take away and apply. It helped me to understand the ways to
go about using plain English. I think the planning techniques are going
to be useful."
- L. Pedder, Partygaming PLC, Gibraltar.
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