Technical Writing

At Completion

• Write clear, precise, readable documents.
• Translate technical language.   
• Use active and passive voice to delineate responsibility and emphasize key words.
• Improve flow and make valuable information easily and immediately accessible.
• Streamline the writing process with a powerful, efficient four-step approach to writing.
• Use document power positions to define and communicate the purpose and goal of technical documents. Write email/letters of transmittal and Executive Summaries.
• Present results and recommendations. Call for action.
• Write for executive/management, technical, lay and mixed audiences--readers with varying levels of expertise and experience.
• Improve tone and get results with words.
• Prepare complete, logical, and flexible outlines. Choose the best organizational pattern.
• Position illustrations to complement and clarify the text. Increase the effectiveness of titles and captions.
• Identify and correct the 10 most common errors in technical documents.

Participants are invited to send samples of their on-the-job writing for confidential feedback and receive The Writing Center’s manual, A Desk Guide to Technical Writing.