Description:
Learn how to create clear, concise, and correct technical government-related documents. Whether you prepare standard operating procedures, white papers, Federal Register notices, or other government documents, make sure you know how to analyze each writing situation and focus on its stakeholders, audience, purpose, form, and topic. Obtain and use a model document and your agency's style guide to support your writing. Learn effective research strategies, and develop a writing style that conveys complex information in a direct and easy-to-follow manner. Create powerful first drafts; then revise, edit, and design them to reinforce your main points and get stakeholder buy-in.Duration:
3 days
Level:
IntermediateWho Should Attend?
All federal employees and government contractors who need to produce concise and accurate technical documents that convey complex information clearly.Credits:
1.8 CEU'sLearning Outcomes:
Define government technical writing and identify types of government technical documents
Apply the seven traits of writing to evaluate and improve your writing
Conduct comprehensive audience analysis for technical communication
Use the technical writing process to plan and complete a technical writing project, using checklists and other job aids
Collaborate effectively with others in producing government technical documents
Organize, structure and format according to document purpose
Design document specifications from sentence to paragraph to the full-document level
Use graphics and visual aids when appropriate
Reason and write logically to construct effective arguments
Write effective technical definitions and descriptions
Communicate findings, conclusions and recommendations by employing critical thinking and problem solving techniques
Avoid common technical writing pitfalls
Use readability formulas and other editing techniques to improve document readability
Revise, refine and proofread documents for effectiveness
Use state-of-the-art production and revision methods for soft and hard copy
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