September 22 - 24, 2008 Instructor: Daniel Strohl San Antonio, TX $745 October 15 - 17, 2008 Instructor: Walton Stallings Washington, DC $795 November 3 - 5, 2008 Instructor: Alyce Gaither Washington, DC $795 January 26 - 28, 2009 Instructor: Walton Stallings Washington, DC $795 February 9 - 11, 2009 Instructor: Alyce Gaither Washington, DC $795 March 16 - 18, 2009 Instructor: Martha Warner San Diego, CA $795 March 25 - 27, 2009 Instructor: Walton Stallings Washington, DC $795 April 6 - 8, 2009 Instructor: Catherine Williams Washington, DC $795 April 22 - 24, 2009 Instructor: David Stallings Washington, DC $795 May 19 - 21, 2009 Instructor: Alyce Gaither Washington, DC $795 May 27 - 29, 2009 Instructor: Patricia Wright San Francisco, CA $795 June 3 - 5, 2009 Instructor: Catherine Williams Washington, DC $795 June 9 - 11, 2009 Instructor: Patricia Wright Las Vegas, NV $795 July 15 - 17, 2009 Atlanta, GA $795 July 20 - 22, 2009 Instructor: Catherine Williams Washington, DC $795 August 11 - 13, 2009 Chicago, IL $795 August 19 - 21, 2009 Instructor: Walton Stallings Washington, DC $795 August 25 - 27, 2009 Instructor: Terri Greenberg Philadelphia, PA $795 September 9 - 11, 2009 Instructor: Catherine Williams Washington, DC $795 September 21 - 23, 2009 Instructor: Daniel Strohl San Antonio, TX $795
Overview:
Master proven techniques for writing clear, concise technical documents by applying proven readability formulas and incorporating an easy six-step writing process. Learn how to conduct an audience analysis, eliminate common writing mistakes, organize your document and employ other methods to produce a reliable, readable technical document.
This course is part of the Certificate of Accomplishment in Program and Management Analysis .
Busy professionals who want to improve their capacity to organize, write and revise technical documents.
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Syllabus -- Technical Writing, WRIT8100D, Graduate School, USDA
Day one of three:
Introduction
Technical Writing Defined
Elements of a Formal Technical Document
The True Cost of Technical Documents
Function and Structure of Technical Documents
Information Gathering
Format
Day two of three
Graphics
Definitions
The Parts of Speech
Day three of three
