Technical Writing 101: The Basic Skills

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A full-day workshop on Saturday, Nov. 26, 2011 with Manuel Gordon.

Learn how to tackle a technical writing project with confidence: from terminology to perfect paragraphs, from building your outline to polishing your final draft.

Whether you’re curious about the field of technical writing, or already making your living as a tech writer and looking to brush up on the basics, this workshop is for you.

Seating is limited, so register now for a full day of training.

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Content and Form: Writing with Reuse in Mind

Technical communicators are called on every day to produce more content, for more audiences, often with declining budgets and staff. Yet, no matter what your business, efficient communication is crucial to your success. Your content is a business asset that needs to be treated as such.

Join us in Montreal on November 4 for a full-day workshop as we explore ways to help you get the most from your investment in content. Learn how planning and writing for reuse, streamlining your localization and internationalization processes, and effective use of templates and technology can save your company time and money.
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Eight Step Editing

Whether you’re a novice or a seasoned editor, a would-be writer, or a business manager supervising others’ writing, this full-day workshop on November 18, 2009 will help you make your words work better.

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How to Boost Your Career by Writing Effective White Papers

Update: Registration deadline is Thursday, April 9, 2009.

White papers drive literally billions of dollars worth of B2B sales every year, and technical writers are ideally suited to write them. In today’s economic downturn, anyone who knows how to write white papers is positioned for better success. Technical writers who can produce effective white papers have better earning power both as employees and as freelancers.

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A is for Acrobat!

Did you know that Adobe Acrobat 8 has a built in document review process?

Or that you can extract images and tables from PDFs?

Or that you can set credentials and security options?

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Visual Design Principles for Writers: Enhancing Usability and Readability

Readability is about more than lucid writing. Readability is also a matter of visual design – so that your text’s visual presentation, its legibility, and visual surroundings have a considerable impact on the perceived quality of the writing itself.

This workshop is aimed at writers who want to expand their visual design skills and/or who want to work more effectively with designers, the workshop will present essential design strategies/ principles, and explore contemporary design aesthetics.

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How to Document APIs

This workshop is intended for technical writers who have little or no programming experience and wish to learn how to document Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

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Let’s Talk XML

Join us March 9-10, 2006 for this practical introductory course intended to get you up and running with the XML process. Intended for those who have a basic understanding of HTML and concept of CSSs.

Learn how to build DTDs and schemas and create your own XML documents. Work with XSLs and CSSs to control format and output. Learn about DOMs and more. And don’t worry if you don’t understand all these acronyms, that’s what this workshop is for!

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Two Workshops: “E-Learning – What’s Different” and “ABCs of Instructional Design”

This January, Jane Smith is coming to town to deliver a one-two punch of workshops for STC Montreal:

  • “E-Learning – What’s Different” on January 27th
  • “ABCs of Instructional Design” on January 28th

Register for both workshops and save $50 off the total. Register by January 5th and save another $15 off each workshop.

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