Presenters/facilitators
2 presenters
Objectives
- Understand how to write clearly and concisely, applying plain English principles.
- Be able to identify your readers and their needs.
- Develop some skills in writing well to meet both your readers’ needs and your objectives.
Workshop evaluation
- Reaction-based: We give you a feedback sheet to fill out at the end of workshop. We collate the results (we don’t edit them) and return them to the commissioning organisation.
- Learning: We assess your learning on an individual basis throughout the workshop and give both oral and written feedback.
- Behavioural: We give you individual feedback as you practise the skills in the workshop. We also provide individual feedback forms.
Workshop preparation
We liaise with participants about venue details and other related arrangements.
We email each workshop participant in advance asking them what aspect(s) of writing they would like to be better at, and requesting a recent or current (work in progress) sample of their writing.
Program outline
This is a sample outline only. Our writing workshops are highly tailored to meet the specific needs of participants and their organisation.
Day 1 |
Introduction, objectives of workshop
The elements of good and bad writing Discussion Short exercises
Executive panel discussion What do your executives need? What do you need to do differently?
Identifying readers and messages The principles of message design |
Lunch |
Exercise (readers and messages continued)
Structuring your document Choosing the format Selecting and arranging the content Exercise – write a summary
Recap on Day 1 Close |
Day 2 |
Recap on Day 1
Writing in plain English What plain English is and isn’t 4 sentence-level techniques that will bring your writing to life Short exercises
Policy panel discussion or Writing journal articles |
Lunch |
Injecting the right tone
Exercise
Using headings and sub-headings Exercise
Being concise Exercises
Editing / reviewing your work
Q & A
Recap on the 2 days |
Evaluation of workshopClose |