Improving Your Technical Writing Skills

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  • 7 videos | 18m 7s
  • Includes Assessment
  • Earns a Badge
  • Certification PMI PDU
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For many professionals in the pharmaceutical, technology, finance, and similar industries, technical writing skills are an important part of day-to-day communication. Writing well in these industries isn't just a matter of writing grammatically correct sentences; it also involves producing technical documents that are suited to the requirements, comprehension level, and background of their readers. In this course, you'll learn techniques for better writing that will help you avoid common pitfalls and structure your business writing more effectively. You'll find out how to tailor your written communication to the specific requirements of different types of technical material - so that whether you want to persuade or to instruct, you'll be able to achieve your writing goals.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN

  • Identify common writer errors
    Sequence the steps in planning a piece of writing
    Recognize guidelines for writing instructions
  • Recognize guidelines for writing training material
    Recognize guidelines for writing reference materials
    Recognize guidelines for writing persuasively

IN THIS COURSE

  • 39s
  • 3m 7s
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    3.  Planning What You're Going to Write
    2m 57s
    During this video, you will learn how to sequence the steps in writing a piece. FREE ACCESS
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    4.  Writing Clear Instructions
    2m 48s
    In this video, find out how to recognize guidelines for writing instructions. FREE ACCESS
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    5.  Training By Writing
    2m 54s
    Learn how to recognize guidelines for writing training materials. FREE ACCESS
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    6.  Writing Great Reference Materials
    2m 57s
    In this video, you will learn how to recognize guidelines for writing reference materials. FREE ACCESS
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    7.  Writing Persuasively
    2m 47s
    During this video, you will discover how to recognize guidelines for writing persuasively. FREE ACCESS

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