[getsmart-l] FW: [Tenants1] FW: PWAC Presents: Harness the Writing Process Seminar

[Janet May]

Although this seminar is somewhat off topic, it might be useful for skills
development.  

 

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Just a reminder that PWAC is holding this event this month. Please feel
welcome to pass on this message to anyone you think may be interested in
attending.

Many thanks and kind regards

Clare :-)

PWAC Presents - Harness the Writing Process Seminar

 


Date: Tuesday, 27th November 2007
Time: 9:30am - 12:30pm
Venue: Centre for Social Innovation, 215 Spadina Avenue, Toronto 
Cost: $40* = PWAC members, $50* = Public, $75* = Show on the Day
* + GST

The Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) is delighted to offer
a half-day seminar on business writing presented by freelance writer and
PWAC member Paul Lima. 

 

Studies show that effective, productive writers spend 40% of their time
planning projects, 25% of their time writing, and 35% revising and editing;
inefficient writers spend more time overall on projects and tend to be less
satisfied with the results. To become a more effective and efficient writer,
you need to harness the writing process. This business writing seminar will
introduce you to the five-stage writing process: 

*	Planning 
*	Research 
*	Outline 
*	Creation 
*	Revision/Editing  


You will then be shown how to quickly apply the process to writing email by
answering five simple questions. And you will learn how to apply the power
of the process to proposals and reports. To make you a more effective and
efficient writer, the workshop also includes practical, engaging and
creative writing exercises that will help participants:

*	focus on their purpose 
*	create detailed outlines 
*	properly structure emails and reports  



Writing Process Participants Speak

"Since I attended your Harnessing the Writing Process seminar I have written
two direct marketing packages and am working smarter and faster. By focusing
on one task at a time, I no longer panic about what I haven't done yet. I'm
also making more use of [outline] headings to structure my documents so that
I spend less time skipping between points and getting frazzled. Thanks again
for the valuable info!" - Elizabeth Cockle, Communications Specialist

"You freed 512 megabytes of RAM. I was holding it all in and you had me pull
this outline out of nowhere. Everything I need to know is down on paper. Now
that I know what I'm going to say, I have brain power left to think about
how I'm going to say it. It's all over but the writing, and the writing is
no longer intimidating." - Partner, Accounting Firm

"I have heard nothing but good things about the writing process seminar you
ran. You were one of our more popular presenters." - Cy Williams,
Administrative Assistant, Ontario Association of Youth Employment Centres
(OAYEC) .

 

Who Should Attend: Anyone who writes business emails, memos, letters,
proposals or reports and wants to become more effective and efficient.
Anyone who only discovers that information is missing from email messages
when they clean out their sent folder. Anyone who feels recipients of email
messages or other documents do not respond as quickly as expected or as
expected. Anyone who wants to communicate more effectively when writing
business correspondence.

 

Instructor: Paul Lima has been a professional writer and writing instructor
for over 25 years. Since 1988, he has run his own communications writing and
training business. An adult educator and member of the Professional Writers
Association of Canada, Paul has developed and taught business writing,
copywriting, media relations, media interview preparation and other business
communications courses and workshops for corporate and non-profit clients,
University of Toronto students and for members of various writers'
association. 

 

Registration Form, go to: www.pwac.ca/eventsandresources/pwacpresentsregform
<http://www.pwac.ca/eventsandresources/pwacpresentsregform> 

For more information or if you have any queries please contact:

 


-- 
Clare 

Clare Leporati
Associate Director
PWAC National Office

Protecting the Rights and Careers of Freelance Writers




Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC)
215 Spadina Avenue, Suite # 123
Toronto ON Canada M5T 2C7
Tel: (416) 504-1645
E-mail: cleporati at pwac.ca

Website: www.pwac.ca 
Find a professional writer: www.writers.ca

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