Specialty Writing

This workshop provides techniques for writing effective reports for council. It includes writing and organizational techniques and focuses on adhering to the municipality’s template.

The main focus is on the thinking process behind writing for councillors. You will receive tools for ensuring you are providing your reader with the right information so they can confidently approve your recommendation.

What every policy and procedure writer needs to know: what the courts expect, format options, success checkers, and writing style.

Preparing minutes for formal and informal meetings. This session includes organizational techniques and plenty of supporting exercises. It also has a component on listening skills.

This workshop explores the minute taking process in light of Ontario privacy legislation and provides information and techniques to build the confidence of minute takers.

Whether you are working on an RFP, a solicited or an unsolicited proposal, this workshop will provide the necessary tools: analyzing the reader, creating unique selling features, de-emphasizing negative information, and writing skills.

Analyzing, selecting, organizing, writing and presenting key details to senior management.

Tools, techniques and writing tips for building a strong business case.

Making scientific information easy to understand: writing and organizing techniques and presenting numbers and graphs.

Assisting people in conveying technical information to non-technical readers: analyzing, writing and organizing.

Providing information on a website involves not only good writing and good thinking. This workshop involves understanding readers’ needs, organization and writing skills.