Executive Writing

Course ID: 389                         Course Length: 2 day(s)

Overview:

This course provides the experienced writer with the knowledge to organize information effectively, convey it accurately, and develop ideas using a logical framework. Students learn how to get the desired response from their readers by using the latest language-skill techniques.  They also learn how to organize material for various types of writing.  This workshop is course-specific tailored for each of the various branches of government - Air Force, Army, Marines, Navy, including the Department of Defense.

Objectives:
At the end of the workshop participants should be able to:

• Write to express not impress
• Organize thoughts into written form
• Use computer software to help with spelling,
  punctuation, and grammar
• Compose concisely and precisely using government
  branch-specific manuals
• Identify and correct the seven most common faults
  of reports of report writing
• Make a report so organized that its purpose and
  recommendations are perfectly clear to the reader
• Recognize the importance of style in technical writing
• Write in descriptive, narrative, analytical, or
  argumentative forms
• Apply the three-sweep editing technique

Topics:

• Parts of speech review
• Consider the reader
• Paragraph structuring and organization
• Powerful verbs
• Gunning Fog Index
• Parallelism
• Styles of writing
• "Nountown" and good grammar
• Preposition pairings
• Sloppy writing reveals a sloppy mind
• Organizing report data
• Topic outlining
• Different types and formats of reports
• Layouts and formats of technical writing
• Using graphs, charts, tables, drawings,
  photographs, and other graphics
• Editing for clarity, brevity, and image

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