Writing and Training

Plain Language: Writing for your Workplace

This two-day course is customized to your workplace needs. We not only explain the plain language writing techniques covered in the one-day course, but also apply them to samples of your work.

Before the course begins, we collect writing samples from your staff to prepare tutorial exercises. We then choose passages that illustrate typical writing problems. In groups of three to five, participants learn to rewrite the passages and eliminate the errors.

Before preparing the exercises, we will:

• invite participants to suggest topics and problems they would like us to address
• discuss any sensitivities that might arise from the use of an individual’s work (if necessary, we will alter a passage to disguise its origin)
• ensure participants are seated with suitable partners

To find out more, contact Diana Berris at 613-234-8468, ext. 230, or .