Spring 2019 | 9:30AM – 11:00AM (Central)
Professionals employed in DOTs must communicate, but they find getting their ideas across can sometimes be difficult. This webinar-based series establishes the fundamentals of effective technical and business communication, and will show you how to present your ideas. It will show you how to produce text quickly and error free. The text will be concise, clear, and concrete.
Upon completion of the course, participants will be able to write text that is:
The course will comprise five 90-minute webinars delivered desktop to desktop. The webinars will comprise:
Here we take a close look at "Parts of Speech" or types of word. When you have the rules for word types, you'll be better able to identify and fix errors.
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This webinar will show you how to recognize and fix problems associated with word choice. In this way, you'll be able to eliminate unnecessary words and phrases to make your communication concise. When you know about vague words and phrases, you can correct them to make your writing concrete.
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When we build sentences, we can make them easy to follow. So many writers order their sentences in a way that makes them complicated. This webinar will show you how to make your sentences, and sentence groups (or paragraphs) clear and concise.
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We work with a variety of document types. Each has its own purpose and style. This webinar will enable you to write these documents with insight. This webinar will enable you to develop different styles to suit differing needs.
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Contemporary media bring fresh opportunities for efficient communication, but also new challenges. Here we’ll look critically at how electronic communication must also remain clear, concise, and concrete.
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Fridays - 9:30AM – 11:00AM (Central):
April 5, 2019
April 19, 2019
April 26, 2019
May 3, 2019
May 10, 2019