RAPID-FIRE EDITING
A ONE-DAY WORKSHOP
JANUARY 19, 2012
10:AM TO 4:PM
REGISTRATION FEE $50
ENROLLMENT LIMITED TO 12
This hands-on workshop features methods that are not even found in the Strunk & White “little book” – and a few that are. It includes many methods Stephen Rafe’s clients and countless professional communicators have learned through his training programs.
This program will cover such skills as
- Organizing any piece of writ ing by using Stephen’s technique for “Organizing Words from End to Beginning™”
- Profiling and targeting an audience through behavior-communication methods
- Writing with a purpose (inform, persuade, entertain, etc.)
- Using the power of triads
- Avoiding "shun" words (those ending in "tion" or "sion")
- Exploring the passive voice
- Making nouns and verbs agree (even when they don't want to)
- And more.
Handouts will provide "how-to" information on these topics, along with editing challenges that involve participants individually and in teams. This program promises to be a fun, hands-on event filled with tips and tactics you can put to immediate use.
Meeting facility and coffee/tea service courtesy of:
Adrienne Ammerman, Communications Director
National Assembly on School-Based Health Care
Lunch is “brown bag.”
Stephen has designed and conducted similar programs for international conferences of IABC and PRSA along with other professional associations and private clients. One communications' department head commented: "I learned more in this one day than I learned about writing in four years of college and a number of other workshops." Stephen has also taught these skills through courses in first-year English at Lord Fairfax Community College, third-year English at Strayer University, and effective writing (reports, etc.) at Virginia International University and Stratford University. He is the author of three books with HarperBusiness and numerous “how-to” manuals published by Starfire.
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