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1 Day Agenda
Session 1: 11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Break: 12:30 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Session 2: 1:15 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Break: 3:00 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Session 3: 3:45 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. (Eastern Time)
Session 1
- Introduction
- Activity: In-box Exercise
- Quality Writing Standards
- Plan – Your Purpose
- Plan – Reader Analysis
- The Document Planner Tool
- Activity: Purpose & Reader Analysis
- Brainstorm Your Content
Break: 45-minutes
Session 2
- Design Your Message – The 4 Box Tool
- Design an Effective Subject Line
- Activity: Create an Effective Subject Line
- Clarify Your Purpose (Box 1)
- Preview Your Key Points (Box 2) & Parallelism
- Activity: Make lists parallel
- Write Informative Headings (Box 3)
- Activity: Practice Informative Headings
- Review Purpose and Deadlines (Box 4)
- Drafting Guidelines
- Revision Techniques and the FranklinCovey Style Guide Resource
Break: 45-minutes
Session 3
- Revise in Three Stages
- Stage 1 Revision: Be Clear
- Stage 2 Revision: Be Concise
- Active and Passive Voice
- Strong Verbs
- False Subjects
- Wordy Phrases
- Redundant Words
- Activity: Edit for Conciseness
- Stage 3 Revision: Be Correct
- Tools for Correctness
- Review- The Process and the Tool
