Wordsworth Writing, Editing and Microsoft Word and Office Workshops and Brown Bags in Alaska

WRITING, EDITING, & FORMATTING WORKSHOPS

Dr. Oswald of Wordsworth can come to your office to teach “brown bags,” workshops, or classes on writing and editing topics. Below is a list of some of her experience in this area as well as classes and workshops she offers. For more information, e-mail Dr. Oswald.

LORI JO OSWALD’S TEACHING EXPERIENCE

Taught English classes at the University of Alaska Anchorage, the University of Oregon, Lane Community College, Umpqua Community College, and Green River Community College.

Courses taught include:

Technical Writing
Business Communications
Persuasive Writing
Research-Based Writing
College Composition
Basic Grammar and Punctuation

"BROWN BAG" WORKSHOPS

Wordsworth offers several brown bags and workshops in Microsoft Word Tips and Shortcuts, Document Formatting, Grammar, Punctuation, Writing Tips, Proofreading, Editing, and Writing Persuasively. Call us with your needs.

For a series of workshops designed to improve your employees' skills as writers and editors, sign up for the 4- or 6-week session described below.

WRITING SERIES

Each workshop will take about 1-½ hours, and I will be available afterwards for individual questions. I will also give out my e-mail address and will answer individual questions that arise through e-mail (at no additional charge). I will provide all handouts.

WHAT I NEED: A large room with tables (a lunchroom or meeting room) with either a chalkboard or whiteboard (and chalk or pens for it) or with a stand with large paper that can be flipped through and written on. It would also be useful to have a projector with a computer link.

WHAT WOULD ALSO BE USEFUL: A copy of a report from your company and a copy of a style guide if you have one. (I also write company style guides if you need one.)

FIRST SESSION: Grammar and punctuation review.

Topics include the following:

Using punctuation correctly (commas, semicolons, colons, parentheses, hyphens, dashes, ellipses, quotation marks, capitalization)
The most common sentence errors
Parallelism

SECOND SESSION: Company style.

Topics include the following:

Style versus rules
Acronyms and abbreviations
Company names
Dates
Italics
Headings and titles
Lists (bullets and numbers)
Measurements
Numbers
Spelling
Titles and names of people
Unbiased language
Word choice
Additional topics that arise once I see your sample report and/or style guide

THIRD SESSION: The Writing Process

Getting started
Organizing your material
Drafting and revising
Writing heads and subheads
Writing persuasively (this will be addressed, although there is so much material to be covered here, we can also address this topic in more detail in a separate session)

FOURTH SESSION: Editing

Wordsworth Writing, Editing, & Document Formatting Services
PO Box 4083, Palmer, Alaska 99645
Phone: (907) 745-5674; Lori Jo's Cell: 907-250-6530
E-mail Dr. Oswald at Wordsworth (just email your document for a free estimate on editing & formatting)
Alternate E-mail: loswald@formsinword.com

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