Essential Editing Skills - Online course

Duration: 1 day course with break and lunch time (10.00-15.30)

Digital book included: Speed Read: Writing for Work 2nd Edition (March 2025)

About

Discover how to break written text down into essential ideas.  Reorganise those ideas using an appropriate structure which meets your readers’ expectations.  Remove repetition and unnecessary words.  Avoid organisational or academic jargon.  Focus on agency and action in each point you make.  Shape the voice of your organisation.  Build your readers’ confidence in your brand.  And practice all these editing skills in a safe and supportive environment.

Who should attend?

Anyone who has to finalise written content internally and externally for their organisation and who wants that content to be clear, concise and communicative.

Outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• Integrate text from a wide range of writers into your documents
• Enable non-professional writers to contribute to your content
• Work quickly and methodically to create consistency of style
• Reduce word count and create clarity in all written communication
• Prepare all types of documents for internal or external publication
• And build your editorial confidence through practise and feedback.

What will it cover?

• What are the objectives for the content you are editing?
• What is the underlying structure of that written content?
• What structure is appropriate for achieving your objectives?
• What words are essential for communicating your messages?
• Who is accountable or responsible for the actions involved?
• And how do you make the content coherent and cohesive?

Trainer: Paul Brollo

Testimonial

‘Paul is very friendly and encouraging, and he allows everyone the space to engage. He makes a lot of effort to understand everyone’s individual needs and concerns with their writing/editing.’

Kalli Jayasuriya. Researcher, DSC

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