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Sample Agenda |
Day One: The Fundamentals
8:30
Welcome and Introduction
8:45 The 5-Step Writing Process
9:30 Exercise: Communicating with Clear English
- Avoid pompous words
- Recognize clichés
- Focus on the real subject and verb
- Unlearn bad habits
10:00 Break
10:15 Punctuation Primer: The Basics of Punctuation and Grammar
10:45 Writing with Style
- Your agency's style and formats (letters, memos, and congressional correspondence)
- U.S. Government Correspondence Manual
- Agency style guide
11:15 Proofreading for Accuracy
- Breaking writing and correspondence into different elements
- Techniques for efficient proofreading
11:45 Exercise: Using the Correct Word
- Dictionaries and the thesaurus
- Words that look and sound alike
- Commonly misunderstood words
12:00 Lunch
12:45 Writing Congressional Correspondence
- The fundamentals of clear and concise correspondence
- Sentences and paragraphs
- Examples of good and bad writing
- Examples of congressional correspondence
2:15 Break
2:30 Writing a Summary
3:30 Individual Exercise and Writing Assignment
4:00 Day One concludes
Day Two: Congressional Correspondence
8:30
Welcome and turn in assignments
8:45 Review Assignment Solutions
- Review and discussion of specific examples
10:00 Break
10:15 Writing Congressional Correspondence
- Agency representatives discuss specific examples, issues of particular concern, and
internal approval and editing cycles
12:00 Lunch
1:00 Writing Longer Documents
- How to plan, structure and write reports and longer documents
2:15 Break
2:30 The Editing Cycle
- Ending endless editing
- Standardizing formats and terms
3:00 Maintaining Effective Writing Skills
- Using writing resources
- How to keep writing skills sharp
- How to keep writing clear and concise
4:00 Day Two and Program Concludes
All custom training is
tailored for each organization and audience. Topics from
this program can be combined with topics from our other
programs and with topics from your existing training
programs.
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Sample Agendas
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tailored for previous custom clients are available in
Adobe
pdf format:
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Agendas page for sample agendas from our other custom training
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Audience Level |
This
conference is designed for all staff who write
congressional correspondence and need an
introduction or refresher: it focuses on writing as a
process and how to apply that process to writing
congressional correspondence and everyday
writing assignments.
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Audience Size |
This
program is most effective for between 20 and 40
attendees.
Don't have enough people for a custom, on-site
program? You can still train your staff at our
public
course.
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Previous Clients |
Variations
of this program have been presented for federal
agencies.
Our selected
client list includes clients who have purchased
custom training, sent staff to our public programs
and who have purchased our publications.
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Faculty |
Our
faculty for this program all have more than 15
years' experience working with the federal budget.
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Course Materials |
Materials
include your personal copy of The
Business Writer's Handbook and government correspondence
manuals and style guides.
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Length and Location |
To be most effective, this course requires two days. It can be
customized as a one-day presentation with limited exercises and feedback from the
instructor.
This program is usually held in
Washington, DC. It can be presented anywhere in the
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help you
publicize and market a custom program to your
organization's audience, we can provide printed
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Fee |
The
fee for this program depends on the location, number
of attendees, length, and training materials.
Call us for details, or complete our custom
program information request for more
information. If you
don't have enough people for a custom, on-site program,
you can still train your staff at our
public
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TheCapitol.Net
tailors each program to meet your training and
educational objectives. Before we issue a cost
proposal, we will work with you to tailor a program
to meet your training objectives. We provide
all course materials and faculty chosen for your
topic and your audience at the time and location you
choose.
Our
custom program clients provide the classroom/meeting
space, all audio visual equipment, any food and
beverages, all registration functions, and travel
arrangements for attendees. When the program is held
outside the Washington, DC metro area, travel
arrangements for faculty can be made by the client
or by us.
We can also provide meeting space,
audio visual equipment, food and beverage,
registration, and travel arrangements, though this
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American Express), government procurement cards,
checks, EFT, and purchase orders.
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