This course is now sold out.
We plan to offer another session in Fall 2019
Effective Writing
an ACEC/MA Leadership Education Development Program
Wednesday, April 24, 2019, 8:00 AM - 12:00 PM
@ GEI Consultants, 400 Unicorn Park Drive , Woburn, MA 01801
*Fee: $250 ACEC/MA member; $500 non-members
If Your Firm is an ACEC/MA Member*, You are an ACEC/MA Member
Register Online Above - use your individual login/password for this site, do not use someone else's login/password. For help, email acecma@engineers.org or call 617-227-5551
I took this program when I was a co-op at GEI a few years ago - it’s certainly helpful to me with all the geotech reports I write.
-- Anthony Telesco, Jacobs
Improve your technical writing at ACEC/MA's Effective Writing program, with quality content in a format focused on skills especially needed by engineering and land surveying firms.
Taught by Michael Paster, Effective Writing is modeled on the program offered by GEI for its employees. Tailored to the needs of employees, it's worth the small investment in time for you to take this course.
Course Format:
Goals: Clarity, Brevity, Think of the reader
Simplifying words and phrases
Active and passive voice
Words to be avoided
Writing for clarity
Common mistakes of grammar and punctuation
Taboo and caution words for our industry
Report and letter organization
E-mails, proposals
Reviewing and editing draft reports
Field Reports
Specifications
Space Limited: Register by Friday, April 19, 2019
Cancellations must be received by Friday, April 19, 2019
If mailing form with payment, mail to:
American Council of Engineering Companies of Massachusetts
The Engineering Center, One Walnut St, Boston, MA 02108-3616