Plain Language for Planners
Planners spend most of their working lives writing reports and letters. Yet they often have little training for the particular kind of writing they do. Universities teach graduates how to write academic papers, not planning reports. Generic writing workshops are geared to the needs of industry and business, not to the world of municipal decision making.
Plain Language for Planners is a workshop specifically tailored for planners, using planning documents. In the workshops, planners learn how to edit their own writing and make planning documents intelligible to decision makers and to the public.
Participants are required to provide 20 pages of written material to the course instructor in advance of the workshop. All material is kept confidential.
This workshop covers:
- organizing information in letters, memos, e-mails, and reports;
- separating background data from arguments and grouping ideas;
- the art of presentation: making the format do half the work;
- identifying the audience and what they need or want to know;
- keeping sentences short;
- cutting through jargon and buzzwords;
- the art of self-editing and proofreading: what the spellchecker doesn't find
Click here for a more detailed description.
Click here to get information about presenting this course at your own workplace.
( Note: There is a limit of 3 Student Members per course timeslot. After this quota is met, OPPI will notify and refund fees for any further Student registrants. )
Cancellation Policy
- Full refund: requires a minimum of one month's notice
- 75% refund: requires 2-4 weeks' notice
- No refund: if less that 2 weeks' notice
| Semester | Price |
May 13, 2010 ( 8:30 am - 5:00 pm ) Register Now
- Marriott Courtyard - Downtown Toronto
- 475 Yonge Street
- Toronto, Ontario
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| Public: | $605.00 |
| CIP: | $455.00 |
| OPPI: | $455.00 |
| Student: | $227.50 |
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