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Guyant & Associates LLC
1176 Virdon Drive
Sun Prairie, WI 53590

Write Like an Expert,

Writing Without Agony

Do you know what you want to say but can't write it clearly? 

Solve that problem by taking this seminar. Write Like An Expert will give you easy-to-use methods to write your ideas directly, quickly, clearly and concisely.  

The seminar will also build your skills in organizing your thoughts so that the final written product flows like a professionally written document. Come to the seminar ready to begin examining and writing on a topic for work or for fun; it's practice either way.

 The class includes extensive practice to reinforce your new skills.

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

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Precisely identify your audience.

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State the specific action and information goals set for the audience.

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Determine the most effective written communication method required to achieve the goals.

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Develop a complete issues list.

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Organize a detailed yet fluid outline that will be the structure of the document.

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Translate your thoughts from the 'spoken' language to the 'written' language.

All writing is limited to words!

With mere words, you must convey abstract ideas, movement, touch, sound, and sometimes evens smell or taste.  Learn how this is easier to achieve when you develop a better understanding of common meanings.

Uncover the major causes of "poor" writing and how to fix them

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Fuzzy focus.

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Jumbled organization,

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Jolting transitions,

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Inadequate evidence or examples,

Take easy steps to correct minor causes of "poor" writing

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Clumsy sentences,

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Too many words too often,

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Spelling and grammatical errors.

Simple, Effective Transitions

After you have organized your information in a sequence that the reader will find logical, you must have smooth transitions from one point to another to be effective in communicating your message.

There are many types of transitions, but this seminar demonstrates the two that are the easiest to use while also being among the smoothest available.   

Improve Clarity by:

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Logic, examples, and standards,

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Framing with positives and negatives, 

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Speed Writing With Quick-and-Dirty Outline.

Of course, no one has time to write every document with the ideal amount of preparation.  Consequently, this seminar recognizes that reality by demonstrating a quick-and-simple outline that a person can use to produce workable and readable documents in much less time.  

Why you really love editing!

The seminar will you show painless ways to edit, and during that process you'll be motivated to edit more (believe it or not).
 
Special discounts are available for not-for-profit community organizations serving low-income households. Free training:  If your organization would like training but does not have the budget to pay for it, contact us regarding the 'shared-training cost-saver' arrangement.  Under this arrangement, your organization could receive a certain number of free seats in a seminar held at your building and using your basic equipment (e.g., LED projector and flip chart).  Contact us to get a list of places where this has worked very well for all parties.

Dallas-Fort Worth and Las Vegas areas:  Special discounts are available for seminars held in these areas.

We tailor each event or seminar to meet your needs.  You may select parts from any of our seminars and ask us to build a new seminar or event to match your preferences. Length: Seminars are typically full day but can be trimmed to a half-day.  They may also be condensed to key points for conference-style general session presentation of 45 minutes or break-out conference workshop of 90 to 120 minutes.

Privacy guaranteed: We absolutely do not share client information with anyone or anything in the Universe -- nobody, nothing, never.

Dedicated to Winifred Guyant.  If everyone lived as she did, there would be a world filled with love and caring, and there would be no poverty and no wars.