Broad-based technical writing skills training that elevates every technical document you write, from specifications and statements of work to procedures and reports. Choose instructor-led group training or a self-paced course with personalized instructor feedback.
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Instructor-led virtual, instructor-led onsite, or a facilitated self-paced course. Volume discounts apply.
Schedule time to speak with an instructor, not a salesperson, about your team's writing.
A self-paced course in which you plan and write real technical documents, including a procedures document, with detailed written feedback from your instructor.
Fee: $645.
Training a technical, operations, or project team? Every engagement is customized to your team's actual documents, standards, and readers.
You don't need to be a professional writer. This course is for anyone whose job requires clear technical documents, and every exercise uses the kinds of documents you write at work.
Turn deep expertise into documents that colleagues, clients, and managers can follow and use.
Write statements of work and project documents that set clear scope, expectations, and responsibilities.
Write procedures and process documents that people correctly follow the first time.
Write specifications and technical documentation that developers, vendors, and users understand.
Write clear, well-organized policies and procedures that hold up and get followed.
Present data, findings, and technical detail in documents that non-technical readers can act on.
Not the right fit:
This course builds broad technical writing skills across many document types. If you need in-depth training on one document type, we have specialized courses for technical reports, SOPs, policies, and audit reports.
One six-step process works for every technical document. You apply it to the documents technical professionals write most often.
Build a logical information hierarchy so readers can follow instructions and find required steps quickly.
Plan and write specifications that give every stakeholder the same precise technical details and standards.
Define scope, deliverables, and responsibilities clearly enough to prevent misunderstandings later.
Understand the difference between a policy and a procedure, then plan and write a procedures document with instructor feedback.
Assemble a well-organized report and write an executive summary that busy readers can act on.
All formats cover the same core curriculum.
Work through ten lessons on your own schedule, write real technical documents, and receive detailed written feedback from a dedicated instructor.
You leave with stronger documents and a process you can use on every technical document that follows.
Real-time, highly interactive virtual instruction customized to your team's actual technical documents and goals.
Large-group, small-group, and peer breakout exercises keep everyone engaged. Each employee also receives individual feedback on their writing.
Highly interactive training delivered at your location, built around your team's actual technical documents.
Skills transfer immediately. Participants apply what they learn to the next document they write, and each employee receives individual feedback on their writing.
The fundamentals of effective technical writing, covering both substance and syntax, in every delivery format.
This is the standard course outline. Group training is customized to your team's documents. Individual enrollments receive customized feedback based on the documents you write in the course.
Business writing coach for international technical and corporate teams across Europe and the United States.
Ph.D. in rhetoric and writing; a decade coaching professionals to write clearly, concisely, and with authority.
Business writing and content specialist with extensive experience editing and coaching technical professionals.
Writing coach and instructor whose clients include DuPont, Shell, and the World Wildlife Fund.
Instructional Solutions has delivered technical writing skills training to technical, operations, and project teams at MITRE, Staatsolie, International Trade Association, the U.S. Army, and Xtek.
Customized technical writing training for Suriname’s National Energy Company focused on reports, management updates, proposals, abstracts, and other documents the team produces. Participants practiced a structured writing process to emphasize key findings and their significance, tailor technical detail to the audience, and refine organization and language for clarity and impact.
Participant Rating
"The course was well-designed, and the instructor was great and knowledgeable. I liked the activities and thought they were helpful for learning where my writing could be improved. The course materials were also extremely well-organized and had a clean presentation."
Sigma Technologies
"Excellent, very practical training with many AHA-moments. Please keep us informed regarding any upcoming news regarding your services, tips."
Staatsolie Energy
"Elisabeth did a great job of presenting the course. 10/10"
Sigma Technologies
Effective technical writing presents complex information so the reader can understand it and act on it, on the first read. It depends on knowing your reader, organizing information logically, and writing with clarity and precision. This course teaches a repeatable process for doing that in any technical document.
You apply one process to the documents technical professionals write most often: specifications, statements of work, policies and procedures, and internal technical reports. Group training is customized to the documents your team writes.
Yes. A full lesson covers specification writing: the purpose of a specifications document, how to plan one, and how it differs from an internal report. You also review a sample specification.
Yes. No prior experience is needed. The course covers the fundamentals of technical writing for professionals at any level, whether you are new to technical documents or want to sharpen skills you already use.
This course builds broad technical writing skills across many document types. The Technical Report Writing Course is a deeper practicum focused entirely on technical reports. If reports are most of what you write, choose that course.
Every instructor-led session, virtual or onsite, is built around your team's actual documents, industry, and standards. We can customize our existing curriculum, combine multiple courses, or develop a new course. We handle all scheduling and administration.
The self-paced course typically takes about eight hours to complete. Instructor-led group training is usually the equivalent of one day and can be scheduled in shorter sessions to fit your team.
Yes, view this demo on instructor feedback. Every format includes personalized feedback on your writing from an experienced instructor.
Group training accommodates teams of any size. We cap each group at 18 participants to keep the training highly interactive, and we can run multiple cohorts for larger organizations. Volume discounts apply.
Yes. You receive a personalized certificate of completion that you can share on LinkedIn, print, or list on your résumé.
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