Topics: Management and Organization
During the conclusion of the final session, participants will also share their action plans and learn more about available resources (books, online courses, tools, etc.) to enrich their learning experiences.
To enhance social learning, participants will organize into "Checker Teams" to support each other with developing and critiquing session assignments. Review checklists will be provided to support Checker Team activities.
Because this course is highly interactive, participants are required to bring samples of their own writing projects (past, present, or future ideas) to analyze and develop during class. There may be some sharing of documents among participants on Day Two, so please bring non-proprietary document samples for some class activities. If proprietary documents are to be reviewed, the instructor is available to provide confidential, one-on-one coaching for each participant during the end of Day Two.
A critical resource included as part of this course is Hacker, D. & Sommers, N. (2014). Pocket Style Manual: Updated With MLA's Guidelines and Internet Resources. 7th Edition.
By attending this course, you will be able to:
This course is valuable for anyone motivated to enhance his or her writing skills in the technical environment. Job roles that may benefit from this workshop include engineering, testing/validation, procurement, marketing, quality management, and management.
English fluency
You must complete all course contact hours and successfully pass the learning assessment to obtain CEUs.
Norina L. Columbaro worked as a Talent Development Leader since 2003 with a variety of public and private organizations. She is an award-winning designer and powerful deliverer of curriculum for learning and development programs that build organizational competencies, optimize human performance, and increase competitive edge. Norina has successfully taught this and similar scientific and technical communication workshops since the early 2000s to engineers and technical personnel in a variety of manufacturing, energy, scientific research, automotive, commercial vehicle, and academic organizations. Norina was employed by Key Bank prior to launching her own consulting practice in 1999. She has held consulting and leadership positions at Cuyahoga Community College, Lorain County Community College, and ASM International. Under her leadership, ASM International was awarded IACET accreditation for continuing education programs in 2014. She has recently been published in Adult Learning, The International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, and on Military.com. She completed her Ph.D. in Urban Education, Leadership and Life-Long Learning at Cleveland State University.