"How to Improve Your
Technical Writing and Communication Skills"
The AIA Long Island Chapter and the Women in Architecture Committee invites you to participate in a lecture to enhance professional skills in writing and communication.
Successful communication and the process of writing encourages the exploration and expression of ideas; it fosters the critical assessment of past architectures and precedents; and it helps develop the mental skills involved in creative thinking.
Writing uncovers issues and ideas which may not at first be evident, making new ideas not only comprehensible but relevant and interesting. Writing encourages the pursuit of clarity, cultivates an analytic approach to the understanding which is an essential tool in the architect’s mental tool kit. Good writing fosters clear thinking, and better writing engenders better thinking. (Berman, 2020)
Effective writing helps architects and designers win new projects.
Effective writing is essential for communicating the value of your work to the public, colleagues and to the community one serves. Learning how to sharpen writing skills increases clarity in and strengthens descriptions, new business proposals, inspection reports and communication used to promote yourself and your profession.
Instructor:
Paul Naronis works for Stony Brook University at the Center for Corporate Education as a communication skills consultant trainer and executive coach. He brings more than 20 years of experience in helping professionals communicate their business messages with confidence, clarity, and impact. Since 2005 Paul has trained over 6,000 business professionals and counting. His clients include Fannie Mae, Pall Corporation, and NBA, and many more. In addition to coaching senior executives and groups of professionals, he creates many customized communications skills training solutions. He designed and delivered courses for bankers, accountants, scientists, insurance professionals, salespeople, CFO’s, new hires, and others in virtually every industry. He helps leaders deliver impactful messages to their business audiences. His gift is connecting communication skills to real-life practice and creating fun and productive learning environments.
Course Outline:
- Writing Process - From Audience to Rough Draft
- Audience Analysis
- Power-Revision Techniques
- Libraries, Documentation, and Cross-Referencing
- Basic patterns and Elements of the Sentence
- Strategies for Peer-Reviewing and Team-Writing
Date: March 30th, 2022
Time: 6:00 PM - 7:30 PM
Credits: 1.5 LU
Price:
AIA LI Members- $45
AIAS Students - $25
Non AIA Member-$55
