Technical Writing Skills That Will Advance Your Career - SEM Young Professionals Speaker Event

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Written communication, from simple emails to formal reports, publications, and regulatory submissions, is a critical component of any technical career. However, formal guidance and training on this topic for engineers is often overlooked, leading to confusion, inefficient exchange of information, and limited ability to advocate or negotiate. By improving your technical writing to be more clear, concise, consistent, complete and correct, and tailoring your approach to your specific audience, you will be more successful in having your voice heard and establishing credibility with others. This talk will also cover useful time-saving tips for robust document formatting, preparing ahead for future revisions and collaborations.

Learning Objectives:

• Develop your effectiveness and efficiency in technical discussions and negotiations.
• Improve your written communication over a range of technical writing activities to establish credibility and have your voice clearly heard.
• Describe useful time-saving methods for robust document formatting to maintain high-quality through future revisions and collaboration.