How is the scientific and technical writing in your organization?

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Effective scientific and technical writing and presentation skills foster a culture of innovation and productivity by clearly communicating the findings and product developments to internal users and upper management.

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Communiskills can help you if you answer yes to one item or to all of them.

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Do you have any of these concerns about your scientific and technical writing?

Please select all that apply.
- We need to improve our ability to communicate to upper management the value of the scientific and technical work that we do, proving that funding our work is an excellent investment in meeting company objectives
- We need someone who can synthesize our findings into effective executive summaries that clearly establish both their technical importance to and business impact on the organization
- We need help with document design, so that our documents have curb appeal, instantly indicating that our message is relevant, well-organized, and easy to read and respond to
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Writing reports efficiently and effectively

Please select all that apply.
- We need to learn to communicate quickly and efficiently in our everyday messages, such as email, text messaging, instant messaging, PowerPoint slides, handouts, voice mail, and conference calling
- We need help in designing tables that stand on their own and are also well integrated into the text of reports
- We need to learn a system that will allow technical experts to easily organize our information into a format that permits them to quickly write an excellent first draft
- We need someone to help us write manuals that are self-explanatory to readers
- We need someone to help our non-native speakers compose effective documents
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Editing and Revising

Please select all that apply.
- We need help editing our documents so our text is authoritative, positively positioned, and concisely worded
- We need to learn a system that will allow us to proofread our documents so they are free of spelling, grammar, word choice, and punctuation errors
- We need help designing coherent reports that integrate the work of multiple authors
- We need to better understand the legal implications of our writing, especially when we write about topics with environmental, safety, patent, and antitrust implications
- We need professional editing help so we can get quick approval of our submissions to scholarly and trade publications

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How is the scientific and technical writing in your organization?

Do you have any of these concerns about your scientific and technical writing?

Writing reports efficiently and effectively

Editing and Revising

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