Write with technical precision and clarity

At Wordsmith, we help you take the expertise you have in your head and translate it onto paper clearly and quickly.

We work with engineers, scientists, researchers, and other technical specialists to develop excellent skills and final technical documents. This course covers how to:

draft content more efficiently
create clear, readable technical writing
write for specialist and non-specialist audiences without compromising technical precision

Effective Technical Writing

Some of our clients

Alberta Energy Regulator
Canada Energy Regulator
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Department of Ocean and Fisheries Canada
Ministries of Energy and Minerals, Environment and Climate Change, Lands, Infrastructure, Parks and Protected Areas
International Association for Impact Assessment
Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board
Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board
Nunavut Impact Review Board
Verra

Workshop details

We customize our workshops to your organization, team, documents, templates, and style guides

- In-person—1.5 days (11.5 hours)
- Live webinar—3, 3.5-hour sessions on Zoom (split over a few days or a week).
All writers benefit from this session because we teach an entirely new approach to technical writing.
The course is applicable to:
- recently graduated technical writers
- experienced writers who want to be able to draft faster and create stronger technical writing
- reviewers and leaders who guide writers and review their work
1. We meet with you to discuss your group's challenges and goals
2. You send us a series of representative documents
3. We analyze your documents
4. We customize our course material using excerpts from your documents

Create clear, readable technical content for a range of audiences

What you’ll learn

Cut drafting and reviewing time in half

Organize technical content to help readers make better decisions, follow requirements, keep accurate records, take effective steps, and prevent problems

Produce strong, readable technical documents
Draft faster and more confidently
Clearly communicate findings, risks, methodologies, strategies, and so on
Include the right amount of supporting information
Use a clear, concise style
Communicate subject-matter expertise to non-specialist readers
Structure technical documents to maximize usability
Demonstrate expertise persuasively
Speed up the process of drafting and reviewing with multiple drafters
Avoid common problems in technical writing

I was reflecting on the best courses I’ve taken and this was hands down one of the best. So applicable to my daily work.

— Ministry of Environment and Parks

I appreciated the tailoring of the workshop materials to our organization, using real-time, current writing examples to analyze and improve. It was readily applicable to my work and very professionally done.”

—The Civilian Complaints and Review

I saw an immediate and lasting improvement in my branch and the organization as a whole. Products became much more concise. The biggest benefit was that it gave people permission to leave extraneous details out. It definitely reduced the time spent on reviews and revisions.”

— Executive Director of the Public Service Commission