Create a smooth process and an excellent end product

The process of drafting collaboratively can be complex, frustrating, and slow. This training shows you how to:

manage the drafting process so it is much more efficient
create powerful, clear, readable documents, even with many cooks in the drafting kitchen
reduce rework and increase satisfaction for the team
significantly cut time to create the final document
avoid repetition and inconsistency in the final version

Draft Documents Collaboratively

Tell us about your document

Some of our clients

Alberta Energy System Operator
Canada Alberta Jobs Grant Program
Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization
GNWT Department of Infrastructure
GNWT Environment and Climate Change
Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board
Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board
Ombudsman for Banking Services and Investments
Verra

Workshop details

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

This is highly customized content. We would:
- meet with you to understand your document and timelines
- recommend the amount of time based on your goals
Every writer and reviewer involved in the process, including higher-ups. This short investment of their time saves hours and hours later.
1. We meet with you to discuss your group's challenges and goals
2. You send us past document examples, if you have them
3. We analyze your documents and create before-and-after examples to model options for structure and language
4. We customize our course material using these excerpts to help decision making

What you’ll learn

Build structure early to avoid a complex (and hellish) editing process

Choose a common style to create consistency and reduce editing

Efficiently manage drafting, reviewing, and proofreading tasks

Understand how to manage the process for efficiency, strong end product, and less pressure on the team
Structure messages with supporting evidence so the final document is coherent and not repetitive
Build a sense of purpose and direction with the team
Allocate who writes each section using a structure that keeps writers clear
Use peer review processes to develop working relationships and help writers see the document as a whole
Understand the principles that shape style and draft a sample section to model style for this document
Use each team member’s skills effectively
Decide on supporting resources like templates or style guides

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