Editing skills for reviewers

General duration

1 day

Target group

This is a very practical program based totally on work related to the participants. Prior to the program, the facilitator will call for examples of work the participants are required to review. Participants will then work through many examples to identify enhancements and how to improve them.

Learning objectives

At the completion of this program, participants will be able to identify specific ways to improve the readability and comprehension of written work submitted for review.

Course content

This program will cover:

10 tips for creating great writers in your team
The 4 sweeps of reviewing
- structure
- appropriate content for the reader
- wordsmithing
- cosmetics
Eight writing principles
- Short sentences
- Main message first
- Conversational style
- Active voice
- Use fewer words
- Use of pronouns
- Tone
- Formatting
Using AI to help edit a document
Providing feedback to the author