Whether you need to develop plain language proficiency or improve editing techniques, Joan Marie Galat can provide you with straightforward instruction. MoonDot Media workshops and training will leave you confident in your ability to immediately apply your new skills and improve your written communication.
Workshops can be tailored to suit your specific corporate needs. Ask about customized content or choose from the courses outlined below. Please indicate number of participants when requesting quotes.
Reduce Your Email with Effective Writing Email can take more time than you have to give. Discover essential tips to reduce the clutter in your Inbox, find missing messages, express yourself well, and save time.
Plain Language Writing: Say What You Mean
Learn how to communicate in language your readers understand. Topics covered include defining and targeting your audience, clear and concise writing, editing for style, and evaluating your own work.
This interactive writing workshop includes practical exercises that reinforce writing techniques. Participants will leave the workshop ready to create clear, concise, and credible content that leaves readers focused on the meaning of your message.
Topics include how to:
choose effective words
pare away words that do not contribute to meaning
self-edit text
write for your target audience
Public Speaking and Media Training Discover how to express yourself clearly and feel good about it next time you speak to a group or answer questions from the media. This workshop encompasses planning, performance, and coping with special situations, as well as low-anxiety speaking games and activities.
Writing for the Web
Improve your online presence withconcise content.Participants learnthrough practicalexercises thatreinforce writing and self-editing techniques.
Effective Report Writing
Take this workshop to ensure your target audience reads, understands, and reacts to your content that way you want them to. Advance your report writing skills by learning what to include, emphasize, and leave out. Discover how to organize and present your content, ensure consistent style, and write in simple, concise language.
Think Creative Creativity is the basis of all problem solving. Discover how to tap your creativity through this interactive workshop. Sessions leave participants with increased skills for tackling workplace challenges.
The Business of Getting Published (Sell First, Write Later)
How do you sell a manuscript? Do you need an agent? What information belongs in a query letter? This workshop leads you through the business tactics you need to get published.
You will draft a query letter and receive personal feedback on your content. Expect to gain useful insights that can be immediately applied toward developing and improving a rewarding writing career.
Interview Skills for History Projects
Learn how to gather information with effective interview techniques. This practical workshop includes writing and editing exercises to help you build solid skills for conducting meaningful interviews.
Topics include how to:
prepare for an interview
phrase questions
research and take notes
write clearly
self-edit
Proposals That Get Results
Writing competitive proposals requires a clear understanding and response to potential opportunities. Discover best practices for successful proposal writing and what it takes to encourage reviewers to accept and support your project
Corporate Storytelling: Make Your Point
Storytelling is the most ancient and powerful communication method. While stories provide great entertainment, you can use them for so much more. Learn how to use stories to help audiences remember information more clearly than unadorned facts. Discover how stories can help you extract emotion, change behavior, and convince others of your point of view.
Use Storytelling to Follow Your Star
Every story is told for a reason. Some are meant to persuade or instruct, while others challenge, console, and of course— entertain! Stories bind us together, making us less likely to judge or misunderstand others. Learn to draw from personal experience to use storytelling to your advantage. This workshop triggers the telling of short, meaningful stories, with you as the star teller—and perhaps as the starring character!
