Hurley Write Courses

Popular Courses

Better Business Writing

Exceptional Technical Writing

Effective Writing For Engineers

Giving Great Presentations

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Writing for Marketing Researchers

Writing for Biotech Professionals

 

Course Descriptions

• Better Business Writing:  This course teaches the foundations of clear, concise business writing. Your team will learn to apply critical thinking and problem-solving effectively to create targeted business documents for various audiences. Participants will learn how to write effective emails, business reports, proposals and other types of business documents.

 

• Exceptional Technical Writing:  This course empowers your team to write more readable, user-friendly technical documents by applying their critical thinking and problem-solving skills to their writing. Participants learn strategies to write a variety of technical documents, including reports, user manuals, specs, and SOPs. The course prepares your team to plan and write documents that truly represent your organization.

 

• Effecting Writing for Engineers:  This course, designed specifically for engineers, focuses on providing problem-solving-based strategies to help your engineers write more concise documents for their technical and non-technical readers. During the training, your team will learn the foundations of clear writing and how to avoid “over-writing,” and to write targeted documents for their specific readers.

 

• Delivering Great Presentations:  This presentation skills training will boost your team’s confidence in commanding an audience. Participants learn how to prepare and deliver compelling corporate, technical, and board-room-worthy presentations. Your team will learn to speak confidently, create better visuals, and deliver a clear message that engages their audience.

 

• Succinct Scientific Writing:  This course helps your team master scientific communication by empowering them to create concise, coherenzt scientific reports and manuscripts that convey the message succinctly and concisely. Your team will learn strategies to plan and write various sections of scientific documents and effectively use graphs, charts, and tables to create impactful reports that leave a lasting impression.

 

• Better Reviewing Techniques:   This workshop focuses on helping reviewers develop strategies to streamline the review process, understand what to review for in terms of readability, and how to provide feedback that results in improved documents. In this workshop, reviewers learn how to give “generative” feedback, establish a process that results in less time spent reviewing, and focus on concepts that will result in more readable documents. 

Methods of Instruction

Hurley Write offers a variety of instruction methods, from self-paced online courses to instructor-led virtual training and in-person instruction. Our onsite and virtual classes are customized, interactive, and provide multiple opportunities for participants to apply concepts.

All of our workshops include tools to ensure that your team can continue to apply the concepts long-term.

Here is what you can expect when your team takes a Hurley Write course:

• Onsite Training:  Our customized onsite training will transform your team's writing with a workshop delivered at your facility. With the flexibility of 2- or 3-day sessions, we tailor our workshops to meet your team’s needs. The workshop uses micro-learning to break down complex concepts into easily digestible chunks. This interactive workshop gives your team multiple hands-on opportunities to apply what they've learned while receiving real-time feedback and guidance from our expert instructors. 

 

• Virtual Training:  This instructor-led, customizable option mimics the university model: short sessions taught over time. Each interactive module includes writing exercises and multiple opportunities for participants to apply concepts. As with our onsite training, the virtual sessions are highly interactive and use micro-learning, exercises, and collaboration to ensure that participants can apply the concepts successfully. Our expert instructors provide real-time feedback and guidance during collaborative breakout sessions and exercises.

 

• Online Training:  Each module of our online courses includes video lectures, cheat sheets, take-aways, writing options, and professional feedback! Our self-paced courses are available 24/7 for up to 180 days, and in addition to feedback on writing, some packages include face-to-face virtual coaching with our writing experts.

How to Choose the Right Writing Course

Courses for Teams:

Every team has different needs when it comes to time and learning style. Regardless of the option you choose, our onsite, virtual, and online courses arm your team with the tools they need to write more effectively in less time on a timeline they can commit to.

• Our onsite training is perfect for teams that thrive on personal instruction in a workshop environment. It offers customized training with the benefit of in-person feedback and in-class collaboration. With several flexible options, we can adjust to your schedule and bring our expertise directly to your facility.
• Our virtual training is perfect if your team thrives on collaboration but isn’t all in one location or doesn’t have the time for traditional in-person classes. It is completely customized and interactive to ensure your team gets exactly what they need.
• Our online courses are right for your team if they need to work at their own pace and are highly motivated to work independently and on their own time.

Check out our catalog of team writing and presentation courses that can be delivered onsite, online, or virtually. Still have questions about what’s best for your team? Give us a call. We’ll find the best solution for your team.

Self-paced Online Courses

Our online courses “Exceptional Technical Writing,” “Writing for Engineers,” “Better Business Writing,” and “Succinct Scientific Writing” are online and self-paced; all include feedback on writing and, depending on the package you choose, personalized coaching. 

 

Frequently Asked Questions  

How are your courses different from your competitors’?

Our courses are completely customized to ensure a profound learning experience. Our courses focus on readability studies; that is, what research and science say about how readers read. When your team understands the science behind what makes a document readable, they’re better able to apply writing strategies effectively to a variety of documents long term. 

In addition, many of our competitors aren’t up to date on the latest research, which shows that how readers read has changed dramatically over the past few years. Our courses are designed based on the latest research about readability so that your team can write for modern readers. 

Our courses incorporate coaching, refresher webinars, and video reminders to ensure that participants remember and can continue to apply the concepts. 

 

What tools do you use to ensure that the training is effective?

When most people  hear “writing course,” they think, “This will be boring and take me away from my real job.”

But our clients tell us over and over again that our classes exceed their expectations and are anything but boring. We create a fun, interactive, effective, criticism-free environment by using

• Socratic discussion to ensure that everyone’s voice is heard
• Workplace exercises, examples, and breakouts that focus on helping participants learn best practices for the application of concepts
• Generic examples to give your team opportunities to apply the concepts in a non-threatening way
• Micro-learning followed by application
• The latest research to ensure that your team is writing for today’s readers

Our courses incorporate coaching, refresher webinars, and video reminders to ensure that participants remember and can continue to apply the concepts. 

 

How does Hurley Write customize its workshops?

We customize by analyzing your team’s writing samples and, along with your organization’s stakeholders, design the course based on what we find. The exercises, breakouts, and examples are designed to ensure that your team can apply concepts to documents with which they’re familiar. 

• Exercises: Both generic and company-related examples are used to give participants ample opportunities to apply concepts.

 

• Breakouts: The breakouts use samples from your organization so that participants get experience applying the concepts to writing with which they’re familiar. They work collaboratively and then share how they’ve applied the concepts while getting real-time feedback from the instructor. 

 

What can we expect after the workshop?

Your team can expect to complete a Hurley Write workshop armed with a toolbox of tools they can begin to use immediately.  In addition, coaching, refresher webinars, and video reminders ensure that participants remember and can continue to apply the concepts. 

 

Does Hurley Write offer any tools to help with retention?

We certainly do! Our retention program includes face-to-face coaching, refresher webinars, and other tools, which are customized to suit your team’s unique needs.

 

Can we handle retention in-house?

Writing well requires practice, practice, and more practice, which most of our clients simply can’t handle in-house.  Regular immersion into writing and feedback that supports what participants learn in our workshops is vital in ensuring that they can continue to apply the concepts after they complete the workshop. 

 

Can we choose our instructor? 

Absolutely! Our instructors are teaching, coaching, and writing experts, and all have at least a master’s degree. No matter who your instructor is, your team will have a worthwhile, fun experience and learn strategies to be more effective writers, presenters, and reviewers. Learn more about our instructors here. 

 

How are the workshops offered?

Both our virtual and onsite workshops are instructor-led and customized, while the online courses are self-paced and include voiced lectures. 

• Virtual workshops are between 10 and 16 hours, typically broken into two-hour sessions. The benefits of the virtual workshop:
  • It simulates the university model in that participants have time between sessions to apply  concepts
  • Information is presented in smaller chunks, making it more accessible
  • Scheduling is often easier because the time commitment is less

• Onsite workshops are between two and five days. The benefits of the onsite workshop:
  • Participants are together, which enhances collaboration and  learning
  • Information is presented in smaller chunks, making it more accessible
  • Participants avoid normal distractions associated with workplace activities

• Online courses are either six or seven modules, each of which takes roughly 30 minutes to complete. The benefits of the online course:
  • Self-paced so that participants can work on it when convenient for them
  • Feedback on writing: each module includes at least three writing options on which participants receive feedback
  • 180-day access to give participants ample time to complete

Both our virtual and onsite workshops include coaching, refresher webinars, and reminder videos, which can be included in our online offerings.