Service overview: Clear writing training (workshops and webinars)
You need colleagues, staff, partners upskilled on
- clear writing that support academic writing
- clear writing that breaks away from traditional academic writing (writing for general audiences, for the web, business writing, diplomatic writing)
- writing for multi-language authors
- plain language principles
- basic accessibility
You get
- an engaging live webinar or workshop on that focuses on building clear writing skills
- content tailored to your group’s needs and interests
- resources and exercises for participants
Training type: Webinar for groups of 10 people or more; online workshop for smaller groups (more practical exercises, discussion). Length: from 30-minute mini-webinars to 90-minute workshops.
I would like to take a series of Ema’s lectures.
Webinar participant
Writing is a skill that takes time and practice to develop, but it can be hard to figure out where to start. I can help get your staff started on the right path with tips and techniques they can start using immediately.
Your organization will benefit from
- Faster, clearer communication: Staff will produce drafts that are clearer and need fewer revisions. Clear documents will boost credibility with partners, donors, and others interested in your work.
- Inclusive and accessible messaging:1 Inclusive and accessible content reaches a broader audience and boosts your organization’s credibility. (If you are in the UN system, this will align with the United Nations Disability Inclusion Strategy.)
- Skill sustainability: Participants gain tools they can use long after the session, creating lasting impact across your team.
Ready to give your staff the clear‑writing edge that drives better outcomes? Let’s design a session that fits your priorities and creates small but definite improvements.
Great learning experience in a friendly environment. The interactive hands-on session gives more effective learning outcome and an opportunity to learn from other participants.
Workshop participant
I loved the way Ema framed the writing problems and challenges: it was intuitive and the small examples and exercises helped to better understand the suggestions and their implications.
Webinar participant
Training participants
My training participants have included professionals with English-comfort levels anywhere from “native” professional to functional. (I also conducted a training via simultaneous interpretation, but that does require the organizer to set up and arrange.)
It’s best when the group is at a roughly similar level of English, however.
Your lecture was so clear and easy to understand!
Webinar participant
Get in touch to discuss whether we might be a good fit for your training needs.
The session was smooth from start to finish, and I felt the time flew by because of the practices included.
Webinar participant
Examples of past work
- Clear writing for the United Nations: 90-min. in-person workshop for around 20 aspiring UN professionals
- Strategic communication for partnerships: 90-min. online workshop with around 20 government officials
- Writing for international audiences: 1-hour online workshop for around 20 UN colleagues
- Clear writing for UNITAR: 1-hour online workshop for UNITAR colleagues (see case study below)
- Mini-webinars/online workshops for UNITAR colleagues: 30-45 min. each
- Boost readability with 4 basic design principles
- Making charts that tell your story
- Structuring your writing
- Using Word and PPT accessibility features
- Writing great link text
Really helpful and important! I was taught academic and “fluffy” writing but never to write clearly and inclusively.
Webinar participant
Interesting and worthwhile, covered a lot of useful topics in enough detail to be useful.
Webinar participant
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