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SUMMARY:Fundamentals of Persuasive Writing
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to change minds\, build support and make the case for your viewpoints and goals.\nLearn how to pack a powerful punch when writing persuasively! This four-week workshop covers the processes involved in writing persuasively and with confidence\, whether it is crafting newspaper op-eds and speeches or official emails\, memos\, letters and proposals. Everything starts with a core message. Think. Plan. Write. Participants will learn the techniques of audience analysis\, message development\, targeted research\, organization\, using persuasive language and effective use of “AI” in planning/strategizing. This class features hands-on writing instruction\, engaging discussion and an extensive reading list. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nHow to Nail Down Your Opinion and Stake Out Your Argument or Ultimate Goal\nHow to Plan and Write Strategically\nHow to Refine and Finalize Your Writing\n\nTime requirements\n\n1-2 hours weekly\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nThis is a great workshop for beginners and intermediate writers who want to tap into the power of “penning with persuasion.”\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/fundamentals-of-persuasive-writing-2/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:4 Sessions,Beginner/Intermediate Level,Professional Writing,Workshop,Zoom
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SUMMARY:Reading Your Work Out Loud with Jennifer Hamady
DESCRIPTION:Practice sharing your story and yourself\nSpend an evening practicing and learning about the art of public speaking. This in-person coaching session will give you the opportunity to bring your voice– and self– to the words you’ve written. You’ll learn how to become a more genuine and effective communicator of your work\, which will in turn fuel a more authentic writing process and outcome. You’ll leave the workshop with an experience of camaraderie\, community\, and a more deeply rooted sense of your creative and expressive self. Please have on hand a number of pieces you’d be comfortable sharing during the meeting. There will be a break; please also bring a snack and water.
URL:https://writer.org/event/out-loud-with-jennifer-hamady/
LOCATION:The Writer’s Center\, 4508 Walsh Street\, Bethesda\, MD\, 20815\, United States
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Fiction,Mixed Genre,Nonfiction,Poetry,Professional Writing,Stage and Screen,The Writer's Center,Workshop
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SUMMARY:How to Write A Grant Proposal
DESCRIPTION:Learn how to write proposals to request grants from funders.\nThis workshop will cover how to research prospective funders\, the elements of a good proposal\, and how to approach funders. Proposal writing is a practical skill that\, applied to those who work or volunteer for non-profit organizations\, can be a good source of freelance writing income. Please come to class with a non-profit or project in mind to use as the focus of your research and proposal. By the end of class\, you will have a draft of a proposal to use for fundraising. \n\nLive video conference: This workshop will be held via our online video conferencing platform\, Zoom. You can view brief tutorials on using the platform here. On the start date or the day before\, participants will receive an email with login info (please check your spam if you don’t see it). \n\nIn this workshop you’ll learn:\n\nProspect Research\nSections of a Good Proposal\nReporting and Budgeting\n\nTime requirements\n\n1-2 hours/week\n\nMaterials\n\nAll reading materials will be provided.\n\nWho should take this workshop?\n\nWriters associated with non-profit organization\n\n\nIf you need an accommodation for this workshop\, please contact us at access@writer.org. We will attempt to fulfill all requests\, but advance notice is necessary to arrange for some accessibility services.
URL:https://writer.org/event/how-to-write-a-grant-proposal-3/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:3 Sessions,All Levels,Professional Writing,Workshop,Zoom
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20260820T190000
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SUMMARY:Write Like the News
DESCRIPTION:Lead with the future — not background — for lead-ership\, especially in a crisis. That’s the most important of eight journalism skills that will transform your writing. The others: write your readers’ language\, be positive (to be both clear and upbeat)\, lay out logically\, be consistent\, be precise\, be concise and choose strong verbs. (Plus a Speak Like the News skill: avoid “uptalk?”) Emulate the vivid news examples you’ll see in this workshop\, and you’ll strengthen your writing voice with lively\, engaging news style. At 7 sharp\, we’ll critique TheWallStreetJournal.com\, seeing how to communicate your main point in just a few words. To cover as much ground as possible\, we’ll have just a few writing exercises and most of them will take less than a minute each.
URL:https://writer.org/event/write-like-the-news-7/
LOCATION:Zoom
CATEGORIES:1 Session,All Levels,Professional Writing,Workshop,Zoom
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