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The Department of Enterprise Services offers many workshops on written communication. Here are some of the classes that are available:

Writing Skills

• Editing & Proofreading Skills (2 Days)

• Editing Skills Review (1 Day)

• Grammar Review - Part 1(1 Day)

• Grammar Review - Part 2 (1 Day)

• Proofreading Skills Review (1 Day)

• Writing Documents in Plain Talk (1 Day)

• Writing Skills (1 Day)

Technical Writing

• Technical Writing: Editing Techniques (1 Day)

• Technical Writing: Proofreading Techniques (1 Day)

• Technical Writing: Tricks of the Trade (2 Days)

• Writing Emails (1 Day)

• Writing Minutes & Meeting Notes (1 Day)

• Writing Policies & Procedures (2 Days)

Online training resources

• Writing for the Web Online Training by the Federal Aviation Administration

More training opportunities

• Writing Programs and Courses, University of Washington - provides a number of writing courses, including Technical Writing and Editing.

• The Writing Center, the Evergreen State College - offers General Writing Series, Grammar Rodeo Series and Scientific Writing Series.