Course Curriculum
Module 1- Language Specifications
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Introduction to Content Writing, Content Marketing and Content Strategy
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Types of Content tones
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Types of Styles
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Common Grammatical Errors
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Spellings and Punctuation rules
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Using Thesaurus/ Software for Content Spinning
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Content Formats
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Content Flow/ Presentation
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Content Referencing
Module 2- Internet Skills
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Online Researching
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Cracking Internet using Google
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Using Article Directories
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Learning to use Spinning Software
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Designing of Cover Pages
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Checking for Copyrights
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Using Content under Public Domain
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Blogging (Wordpress/Blogger/Blogspot)
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Setting up Themes/Templates
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Using LOGO Theme
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Adding Content Tags, Categories
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Keyword Research (Google Keyword Planner)
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Understanding Google Analytics and ALEXA Rankings
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Leveraging Social Media for Content Distribution
Module 3- Business Content Types
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Article Writing/Spinning
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Blog Posts and Social Media Posts
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Book Summaries/Reviews
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Copy Writing/ Landing Pages
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Creative Writing/Fiction
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DIY Guides/ Manuals
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E-Book Writing
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Editing / Proofreading
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Ghost Writing
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Grant Writing/ Proposal Writing
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Newsletter/Magazine Writing
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Press Releases
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Product Review/ Descriptions/ Recipes
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Resume writing/ cover letters
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Sales Writing
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Technical Guides
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Web Content/ SEO Writing
Module 4- Academic Content Types
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Question Banks
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Workbooks
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Study Materials/ Courseware
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Academic Guides/ Manuals/ Tutorials
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E-learning / RUBRICS
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Project Reports
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Research Papers/ White Papers
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Thesis Reports
Module 5- Communications and Content Strategy
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Strategic vs. Non-strategic Content
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Permanent Challenges in Creating Effective Content
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Broader Framework for Creating Content for Social Media.
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Creating and Promoting Brands with Strategic Content
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Building User Experience with Content
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Segmenting Market and Understanding your Target Segments.
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Creating Target Personas before Creating Content (with case study)
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Some Core Management Concepts and its implementation in Content Strategy
Module 6- Taking Content to Work
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Content Writing Projects (Website Selection)
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Choosing the Right Projects
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Writing Impressive Proposals
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Setting up Milestones
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Hourly Tracking Software
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Payment Collection through ESCROW accounts
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Withdrawing DOLLAR amounts to Indian Bank accounts via Paypal
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Search Engine Optimization(SEO)
"I gained experience of professional content writing with industry tools, techniques, case studies, delivery methodologies, practical models, strategies, examples, session activities, experience sharing, videos, PPT's and industry best practices"
- Anita Kaushik (Participant, September Batch)
Who we are?
We are a group of expert individuals specialized in technical writing domains with a remarkable experience of the same. At Henry Harvin, you will find the exact trainer who will guide you through the whole course from day 1 till you are an expert in technical writing.
It gives us the greatest pleasure to say that we have prepared the coursework with immense dedication and hard work. Along with the regular course, we have also added a number of skills and techniques that we have learned over the years through our experience. Hence, our courses are not only based on books and literature surveys but also on real-life encounters too.
We have also incorporated case studies and practical implications. As a result, we are successful in providing a better learning environment for professionals who can gain knowledge of the same.
What does the course offer?
As already mentioned above, the technical writings should be understandable and lucid in nature so that anyone who reads it can easily extract the required information from the same. It should be written for both experts as well as laymen. Hence, a professional writing course will help you in achieving the necessary skills to frame the whole writing in an effective manner.
The Technical Writing course offers the necessary strategies and techniques that can be implemented while writing any technical subject. The tricks and practical implementation along with the project works will help a professional to draw the utmost advantages in technical writing. Consequently, you will be able to represent your work in a reader-friendly way.
Why Technical Writing course?
The writing course will help you in transforming even the most difficult subjects into understandable ones. The audience should be kept in mind while writing a topic, as it is the audience we write for. Therefore, reaching out to them should be the priority. However, it surely becomes a thumbs down as soon as the content does not assist you in getting what you want.
The following points will help you analyze the benefits closely:
- Advanced techniques for easy comprehension from a topic
- Recognize the needs of the wider audience
- Simpler editing technicalities
- Use of visuals and graphics in the writings
- Ultimate planning for structuring a particular work
- Usage of easier and comprehensive words
- Effective proofreading strategies
If you are a professional writer, then you should be equipped with certain skills and tricks that will help you in enticing your readers to your writings. An advanced technical writing course is likely to help you in building up those skills and equip you with the necessary tools for effective writing thereafter.
What is in the Coursework?
The course structure is quite simple and made in line with the learning procedures. It is organized in a stepwise manner, starting from the basics and eventually moving on to the advanced concepts.
The coursework is a ten-step process and is mentioned hereunder:
- Reading the audience
- Structuring the objectives
- Drafting a layout
- Taking references and reviews
- Techniques for writing in plain language
- Including graphical representations
- Showcasing the essentials
- Suitably presenting the jargon
- Proofreading techniques
- Editing to suit the reader
The coursework has been taken up by many already and they have largely drawn benefits from it in their respective organizations. Going through our technical writing course reviews will let you know how these courses have helped a number of professionals starting for engineers to higher officials in various management roles.
How to go about the course?
There is no hard and fast rule for taking the course. We offer various schemes of the coursework to suit your timing and schedules. Usually, the training is as short as a week if done regularly. However, the sessions can be made flexible too, in order to fit into your daily routine.
We generally recommend a day or two for the training session. The course includes both visual and descriptive lessons for a clear understanding of the same. You can choose from the type of lesson that suits your interest and understanding capabilities.
You also have the option to opt for a lesson that is longer in duration and can be accessed at any time you wish to. However, this leads to breakage in the flow of learning and can be detrimental to the overall understanding of the course. Hence it is better to take one lesson from the technical writing course each day. This will ensure a continuous flow of acquiring knowledge and also help in easier advancement to the levels of the course.
Nonetheless, you need not worry about the learning process, as we offer a free consulting session with the trainer at the first stage. This will help both the trainer as well as the learner to land on a common platform and exchange their concerns. The trainer can thus guide the learner to take up a particular type of technical writing coursework which will suit the latter’s requirements.
Prerequisites for the course
It is certainly not expected you to be skilled already; however, it is preferable to have some of the below-mentioned criteria, so as to make the learning process faster and more convenient.
Although this skill will be taught to a professional once they are enrolled for the course, however, it is desirable that you have a basic understanding of the same beforehand. This will enhance your capabilities and let you improve and move on to learn higher strategies.
By this particular point, we expect a professional to be less aggressive and a little submissive in nature. This will help in learning more about the people around them. Since the writings are solely meant for readers, it is important to know what they actually want or need.
Venturing into any new thing is usually intimidating. However, if you look at the brighter side of it, the same will give you an upthrust. A technical writing course has a lot of new tools and strategies to offer you. Hence it would be sensible for you to be uninhibited and move on with the coursework.
- Awareness of the surrounding
The technical writings are supposed to be read by anyone and everyone. Therefore, it is the obligation of the writer to make it readable for the audience. Nevertheless, it is only possible for the writer knows about its readers.
A new course always comes with a lot of difficulties and challenges at once. Therefore, you need to be prepared for every scenario that may come up in your way. Therefore, you will need to have a positive attitude from the beginning in order to last until the end of the course.
Who should take the course?
The Technical Writing course can be taken up by any professional from any field. Anyone who is in charge of writing reports or directly dealing with the clients to showcase the business reports can take up the training course.
Contract professionals can also sign up for the technical writing course, as they often need to make reports on various proposals for the clients.
A scientist or research fellow is also advised to take up writing courses as it will help him in writing reports and research papers in a very efficient way. The use of graphs and charts is essential in research papers, case studies’ reports, and project works; the effective implementation of all these is taught in our software technical writing course.
Upcoming batches
We offer the training lessons in batches. Usually, there are enrollments going on for the whole year-round. However, we start the classes once there are enough candidates in one batch.
We will announce the starting date of the upcoming batches, once there is a considerable number to start with. The same will be updated on the website and anyone willing to take the technical writing course can enroll for the same at the earliest. This will also ensure an early start of the curriculum.