Tech Comm Olympics

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Tech Comm Olympics
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Basic concepts

• Determine whether the following concept is
  related to
• document design
• organization
• plain English

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Example

• white space

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• double negatives

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• serif fonts

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• passive to active

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• left justification

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• background

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• headings

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• summary

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• verbs-to-nouns

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• clichés

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• double negatives

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Plain English

• Determine the plain English problem with the
  following sentences
• verb-to-noun wasted words
• clichés passive
• parallelism double negatives

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Example

• All but one of the samples was prepared by the
  lab technician.

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• For international travel, all requests are to be
  approved by themanager of administration.

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• The technical director was not inconsiderate
  when she made the request to move the department.

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• Registration for next years seminar should be
  made on or before April 29.

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• Masks are to be worn by all technicians working
  in the lab.

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• The accident delayed work by 3 days and was
  instrumental in increasing the project cost by 3.

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• The construction of the new facility is, at this
  point in time, two weeks behind schedule.

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• Getting approval to purchase the new fermentor
  was not a problem, but there was difficulty
  finding someone to deliver it.

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• The manager was really wrapped around the axle
  when he heard the company was moving downtown.

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Simple words

• The following arequestions for individuals
• (No bell!!)

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Example

• municipality

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• ascertain

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• mitigate

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• endeavour

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• indicate

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• subsequent

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• sufficient

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• terminate

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• conclude

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• maximum

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• negotiate

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• prohibit

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• eclectic

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• additional

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• consequently

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• particulars

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• purchase

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• regarding

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• components

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• prior to

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Problems withInstructions

• Define the problems with the following
  instructions

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Example

• After you press the CTRL and A keys, but before
  you press CTRL and V keys and while you are
  pressing the CTRL key, you should press the X key.

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• To obtain your refund, you must submit all your
  receipts and you must complete the expense form
  456-927.

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• Before you actually submit the documentation,
  copy your receipts and your filled in form.

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Final group example

• First and foremost, our primary goal of the
  meeting will be to reach a consensus of opinion
  about the best way to utilize the high degree of
  expertise of the consultant we brought in. The
  consultant advised us about future plans for
  implementing new state-of-the-art developments in
  production techniques.