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SUMMARY:ACEC/MA Effective Writing Course Fall 2026
DESCRIPTION:A virtual two-day ACEC/MA Leadership Education Development Course with Instructor: Carol A. Lurie\, AICP\, LEED AP\, ENV SP. Improve your technical writing with ACEC/MA's Effective Writing virtual course\, with quality content in a format focused on skills especially needed by engineering and land surveying firms. Effective Writing is tailored to the needs of employees in engineering\, land surveying\, and other design professional firms. It is worth the small investment in time for you to take this course.Course Format:Goals: Clarity\, Brevity\, Think of the readerSimplifying words and phrasesActive and passive voiceWords to avoidWriting for clarityCommon mistakes of grammar and punctuationTaboo and caution words for our industryReport and letter organizationE-mails\, proposalsReviewing and editing draft reportsField ReportsSpecificationsEnrollment limited to 25 participants for a high-quality learning experience. No more than two people per firm may register until November 4. Registration is on a first-come\, first-serve basis.  We will mail the course workbook to you. Provide your current daytime mailing address in the registration information below\, clearly marking whether it is your home or office address so that materials arrive in time.Space is limited: Cancelations must be received by November 11. No-shows and cancelations received after this date will be billed. When this course fills\, we will have a waiting list.If your firm is an ACEC/MA member\, you are an ACEC/MA member and can register at the Member Rate. For help\, contact acecma@engineers.org or call 617/227-5551.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<!DOCTYPE html><html><head><title></title></head><body aria-disabled="false"><p>A virtual two-day ACEC/MA Leadership Education Development Course with Instructor: Carol A. Lurie\, AICP\, LEED AP\, ENV SP. Improve your technical writing with ACEC/MA&rsquo\;s Effective Writing virtual course\, with quality content in a format focused on skills especially needed by engineering and land surveying firms.&nbsp\;</p><p>Effective Writing is tailored to the needs of employees in engineering\, land surveying\, and other design professional firms. It is worth the small investment in time for you to take this course.</p><p><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Course Format:</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="list-style-position: inside\;"><li>Goals: Clarity\, Brevity\, Think of the reader</li><li>Simplifying words and phrases</li><li>Active and passive voice</li><li>Words to avoid</li><li>Writing for clarity</li><li>Common mistakes of grammar and punctuation</li><li>Taboo and caution words for our industry</li><li>Report and letter organization</li><li>E-mails\, proposals</li><li>Reviewing and editing draft reports</li><li>Field Reports</li><li>Specifications</li></ul><p><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Enrollment limited to 25 participants</strong> for a high-quality learning experience. No more than two people per firm may register until November 4. Registration is on a first-come\, first-serve basis. &nbsp\;</p><p>We will mail the course workbook to you. <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Provide your current daytime mailing address in the registration information below\, clearly marking whether it is your home or office address so that materials arrive in time.</strong></p><p><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700\;">Space is limited:&nbsp\;</strong><span style="color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\; font-size: medium\; font-style: normal\; font-variant-ligatures: normal\; font-variant-caps: normal\; font-weight: 400\; letter-spacing: normal\; orphans: 2\; text-align: start\; text-indent: 0px\; text-transform: none\; widows: 2\; word-spacing: 0px\; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px\; white-space: normal\; text-decoration-thickness: initial\; text-decoration-style: initial\; text-decoration-color: initial\; display: inline !important\; float: none\;">Cancelations must be received by November 11. No-shows and cancelations received after this date will be billed.</span> When this course fills\, we will have a waiting list.</p><p>If your firm is an ACEC/MA member\, you are an ACEC/MA member and can register at the Member Rate. For help\, contact <a fr-original-style="" href="mailto:acecma@engineers.org" style="user-select: auto\;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal\;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style:normal\;">acecma@engineers.org</i></b></a> or call 617/227-5551.</p></body></html>
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