Tuesday, October 18
The Write Tools: Part II

In today’s world of message clutter, getting your organization’s message across through storytelling has never been more important. Join IABC St. Louis, in conjunction with WeissWrite, in October for a half-day writing workshop featuring Dick Weiss, an award-winning writer and editor.

With more than three decades of experience in telling stories at American newspapers, Dick will lead a hands-on workshop that will teach you how to improve your storytelling. This half-day workshop includes:

• Basic writing skills, illustrated with relevant examples
• A review of submitted written work
• Writing and editing exercises that will be reviewed during the session
• Tips on how to overcome writer’s block, organize content and managing to please both your boss and audience

Attendees will be requested to submit a written sample prior to the workshop, which will be used to create an effective seminar tailored to the audience’s needs. During the workshop, you will receive personalized feedback about what you are doing well and opportunities for improvement. The Write Tools: Part II is a follow-up to our one-day writing workshop held in March. You told us you wanted more. More in-depth. More discussion. More hands on. The Write Tools: Part II is a writing workshop that takes in-depth to a new level!

About the speaker:
Dick Weiss was a metro editor and writing coach at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. He managed the development of enterprise stories with a particular emphasis on narrative writing. He has conducted training seminars for reporters and editors, and coached reporters one-on-one.

While keeping his day job at the newspaper Weiss started his own business, WeissWrite LLC, in 2003 as a writing, editing and coaching service for anyone with a story to tell. He is a frequent speaker at the American Press Institute and was site director for the National Writers’ Workshop in St. Louis from 2001-2004.

He recently completed a tour as a speaker for the Reynolds Center for Business Journalism where he showed business writers how to weave their facts and figures into compelling tales. He has served on the faculty for the Neiman Narrative Program at Harvard University and Webster University’s Center for Professional Development.

When:
Tuesday, October 18, 2011
7:30 a.m. – 8:00 a.m. – Registration, Networking & Breakfast
8:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m. – Workshop
11:15 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Wrap-up

Where:
Sheraton Clayton Plaza Hotel
7730 Bonhomme Ave.
St. Louis, MO 63105
Complimentary parking is available in the hotel garage.

IABC St. Louis Half-Day Workshop
(Includes continental breakfast)
Member: $75
Non-Member: $150
Student: $50

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REGISTER FOR THE WORKSHOP

But the learning doesn’t stop there.
WeissWrite is offering to extend your learning with one-on-one individual writing sessions to build on the skills taught in the half-day session. For an additional fee, the first 15 participants who sign up on his website receive in-depth coaching and a follow-up analysis within 45 days of the The Write Tools: Part II workshop.

WeissWrite – One-on-One Writing Coach
(Includes two hours of consultation and editing)
First 15 participants: $250
Sign up for one-on-one writing coaching with Dick Weiss.