Building an effective Collaborative Writing Process

While many of us grew up understanding writing as a solitary activity, in the workplace, written communication is undeniably collaborative—whether physically sitting down with a colleague and brainstorming together, simply passing around a draft for comments and approval, or anything in between. In this session, we work with teams to determine the pain points for the writing process. Participants will discuss current writing or document procedures, assess them, and ultimately work together to rethink and implement stronger, more beneficial processes that will allow for better work and happier writers.

Outcomes

In this workshop, participants will learn to:

• Understand that writing just about anything in the workplace will contain an element of collaboration

• Develop, as a team or organization, a process that not only manages to streamlines your work, but also makes for more successful documents

• Ask better questions about drafts with an eye toward overall document success, rather than simple edits

• Consider various types of interventions in that process that will allow for more agreement early in the process—ultimately saving saving time and discussion after a draft has already been written—when others typically voice complaints or critiques

• Provide better feedback to your colleagues on their drafts, and prompt them to provide more useful feedback to you

Standard workshops are typically limited to 12 participants to ensure active engagement and individual feedback. If you have a larger group, please get in touch to talk about your options.