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Gerry McGovern delivers IIA workshop Writing for the Web
Gerry McGovern delivers IIA workshop Writing for the Web – News Release –
26/06/2003
Gerry McGovern will deliver one of his first public workshops in Ireland
this year entitled ‘Writing for the Web’ He has achieved international
recognition and has travelled to the US, Asia, Australia and Europe this
year giving workshops and seminars in the subject of online content. The IIA
are delighted that he will be leading a workshop on ‘Writing for the Web’,
on the 7th of August 2003 in Dublin. Full details can be found on the Irish
Internet Association site at www.iia.ie. For more information on Gerry
McGovern see www.gerrymcgovern.com
WRITING FOR THE WEB – WORKSHOP WITH GERRY MCGOVERN
7 August 2003 9:00 – 17.00
Description: This one day Writing for the Web seminar is packed with
practical examples and exercises.
The focus will be on giving you simple but effective techniques that will
significantly improve your web writing abilities. You will be able to use
these techniques the next day at work. The seminar will help you resolve
critical publishing issues that will result in a more professionally
managed, more effective website.
The Writing effectively for the Web seminar is composed of the following
parts:
Part 1: Why you are a publisher on the Web: (Why the Web is indeed a
‘publishing’ medium; Why content is critical; Key problems content faces in
the modern organization)
Part 2: The reader is king (how readers use the internet; what they are
looking for)
Part 3: Writing for the Web (the ten golden rules of writing for the web)
Part 4: Readability on the Web (including the fundamentals of online
readability, layouts, font, colour, images).
Venue: Clarion Hotel, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1
Date: Thursday, August 7th 2003
Time: 9am – 5pm. Lunch provided
IIA member rate: 250 (VAT is not applicable)
Non member rate: 350 (VAT is not applicable)
Book online here