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Workshops

The Professional Writing Center offers workshops to support all SLCC employees with their professional and workplace writing needs. These workshops are scheduled in collaboration with Staff Development.  The schedule can be found on the Staff Development Calendar and on the Staff Development Opportunities in SLCC Today. 

Below are recordings and materials from some of the more popular workshops that we have offered.  Feel free to participate on your own time in any or all of them! 

Contact Darin Jensen, WAC Director, through Outlook or x3466 for support with any of your professional writing needs or to request a workshop for your department or area. 


GrammarPhobia

This workshop explains why written English grammar can be so confusing and provides you with strategies to get over your phobias and build confidence in your writing. 


Get the "Write" Style

This workshop introduces the updated SLCC Style Guide and shows how to use it.  The guide is the resource for workplace writing at the College.   

  • Practice Questions (PDF) (Word)

  • Practice Questions (with answers) (PDF) (Word)


Journaling for Resilience

This workshop was birthed during the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic, and its content remains high in demand for our employees! We can always use a reminder to take a moment to focus just on ourselves. 


Mastering Meeting minutes

This workshop clarifies expectations for meeting minutes and provides effective strategies for preparing, taking, and producing minutes for a variety of meeting types.  


Writing a Desk Manual (and join the SLCC Desk Manual Team!)

This workshop is for anyone who wants to document what they do on a daily basis in case of unexpected absence from work.  Learn how to write complete and clear instructions and how to communicate what you do! Learn how to join the SLCC Desk Manual Teams group too!  


Writing Effective Emails

This workshop explains why email is such a complex writing situation for many people and provides helpful reminders for ensuring clarity and effective communication with our colleagues and our students.