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What did you find most useful about VanWrite training?

1. Editing theory and methods. I often proof another analyst's writing and the editing help will make my efforts more valued and valuable.
2. This is changing the culture in our the organization. It is NOT a fad.
3. Mind mapping is awesome. Like the color coding. I will be a better writer when I use these principles. Best class I've had.
4. This was a refresher course - took it 15 years ago. It was great then and its great now, especially the technology advances.
5. The explanations of good sentence versus passive voice sentences; editing tools; color coded; the instructor was fun and invited participation!
6. All of it. Mapping concept is new to me. Color coded sentence analysis is great! Immediate usability is fantastic!
7. Editing techniques because I regularly review staff's documents.
8. All of it because not being native to English language, I feel insecurity about my writing. It helped strengthen confidence, helped simplify concepts of sentences.
9. Everything! The whole 3-day course is pretty wonderful. Just love it
10. Going over specific examples. Putting it into practice. The concepts covered in the book really helped to ingrain the details
11. Great package. I appreciate all the attention to detail.
12. Group participation and discussion about energizing business writing through effective editing.
13. Hands on exercises provided opportunity to apply principles and tools.
14. High Impact Thinking and the editing software. It's a new way to organize thoughts and take the pain out of editing
15. I had VanWrite in the early 1990s and this is much different and very up to date. The new Mind Map options are wonderful and I can't wait to use the software.
16. I loved how this simplifies, rather than complicates my editing
17. Instructors approach and knowledge - the product is as good as the presenter delivers. Linda did a fabulous job with her presentation.
18. It helps you cut the amount of writing in half.
19. Probably 70% of my job is writing and I have a bad habit of massive passive!
20. Sentence Aerobics - talking through questions to ask yourself as you analyze work
21. Sentence Aerobics because we used real-world examples.
22. Sentence Aerobics, I wasn't a big English major in school; for the first time I understand.
23. Sentence Aerobics, it will help me keep my writing green, simple, and to the point.
24. Sentence Aerobics; it helped me greatly to remove the "fluff" from my letters.
25. Straight-forward teaching of complex ideas; very practical and effective
26. That we don't have to re-write our writing, just re-vise, and we can easily target changes that need to be made.
27. The simple and entertaining approach. Easy to remember.
28. The training provides useful, simplified explanations for otherwise complex, boring topics.
29. Actually both High Impact Thinking and Sentence Aerobics. I will use both in my professional as well as personal lives. Outstanding presentation.
30. The ability to organize thoughts prior to committing to paper.
31. I now understand how to write in the active voice.
32. Editing is the most useful tool in this training. As a secretary, I proofread and review lots of documents and memos.
33. VanWrite writing method.
34. Condensing what I write and not being so "wordy." I can't wait to apply this class to everyday writing. I need to write policy/procedures. This class will help.
35. It's all good. Organization plus writing skills. Just what I need.
36. I already see the value of mapping and Sentence Aerobics.
37. All of it; especially "thinking maps" and examples through out presentation
38. The screen examples of mapping and sentence restructure were excellent
39. The emphasis on thinking before writing and the clear guidelines for readable sentences. I see too many poorly thought out and/or unclear documents.
40. This will definitely shorten the time it takes to write a doc. I love it!
42. Simple, visual, easy to understand. no fear! common sense thinking.
43. It makes sense.
44. The entire workshop. It will be beneficial for my career and everyday life.
45. Lecture, was easy to follow
46. All, but Sentence Aerobics was particularly interesting to me because of learning "who does what" and how to applying it.
47. I can use this as an analysis tool to better understand customer phone inquiries.
48. The workbook and great examples presented by Linda
49. Proving that less IS more (shorter sentences make a bigger stamp on memory)
50. I wished I taken this earlier in life. I would have had more opportunity to share the knowledge with my family. Visual learning and repetitive structure works for me.
51. I found that all materials were very useful and the mind mapping really helped me to organize my life situations. Thank you.
52. The "high impact thinking" is the most useful because I can use this information for my personal life.
53. I really enjoyed mapping. It helps me wrap my arms around some cumbersome subjects. I enjoyed editing sentences.
54. This program will be useful professionally and personally.
55. I found mapping most useful, because it helped keep me focused. Mapping - have already used it twice and found it helpful
56. The presentation helped me visually understand editing.
57. Everything was visual and you showed us examples of the content that was being covered. This reinforced the material and put it into action. This gave me confidence to go back and try it on my own.
58. It simplifies grammar and provides a systematic approach to editing - writing.
59. Sentence Aerobics, because it will be incorporated into my everyday writing.
60. Mapping will help my kids study.
61. Editing - it helps to clean up my bad habits.
62. Visuals, easy to follow. Great pace and discussions.
63. Love simplicity!
64. How the writing is analyzed. By "highlighting" the part of the sentence, you can visually see poorly written phrases or make okay phrases into excellent phrases.
65. Mind Mapping! This will be helpful to rewrite policies and procedures and give PowerPoint presentations.
66. I think the mind maps were most useful. I've already found a lot of uses for them.
67. Target Editing book, it will be a good resource to help me correct bad writing habits.
68. I have heard of mapping through my kids. I never thought of using it myself. I will be using this for work and personal purposes.
69. Mind Mapping allowed me to organize my thoughts and actually understand what I do (both professionally and academically)
70. Sentence Aerobics, you allowed class participation.
71. I liked the Sentence Aerobics, as it really made me think about the structure of the sentence. It also helped me understand how to correct and improve my writing.
72. I found mapping most useful because the concept is an effective tool for all areas of my life.
73. Identify the strengths/weaknesses of a sentence or paragraph. Ability to identify subject, verb, prep phrases. Most importantly to communicate more and write less - no repetitive use of verbs/nouns.
74. How to make my writing shorter, but more meaningful
75. Mind Mapping techniques. I can use the formats and templates right away.
76. The training provides useful, simplified explanations for otherwise complex, boring topics
77. Mapping was the best. We could have spent another 4 hours on it.
78. Mapping is a simple, memorable approach to organizing thoughts, writing, and grammar.
79. This class provided me with easy to follow instructions for analyzing my own writing.
80. Target Editing Chapter 3 - outstanding
81. Examples of poorly written sentences, especially the ones we wrote!
82. The Mind Mapping processes and applications. Lots of in-class examples. Clarity of documents.
83. Examples and Software
84. Linda's enthusiasm kept the class interesting.
85. Every piece of information was very helpful. I enjoyed both days of learning VanWrite, Sentence Aerobics.
86. The handbook
87. Mind mapping segment because I was immediately able to apply the concept
88. Funny!
89. Idea mapping for large projects.
90. Books, Exercises
91. How to separate content from writing.
92. High Impact Thinking, because it saves time during the actual writing process
93. Mapping - used it with my son & homework
94. Practical examples, text to take home for review
95. Focused on reducing wordiness
96. Examples throughout the course
97. The mind mapping - on the first day I found this tool useful for an upcoming project!
98. The different ways to write sentences
99. High Impact Thinking goes beyond writing. It is such a helpful tool for organization! Sentence Aerobics is a great refresher.
100. The maps! I'm visual and my mind flops all over the place!! This keeps it all in one place. (and that's a miracle in itself!)
101. Sentence Aerobics, because it explains writing errors and how to fix them
102. Sentence Aerobics book
103. This was useful because hands-on works to enforce the usage.
104. How to look at sentences in different ways
105. Workbook and visual slides. Easy to follow
106. Exercises, I enjoyed the examples. Great hands on training.
107. Entire content of class was exciting! Strengthening impact word usage and stating the facts in a quick and less wordy manner.
108. Everything was very useful. Letter writing is approx. 80% of my job.
109. Mind mapping, immediate application
110. The visual exercises - you can learn more rather than just reading material.
111. The Sentence Aerobics section provides useful editing techniques that are simple and that can be used on the job.
112. All the concepts will benefit me in my current position.
113. Having the resource material and the software available - mind maps helped me organize my thoughts.

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