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ASCE 9780784407325 2005

ASCE 9780784407325 2005

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Professional Communications

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Heather Silyn-Roberts provides practical, comprehensive advice on best practice for professional engineering communications that convey information to readers accurately and simply.

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6 Contents
12 Preface and Introduction
16 About the Author
18 Part 1: International Best Practice in Report Writing: Getting Started
20 Chapter 1: The Basics of Technical Writing
1.1 What to aim for: characteristics of an effective document
21 1.2 Pitfalls to avoid
22 1.3 Solutions to the main problems: questions and action plan
25 Chapter 2: The Structure of an Engineering Document
2.1 The traditional basic skeleton of most reports
26 2.2 A navigational pathway: the sections that engineers read first
2.3 Traditional report structure: the diamond structure of a document
28 2.4 Structure for an executive audience: nontraditional report structure
29 2.5 Sections of a document: also diamond-shaped
2.6 Helping nonengineers to understand a complex document
30 2.7 Deliberate repetition of information in a document
32 Chapter 3: Organizing a Document and Choosing Appropriate Sections
3.1 Why plan?
33 3.2 Steps to take when planning a document
34 3.3 Using the Outline mode of Microsoft Word[sup(®)]
35 3.4 Brief descriptions of possible sections to choose for a document
40 Chapter 4: Presentation Style
42 Part 2: The Sections of a Document
44 Chapter 5: Requirements for Sections and Elements of a Document
45 5.1 Listing of commonly used sections and elements of a document
46 5.2 Requirements for the basic skeleton of sections
51 5.3 Requirements for commonly used preliminary sections
54 5.4 Requirements for sections commonly used at the start of the main body of the document
55 5.5 Requirements for sections commonly used at the end of a document
56 5.6 Requirements for other possible sections, in alphabetical order
72 Part 3: Specific Types of Documents
74 Chapter 6: Summarizing: An Executive Summary, a Summary, and a Conference or Journal Paper Abstract
75 6.1 Definitions: Executive Summary/Summary/Abstract
6.2 The purpose of any type of summary
76 6.3 Difficulties in writing
6.4 General requirements
77 6.5 Structure
6.6 Steps in summarizing
78 6.7 The different types of content (descriptive, informative, descriptive/informative)
80 6.8 An Executive Summary
81 6.9 A journal paper Abstract
82 6.10 A conference Abstract
83 6.11 Common mistakes in Abstracts or Summaries
86 Chapter 7: Reports
87 7.1 Major formal proposal
90 7.2 Feasibility study
91 7.3 Due diligence report
92 7.4 Environmental assessment report
93 7.5 Progress report
94 7.6 Incident report
95 7.7 Inspection report
7.8 Trip report
96 7.9 Performance review
7.10 Laboratory or research report
98 Chapter 8: A Set of Instructions: Handbook, Procedure, Operating Manual
8.1 Aim
99 8.2 Difficulties
8.3 Possible structure for a procedure
8.4 Guidelines for wording of the instructions
105 Chapter 9: Formal Letters
9.1 The conventions: the elements of a formal letter
108 9.2 Font, spacing, arrangement on the page
9.3 Structure of the information
9.4 Style of writing
109 9.5 Sample letters to illustrate the principles
111 9.6 Letters that accompany a document
114 Chapter 10: Short Workplace Documents: E-mails, Faxes, Memoranda, Agendas, and Minutes
115 10.1 E-mails to communicate matters of work
116 10.2 Faxes
10.3 Memoranda
118 10.4 Agenda and minutes of a meeting
122 Chapter 11: Publicity Material: Brochures and Press Releases
11.1 Writing a brochure
124 11.2 Writing for the media
131 Chapter 12: A Journal or Conference Paper
12.1 The process of publishing a journal paper
135 12.2 The structure of a journal or conference paper
12.3 Requirements for the sections of a journal or conference paper
147 Chapter 13: A Conference or Display Poster
148 13.1 Attending a conference and presenting a poster: the basics
13.2 Purpose of a poster
13.3 What readers like in a poster
149 13.4 Steps in planning a poster
151 13.5 Design of the layout
152 13.6 Poster title
153 13.7 Possible sections for a poster
154 13.8 Figures and tables
155 13.9 Structure of the text
156 13.10 Style of font
157 13.11 Using color and background
13.12 Printing the poster
158 13.13 Final production
13.14 Common mistakes
160 Part 4: Referencing; Editorial Conventions; and Revising, Proofreading, and Reviewing
162 Chapter 14: Referencing Your Sources
163 14.1 Purpose of referencing
14.2 Referencing a document: the basics
14.3 When references should be used
164 14.4 The two main systems of referencing
173 14.5 Personal communications
174 14.6 Sample text and corresponding List of References section for the two main systems
177 14.7 Using direct quotations with quotation marks
14.8 Compiling a Bibliography
178 14.9 Common faults
180 Chapter 15: Editorial Conventions
15.1 Conventions for writing numbers in the text
181 15.2 Rules for capitalization
183 15.3 Defining acronyms in the text
15.4 Numbering of chapters and sections of documents, pages, and illustrations
185 15.5 Titles and captions of tables and figures
15.6 Conventions for tables
187 15.7 Formatting equations in the text
189 Chapter 16: Revising, Proofreading, and Reviewing a Document
16.1 Brief definitions: Revising, proofreading, and reviewing
190 16.2 Revising a document
192 16.3 Proofreading the final draft of a document
193 16.4 Proofreading the printer’s proof
195 16.5 Reviewing a document
198 Part 5: Writing Style
200 Chapter 17: Problems of Style: Recognizing and Correcting Common Mistakes
201 17.1 Paragraphs
202 17.2 Sentences
204 17.3 Punctuation
208 17.4 Plurals
17.5 Pairs of words that are often confused
212 17.6 Jargon phrases to avoid
17.7 Writing to inform, not to impress
213 17.8 The split infinitive
214 17.9 Verbs and vivid language
219 17.10 Spell-checking
220 Part 6: Presenting Work Orally
222 Chapter 18: A Seminar or Conference Presentation
223 18.1 The aims of a presentation and the constraining factors
18.2 Guidelines for beginners
225 18.3 Structuring the presentation
227 18.4 Suggestions for wording: your own, and for visual aids
231 18.5 Types of speaker’s notes
232 18.6 Spoken style
233 18.7 Designing visual aids
236 18.8 Delivering your presentation
241 18.9 Answering questions
244 Chapter 19: A Presentation to a Small Group
19.1 The constraints of presenting to a small group
19.2 Basic principles for preparation
245 19.3 A professional interview or an oral examination
19.4 A presentation to a review panel
250 Part 7: References and Resources
252 References and Resources
258 Quick reference guide: The Parts of Speech and Verb Forms
262 Index
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B
C
263 D
E
F
264 G
H
I
J
K
L
M
265 N
O
P
266 Q
R
267 S
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268 U
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