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Technical Writing for Emerging Geoscience Professionals

Date: September 26, 2024

Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm

Location: Mövenpick Hotel Windhoek | Windhoek, Namibia

Presenters: Jacob Hanley

Attendee Maximum: 40

40% of spaces are reserved for students and recent graduates, and are offered at a discounted rate.

Fees and Registration

Description

Strong technical writing skills are recognized as a key asset for anyone engaged in a career in the mineral resources industry and geosciences broadly. This full day workshop will address key elements of effective communication in the applied geosciences, with a focus on improving participants’ technical writing and presentation skills for a wide variety of audiences.

Topics will include: (i) the scope of geoscience technical writing in the mineral resources private sector, academia, and government; (ii) recognizing key technical deficiencies and challenges when writing and communicating as a professional geoscientist; (iii) writing style, and improving precision in various forms of technical communication; (iv) integrating technical writing with effective data presentation; and (v) the ethics of technical communication in geosciences. A variety of cumulative, short exercises will teach participants to (i) identify and write appropriately for a specific target audience, (ii) improve their critical editing skills including revising a technical draft, and (iii) properly cite other work, organize their writing, and track writing progress relative to impending deadlines.

Participants should be prepared to work on critical editing of a piece of their own work, comprising a 2-3 page excerpt from a technical report, thesis, or other relevant geoscience communication format that is completed, or in progress.

The workshop will provide each attendee with a copy of the book The Dictionary of Geology (New Penguin), which they may use as a reference material during the workshop and keep for their own professional development.

Lunch will be provided, and all attendees will receive certificates of participation.

About the Presenter

Jacob Hanley

Ore Fluids Laboratory, Department of Geology, Saint Mary’s University

Jacob is a full professor and director of the Mineral Exploration and Ore Fluids Laboratory in the Department of Geology, Saint Mary's University in Nova Scotia, Canada. His group's research focuses on characterizing the sources, composition and evolution of fluids and magmas in ore-forming systems. He received the Mineralogical Association of Canada Young Scientist Award in 2016, William Harvey Gross Medal from the Mineral Deposits Division of the Geological Association of Canada (GAC) in 2011, and was the GAC Howard Street Robinson Lecturer in 2013. Dr. Hanley has led seminars on technical writing to hundreds of geoscience professionals in academia and industry.

Schedule (Preliminary)

Registration

Early Deadline: July 22, 2024
Regular Deadline: September 12, 2024