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Technical Writing for Cultural Resource Management: What It Is, Is Not, and How to Do It Efficiently [Foundational Skills]
When: March 08, 2023 2:00-3:00 PM ET
Duration: 1 hour
Certification: RPA-certified
Pricing
Individual Registration: Free to SAA members; $69 for non-members
Group Registration: Free to SAA members; $89 for non-members
Jerryll Moreno, MA, RPA
Ms. Moreno has 30 years of experience in cultural resource management (CRM) in the western United States. 20 were spent in Arizona leading surveys, testing, data recovery, and monitoring projects for a variety of municipal, state, and federal agencies. Her experience includes oversight of technical reports, draft environmental impact statements, land use plans, treatment plans, permitting, and synthesis of archaeological remains and analyses. In addition to her MA in anthropology, she holds a master’s certification in scholarly publishing and has published webinars on technical writing and editing with the American Cultural Resources Association. Ms. Moreno has served as a freelance book editor and production manager for university presses and global publishers in archaeology. Other past publishing positions include serving as the book review editor for the Kiva: The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History, for which she continues to serve on the publication committee. And she previously served as the managing editor of the Journal of Arizona Archaeology. With her diverse publishing and report-writing background, Ms. Moreno brings new insight to the process of writing for CRM and offers solutions that increase reader accessibility—the hallmark of technical writing—and reduce the production time and cost of deliverables.
Ms. Moreno has 30 years of experience in cultural resource management (CRM) in the western United States. 20 were spent in Arizona leading surveys, testing, data recovery, and monitoring projects for a variety of municipal, state, and federal agencies. Her experience includes oversight of technical reports, draft environmental impact statements, land use plans, treatment plans, permitting, and synthesis of archaeological remains and analyses. In addition to her MA in anthropology, she holds a master’s certification in scholarly publishing and has published webinars on technical writing and editing with the American Cultural Resources Association. Ms. Moreno has served as a freelance book editor and production manager for university presses and global publishers in archaeology. Other past publishing positions include serving as the book review editor for the Kiva: The Journal of Southwestern Anthropology and History, for which she continues to serve on the publication committee. And she previously served as the managing editor of the Journal of Arizona Archaeology. With her diverse publishing and report-writing background, Ms. Moreno brings new insight to the process of writing for CRM and offers solutions that increase reader accessibility—the hallmark of technical writing—and reduce the production time and cost of deliverables.
The vast majority of writing in CRM is for non-archaeological audiences, yet the writing guidelines we traditionally use in modern CRM adhere to an outdated academic writing style. In modern CRM, this style dictates that we remove ourselves from our work in order to appear objective. Adhering to this requires a heavy reliance on passive and intransitive sentence structures. Unfortunately for budgets and clients, this writing approach is difficult and slow to read, and it is expensive to write, edit, and produce. This course focuses on guiding attendees in applying basic technical writing principles in everyday CRM report writing. These foundational skills can be developed into company training modules for new CRM employees as they enter the profession, transforming how we communicate with each other, our clients, and the public. This seminar will include surveys to test knowledge acquisition along the way and “take-home” cheat sheets.
1. Explain the difference between technical and academic writing
2. Describe what plain language is and how to apply it in CRM reports
3. Identify common pitfalls in cultural resources writing so authors can course correct while still in the drafting stage
4. Improve basic Word skills that allow for increased efficiency in the editing and writing process
2. Describe what plain language is and how to apply it in CRM reports
3. Identify common pitfalls in cultural resources writing so authors can course correct while still in the drafting stage
4. Improve basic Word skills that allow for increased efficiency in the editing and writing process