Business Writing in Regulatory Settings

When:  Nov 9, 2021 from 06:00 to 07:30 (ET)

To be effective, regulatory professionals need to write documents in a clear and well-organized manner. Under short deadlines, you have to create documents that are correct, complete, and concise.

After completing the virtual class, you will be able to: 

  • Create documents that will answer the readers’ questions before they ask them
  • Organize most documents in less than 60 seconds
  • Recognize when to use the active and when to use the passive voice
  • Format documents so they can be read easily on cell phones
  • Use online tools to analyze the readability of documents and format documents for eliminating extra spacing
  • Use a proofreading tool that will read documents aloud

Please note that this workshop will not be recorded.


Pricing Amounts & Deadlines

13 September 2021 – 9 November 2021: Member $160.00 | Nonmember $175.00

This virtual program is a component in the RAPS Certificate in Effective Communication. To earn the certificate, professionals in the regulatory field need to complete five 90- to 120-minute virtual classes that include:

1. Business and Regulatory Writing: Making it Easy

2. Dangerous Documents: Avoiding Land Mines in Your Records and Emails

3. Strategies in Meetings: Achieving Your Objectives

4.Conflict Resolution and Negotiation: Effective Tools and Techniques

5. Talking to Decision Makers: What to Say and How to Say It

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Instructors:

Nancy Singer is President of Compliance-Alliance LLC. She is on the faculty of George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences. She presently teaches classes for FDA Staff Colleges and FDA District Offices, Previously, she served as Special Counsel for the Advanced Medical Technology Association. For her efforts to improve communication between the government and the regulated industry, Nancy received Vice President Gore’s Reinventing Government Hammer Award and the FDA Commissioner’s Special Citation. She began her career as an attorney with the United States Department of Justice doing litigation for FDA enforcement cases. Subsequently she was a partner at the law firm of Kleinfeld Kaplan and Becker. Nancy is a retired commander in the Naval Reserve.


Kelly Gerstenberg is the director of education and professional development at the Regulatory Affairs Professional Society (RAPS) where she oversees the selection, development, delivery, and evaluation of synchronous educational programs. Prior to joining RAPS, she served as the director of program delivery and events at ASCD, and previously managed educational workshops while at the American Association of Pharmaceutical Sciences. She holds a bachelors degree from the University of Virginia and a masters degree in Education and Human Development the George Washington University.


Cancellation Policy

RAPS reserves the right to cancel this program at its sole discretion. RAPS will not be responsible for travel or other costs incurred due to cancellation. 

All cancellation requests must be submitted in writing to raps@raps.org. Cancellations will receive a full refund minus a 20% administrative fee. RAPS is unable to accept cancellations by phone. 

Paid registration substitutions may be accepted with written approval from RAPS for requests received before the start of the event. To transfer a registration, email raps@raps.org with the event title, name of the original registrant and the contact information for the new attendee.


Proof of Attendance

RAPS will send an electronic letter or a certificate of attendance at the following the workshop.


Questions

Contact the RAPS Support Center:
Call +1 301 770 2920, ext. 200 (8:30 am–5:30 pm EST, Monday–Friday) or email support@raps.org