April 29 & 30 at the Commerce Hotel and Casino in Los Angeles, This is a dynamic 2 day seminar covering topics that are only available in this seminar.

Day 1 will discuss and examining the 3 report types identified in USPAP. Also presented is an understanding the comments in USPAP about each type, and identify the 14 elements of Standard 2, Standard 8, and Standard 10, as required by USPAP (2010-2011) version. Additionally a great deal of focus is spent on understanding what the terms, "Describe," "Summarize," and "State" mean. Other topics on the first day include, applying imperatives, understanding the readers point of view, developing critical thinking, writing good explanations, and learning expository writing along with the different writing types used in appraisal reports

Day 2
For the morning session argumentation is presented which includes argumentation, argument analysis, syllogisms, logic which also includes logical fallacies, deductive versus inductive writing, learning the difference between rhetoric and reasoning and we end the session with a look at the words we use, and those words we shouldn't use in our reports. For the afternoon session we would spend our time looking at good and bad examples of writing, and have the participants rewrite the bad which will then be critiqued in class. Lastly, we will discuss suggestions and guidelines for better writing along with a time devoted on the topic of how to submit a demonstration report that will pass.

Email Deborah Marshall for registration information at:
dmarshall@socalappraisers.org

www.socalappraisers.org/