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Written communication drives and sustains business. Whether you seek to inform, persuade, or entice, you will get better results if your writing is clear, concise, and a pleasure to read. Good writing skills can enhance your image, increase your confidence, boost your productivity, and achieve your objectives. And these skills may very well help to advance your career. |
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Business Writing | 6-week Workshop
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In this comprehensive course, you will learn the essentials of better business writing, including:
• How to get your points across in clear, concise, and compelling language
• Tips and techniques you can apply in any kind of communication - email, memos, letters, and reports
• Strategies for employing style, structure, format, and tone for maximum impact
• New rules of writing in the digital age, including email guidelines
• The most common business writing mistakes - and how to avoid them
• Steps for crafting correspondence that gets results
Each week you will review key concepts and then put them into practice in exercises you complete in-class and at home. Just as importantly, you will find out what to avoid, including common errors in grammar, punctuation, word usage and spelling. You will complete the course with a reference guide for crafting first-rate business correspondence.
Prerequisite: Students must speak and write in English with native fluency and should be able to send and receive email. Students may be asked to provide a writing sample prior to enrollment.
View a course syllabus.
(1.2 CEU)
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Tuition:
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Registration Fee $25.
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Better Business Writing | One-Day in
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The One-Day Workshops are fun, fast-paced immersions in a type of writing. You’ll get a mixture of brief lectures that hit the high-points and writing exercises that let you immediately try your hand at what you’ve just learned. The one-days provide an excellent overview of their fields, ideal for both the beginner and someone wanting a quick refresher course. Come in one day on the weekend with a notepad, pen, and desire to learn. By Monday, you’ll be a more knowledgeable and skilled writer.
One-Days are for beginners or anyone who wants to brush up on the fundamentals.
If writing is an important part of your job, it’s time you spend an afternoon learning how to do it better and faster. Through lectures and in-class writing exercises, this workshop covers business writing basics including how to organize, format, and write effective letters and memos; a clear explanation of common grammar and punctuation mistakes and tips for avoiding them; email strategies that save time and increase impact; and much more.
Prerequisite: Students must speak and write in English with native fluency. Students seeking to improve their grammar and basic communications skills are advised to enroll in Write it Right!
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Tuition:
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