Effective Business Writing
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| Duration: One day |
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Effective writing communicates your message clearly and concisely; ineffective writing wastes time and money. This program will unlock and polish your abilities to express your thoughts and reach understanding with others. You will participate fully during this Program to build both understanding and your skill. You will explore ideas, rules, and guidelines for clear and succinct business writing, review common types of business writing, proper use of punctuation and grammar, and participate in writing exercises with immediate feedback.
Participants are requested to bring multiple copies of a writing sample to be used in a workshop for peer comments on clarity, organization and expression.
| Topics include: |
• Basic Principles of Writing
• Common Errors
• Common Writing Problems |
• Rules of Writing
• Style and Presentation
• The Writing Process |
| Benefits of attendance: |
• Format your writing for effective expression
• Gain writing confidence
• Learn to plan and organize your writing |
• Recognize jargon, clichés, and awkward phrases
• Sharpen your editorial skills
• Write more clearly and concisely |
| Staff from the following areas should attend: |
• Administration
• Compliance
• Corporate Planning |
• Investor or Public Relations
• Operations
• Research |
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