Business Writing Online Course

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Business Writing Online Course

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Description

Every job description says: “Excellent written and verbal communication skills required”!

Why is “excellent” writing important to business? Because bad business writing wastes time. It takes longer to read and understand something that’s poorly written. And when poorly written material goes out to dozens or hundreds of people in your organization, the amount of company time wasted (and therefore expense wasted) is considerable!

Typical one-day Business Writing workshops, with rapid-fire instruction about communication “best practices,” don’t work because, if you want to be a better writer, you have to write, revise, rewrite. In other words practice with feedback.

“Business Writing Online” is an eight-week class that can really make you a better writer.

Benefits

In Business Writing Online, you’ll spend an hour a week in class learning to:

Organize from the bottom up
Be not only concise but compelling
Write material people look forward to reading
Freshen up your language
Apply your creativity, even your sense of humor!
Arrange abstract topics efficiently
Clear up ambiguity in your writing
Write powerful sentences

Then you’ll put what you learn to use. After each class, you’ll receive a case study to read and you’ll then organize, write or revise a document prior to the next class. (Note: If you’re working on a written deliverable at work that’s right in line with the topic under discussion, you may submit your current work assignment in lieu of the case study assignment.)

Who should attend:

Just about anyone who has to write at work. Whether you write RFP’s, proposals, design documents, budget notes, status reports, test plans, test results, project plans, requirements documents, how-to guides, re-org announcements, correspondence—this class is for you.

(Note: This class does not cover anything about contract writing or how to write legalese.)

Limit: 12 students per class.

About the Instructor

Susan de la Vergne was an Information Technology manager for 25 years, a career she prepared for by majoring in English and Theater in college. Susan brings her interesting and unusual combination of education and experience to engineers and tech professionals who want to become better communicators. Whether it’s learning how to prepare and deliver effective, actionable presentations or how to write efficient, actionable, even enjoyable (!) business deliverables. Using real-world examples, humor, stories and examples from her experience, Susan shares immediately usable techniques in her classes. “Effective Technical Presentations” is lively, practical, relevant, and participants learn dozens of techniques and practices that can be put to use right away. “Business Writing Online” is useful, concrete and interactive, and participants get plenty of individualized attention because the best way to become a better writer is to write, get feedback, and write again!

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