Business Writing Essentials

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Business Writing Essentials includes the following courses. In addition to the brief description for each course, even more information can be found by clicking on the link.

• Writing with Intention

Whether you're preparing a brief e-mail response, a business letter, a performance review, a multi-page proposal, or a presentation to a prime customer, you know that having a job means having to write. But if you're not a trained writer, how do you begin? The writing process actually starts before you pick up a pen or place your fingers on a keyboard. It begins with defining what you are writing, for whom you are writing, why you are writing, and which writing approach to use. "Writing with Intention" addresses these defining matters, which you need to consider every time you sit down to write. The course includes lessons on how to link your writing to its purpose, how to modify your writing for different readers and audiences, and how to approach your content in a manner that supports the message type. In this course, business writing is taught as a collection of easy skill sets, not as a strained creative exercise. The lessons flexibly encompass almost any kind of business writing you may be required to perform on the job. No matter what your level of writing skill, if you write at work, you can benefit from this practical writing course.
 

• Avoiding Errors in Usage and Punctuation

Have you ever received an e-mail so poorly worded that you hit the delete button before you even finished reading the message? Have you ever opened a letter so confusing that you couldn't understand what the author was trying to say? If so, you understand the frustration of receiving a badly written message. Are you afraid that you might have sent messages that have been discarded or misunderstood for similar reasons? If so, this course will help you to improve your basic usage and punctuation skills so that your messages are read and understood.

• Avoiding Grammatical Errors in Business Writing

Correct grammar is one of the key skills for any business writer. Poor grammar skills interfere with communicating a clear message; moreover, they may suggest that the writer is careless and perhaps unprofessional. In this course, you will learn to recognize and repair the most common grammatical errors in sentence construction. Using correct grammar will help you to convey your information accurately and to represent yourself and your company as articulate and professional.

• Crisp Composition

Your readers hope that you will work hard to write clearly and concisely. If you do so, your readers can spend their time considering what you have to say, not wondering what you really mean. If you're concerned that your writing does not meet the needs of your readers for clarity and conciseness, then this course will help you remedy these problems. You'll learn to recognize and repair the common errors that prevent your writing from being as effective as you would like it to be.

• Writing to Reach the Audience

This course instructs people who have to write at work in some easy-to-apply techniques to help them write to their readers, however those readers may vary with business circumstances. If you're writing a thank-you letter to a valued colleague, the approach, tone, and structure of the document are dissimilar to a complaint letter you write to a vendor. The principles and considerations that regulate the style differences in the two letters regulate the audience differences in all written documents. This course helps you master writing techniques to reach your audience without having to learn a lot of writing jargon or creative elements. This is a practical writing course for busy people at work.

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