Effective Business Writing

Effective Business Writing helps participants improve the organization, wording, tone, and format of their letters, memos, reports, and proposals. This intimate workshop helps build each participant's confidence, helps people define their writing problems, and shows them how to write clearly and concisely. The course is designed to address each participant's specific writing needs.

Objectives:

• Organize effective letters, memos, reports, and meeting minutes.
• Overcome writer's block and the stress of getting started.
• Learn how to come to the point early in the message.
• Develop a clear, concise writing style.
• Develop persuasive skills to help sell ideas.
• Use appropriate tone for all communications.
• Eliminate jargon, clichés, wordiness, redundancy, and antiquated phrases.
• Sharpen editorial skills.
• Learn to recognize and eliminate lengthy sentences and paragraphs.
• Survey useful rules of grammar, punctuation, spelling, abbreviation, and capitalization.
• Learn methods to make writing visually appealing.

The Communication Workshop, 130 Shore Road, Port Washington, NY 11050. Tel: 516-767-9590; Fax: 516-883-4006.