Online Business Courses by MindEdge
Communicating with Confidence: Make Your Business Writing More Effective
This course focuses on improving business writing. The ability to write clearly and directly is highly prized in organizations. You will learn how to be a better writer and how to revise your writing to make it purposeful and effective.
The ideas, techniques, and checklists in this course apply to all forms of business writing: memos, reports, brochures, proposals, presentations, catalogs, and websites. You will learn to recognize key factors for effective writing (clarity, tone, organization, delivery), how to answer the reader's question: "What's in it for me?", and how to structure, format, and write quickly (when appropriate). Other topics include formal and informal outlining techniques, how to revise for wordiness, unnecessary phrases, redundancy, and jargon, and the appropriate use of email in an organizational setting.
After completing this course, you'll be able to:
- Recognize the difference between ineffective and effective writing
- List and define the four major factors of effective writing (clarity, tone, organization, and delivery)
- Recognize the role of the audience in effective communication and the importance of understanding an audience’s needs
- Employ formal and informal outlining techniques
- List and recognize techniques for overcoming writer’s block
- Recognize the importance and dangers of writing quickly
- Revise for wordiness, unnecessary phrases, redundancy, and jargon
- Write more effective emails and recognize the appropriate use of email in an organizational setting
- Employ checklists for organizing, writing and revising
Estimated time to complete: 4-6 hours
Cost: $95
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