This is a one-day workshop for those who already are good writers. Our time will be devoted to writing letters of recommendation, of persuasion, of refusal or of action, that reflect current word usage and up-to-date formats. Participants can also become more skilled at writing business cases, proposals and reports, and learn a bit more about e-mail etiquette.
Highlights of what participants will learn:
- Discuss their writing challenges;
- Learn how to make their writing clear, concise, and correct;
- Improve sentence construction and paragraph development;
- Identify some ways to make their writer simpler and easier to read;
- Learn about a tool that can determine how readable their work is;
- Develop effective business letters for tough situations;
- Discuss e-mail etiquette;
- Develop an appropriate writing style and format for your letters, business cases, and reports;
- Recognize standard ways of documenting materials.