Get a Grip on Business Writing

Self-paced learning based on Corporate Classrooms workshop presented to thousands of professionals throughout the United States and Mexico. No matter what your level of writing skills, you will strengthen and cultivate your written communication by completing the 18 lively and down-to-earth lessons found in this self-study book. You not only will have the opportunity to refine your writing skills by studying sound-and common sense-writing concepts that are arranged in a logical and useful sequence; you also will have numerous opportunities to apply (and enjoy applying) your new-found writing abilities throughout this course. In this way, you will learn excellent writing habits that last a lifetime. And you will under-stand the importance of your unique personality in developing powerful and productive business correspondence every time you communicate on paper or by electronic means. Get a Grip on Business Writing will show you how to create vibrant, effective, and correct e-mails and letters by incorporating the six simple-to-apply steps of the "you viewpoint" style of writing. Additionally, your personal correspondence will become more animated and stimulating because of the techniques in the program that naturally flow from your professional life into your private life. This self-study writing skills course is unlike most others in several ways. Notably, it draws extensively on the different aspects of your personality to acquire and refine your business writing skills. Get a Grip on Business Writing also stresses the importance of using your present skills in a more original and influential way to produce dynamic correspondence in today's busy work-place. This program doesn't provide you with innumerable "canned letters" for every business occasion (with the subtle implication that all you need to do is change the wording of each, and you'll have a suitable and well-written letter for every workplace situation). Rather, Get a Grip on Business Writing intends for you to think about why you are writing any piece of correspondence and to consider your reader during each step of the writing process whether you are writing an e-mail, letter, or report.