Essential Skills for Powerful Business Writing - Greater Washington Society of CPAs

Overview

Your writing represents you and your organization. Success in your career, success with customers or clients requires clear, concise, and polished communication. The sooner you learn professional techniques to plan, organize, and present your ideas for maximum impact, the sooner your proposals, e-mails, and reports will be read, understood, and acted upon! Developing practical skills will increase your ability to inform, persuade, and motivate your reader.

Highlights

Save time by planning and organizing your writing

Prepare beginnings and endings that grab and keep the reader's attention

Put your writing on a diet, cut the fat and write concisely

Writing mechanics including word usage, grammar, punctuation, and proofreading

Edit and polish your writing for maximum impact

Practice with real-world writing makeovers

Prerequisites

A desire to have a bigger influence in your professional sphere.

Designed For

Anyone who wants to have more influence and make a bigger impact

Objectives

Identify the ways we diminish our credibility when writing
Apply the 10-step process for better business writing
Apply the method for summarizing information for maximum effectiveness and clarity
Distinguish between good and bad email techniques