Tips for Better Business Writing

Want to advance your communication skills? Improve your writing. Clear and concise writing is the key to helping your audience understand your message—whether it’s delivered in an email, report, memo, or white paper. This course, designed by Adcom Designs and Write It Well managing director, Natasha Terk, provides relevant, actionable tips to improve the quality and impact of your writing. Learn how to plan a message, format it for easy reading, and use the right words to communicate clearly. Plus, learn how to reduce or eliminate errors to maintain your professional image and credibility.

Learning objectives
Describe the two fundamental purposes of business writing.
Define a key message, and explain how and where to use it.
Explain how to generate a list of points for discussion and logically organize that list.
Quantify appropriate sentence lengths for ease of understanding.
Identify redundant words and jargon.
Describe the importance of proofreading and list strategies for identifying errors.