Non Credit Writing Workshops

Each Seminar will be presented as a three session module

• Writing on Deadline - writing quickly, concisely, and correctly while under deadline pressure. Focus on structure, strategy, tone & style to improve the persuasive impact of your business communication.

• Reviewing the Basics: mechanics of business writing and grammar - focus on common usage mistakes, and tips/strategies for improving clarity and diction.

• Project Management Communication - workplace accountability demands the ability to convey accurately the status of ongoing projects. This seminar will cover techniques for writing focused updates for supervisors and for your team.

• Responding as an Advisorwhen Bad News Hits, mid level managers are frequently called upon to advise senior managers during crises. This seminar will focus on techniques for putting your best recommendations into direct and actionable prose.

• Precision thinking, Precision writing – reduce muddle and ambiguity and get to exact meaning, exact message.

• Launching New initiatives - writing persuasively to gain support for a new project, a new agenda. Seminar will focus on persuasive strategies targeted to decision makers.

• Business Leaders as Thought Leaders - the op-ed, the open letter, the podcast (text) with a focus on how business leaders use written commentary to influence public opinion, constituent audience opinion.