RedVector ST-0167

Smart Business Writing: 4 Stages to Writing Your Best

Smart Business Writing: 4 Stages to Writing Your Best

1 hr. Online Course

Level: Intermediate

Item#: ST-0167

SME: Amy Watson

USD$39.95 InStock 2029-01-01
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Some people thinks that in the grand sceheme of things, excellence in writing isn’t all that important as long as you get the General idea across. But the sentence above is a perfect illustration of why that simply isn’t true: Did it make you wary to see that the first sentence of a course intended to teach you writing tips was full of errors? Good writing gives you and your ideas authority, visibility, and stature. Bad writing, on the other hand, can make readers question your credibility and/or expertise, can be costly to a business, and can even damage the career of the writer. Inefficient, unclear, misleading, irrelevant, sloppy or deceptive written communication costs companies across the board billions each year.   This course will help you improve your skills and avoid careless errors by focusing on four stages of writing: preparing, planning, drafting, and editing (revising and finalizing).
Objectives SME Course Applies to
Course Objectives

By the end of this course, you will be able to:

  • Identify the four stages of writing
  • Discuss ways to streamline your writing by being concise and eliminating redundancy and wordiness
  • Describe the correct usage of punctuation
  • Discuss rules for capitalization and formatting numbers
SUBJECT MATTER EXPERT: Amy Watson
Amy began her career in eLearning as a technical writer for RedVector.com in 2006. Over the past 10 years her role has grown to include instructional design, course development, webinar hosting, and project management.
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