IN-PERSON: Effective Business Writing
Event Phone: 516-317-2900
Master skills that are necessary in today’s competitive business environment. Learn to write in a way that elevates you with increased confidence and enthusiasm. The focus of Effective Business Writing training is how to organize ideas and communicate clearly. This class will show you how to write in a concise manner with conviction. For business professionals who have written contact with others, these areas of development are necessary. Improved written English means increased internal and external customer satisfaction.
Attendees Will Be Able To:
- Get document-writing started, increasing efficiency;
- Gain greater awareness of audience and how to communicate ideas effectively;
- Organize writing, following guidelines for appropriate style;
- Write correctly and successfully, eliminating the need for constant revision;
- Edit writing with confidence; and
- Communicate more clearly, fostering an increased perception of expertise.
Format—Effective Business Writing is an 8-hour class for up to 20 people.
Rich Atkins is the Managing Director of Improving Communications, a New York-based corporate training firm that, in addition to Speaker Services, offers Business Writing, Public Speaking & Presentation Skills, Sales and Negotiation, Customer Service, Leadership, Staff Development, and Human Resources training. He is also the Director of Improving Communications UK and Improving Communications IE.
Venue: Jay Suites - Madison Avenue
Venue Phone: 212-385-1260
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64 fully-furnished office suites on the third and fourth floors of a 26-story building more…
IN-PERSON: Business Grammar & Usage
Event Phone: 516-317-2900
Know the rules!
Business people who know grammar judge others based on their correct (or incorrect) usage. Be the professional who is able to be clear and correct in writing.
This 8-hour, in-person, instructor-led workshop is designed for groups of up to twenty people. In addition to instructor-led content, participants will engage in peer cooperative learning activities to gain perspective and feedback.
Business Grammar & Usage: ENGLISH BOOT CAMP is the answer for today’s business competitive environment. Interactive instruction and collaboration with your fellow attendees means that you will master the skills and apply your new knowledge to the classroom exercises and activities. When you return to work, you’ll have new confidence about what is right and wrong, when it comes to writing.
Attendees Will Be Able To:
- Know the Parts of Speech and their correct uses;
- Understand Sentence Structure, including applying rules for Subject-Verb and Pronoun-Antecedent Agreement;
- Be able to create Plurals and Possessives accurately and with certainty;
- Review and use the rules of Spelling, Mechanics (Capitalization, Abbreviation, Number Use), and Punctuation;
- Create original email / documents to employ newly-learned class material.
Format—Business Grammar & Usage is an 8-hour class for up to 20 people.
Rich Atkins is the Managing Director of Improving Communications, a New York-based corporate training firm that, in addition to Speaker Services, offers Business Writing, Public Speaking & Presentation Skills, Sales and Negotiation, Customer Service, Leadership, Staff Development, and Human Resources training. He is also the Director of Improving Communications UK and Improving Communications IE.
Venue: Jay Suites - Madison Avenue
Venue Phone: 212-385-1260
Address:
Description:
64 fully-furnished office suites on the third and fourth floors of a 26-story building more…
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