Get to the Point! Effective Business Writing

Learn to get your point across quickly, clearly, concisely and powerfully. Learn practical tips and tools that can be used immediately to make your written communications — no matter what they are — more effective. This course helps students improve their business writing. Students will learn to eliminate wordy and unclear language that frustrates readers, who have neither the time nor patience to decode an unclear message.

Topics:

• Facing the crucial issues: determining your purpose and analyzing your audience
• Organizing and formatting: getting beyond the traditional outline, writing powerful openings and writing for high skim value
• Writing clearly and concisely: using powerful verbs and eliminating extra words and jargon
• Participants are strongly encouraged to bring a sample of their writing to the class for individual help
• We recommend that participants have already completed the Write Right! Business Writing Basics course

Register in the UCOP Learning Center.