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AMA's 2-Day Business Writing Workshop

Improve your business writing skills and learn techniques for composing effective and organized documents in AMA's comprehensive workshop. Streamline your writing process and save time by focusing on what to write rather than how to write it. Get personalized feedback and bring in your writing projects for expert guidance.

  • All levels
  • 21 and older
  • $2,295
  • Live, interactive online classroom
  • 139 hours & 30 minutes over 18 sessions

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  • $2,295
  • Live, interactive online classroom
  • 139 hours & 30 minutes over 18 sessions
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  • Mon, Apr 15 at 11:00am - 7:00pm
  • Tue, Apr 16 at 11:00am - 6:30pm
  • Mon, May 13 at 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Tue, May 14 at 10:00am - 5:30pm
  • Mon, Jun 24 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Tue, Jun 25 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
  • Thu, Jul 18 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Fri, Jul 19 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
  • Mon, Aug 12 at 11:00am - 7:00pm
  • Tue, Aug 13 at 11:00am - 6:30pm
  • Thu, Sep 19 at 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Fri, Sep 20 at 10:00am - 5:30pm
  • Thu, Oct 17 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Fri, Oct 18 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
  • Thu, Nov 07 at 10:00am - 6:00pm
  • Fri, Nov 08 at 10:00am - 5:30pm
  • Mon, Dec 16 at 9:00am - 5:00pm
  • Tue, Dec 17 at 9:00am - 4:30pm
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Class Description

Description

What you'll learn in this business writing class:

Would you like a quick and easy method for composing documents—letters, memos, reports, proposals and performance appraisals—in an organized format? This business writing workshop provides you with basic formats and formulas for tackling any kind of writing task—and communicating to your readers what they need to know. You’ll streamline your process for effective business writing and save time by focusing on what to write instead of how to write it.  Bring a current project and get one-on-one feedback.

What Will You Cover

  • Formats and formulas for various writing requirements
  • Gaining familiarity with powerful openings and closings to capture and retain attention
  • Thinking logically by blocking ideas and structuring your document using information modeling
  • Identifying your reader's needs and expectations to establish the purpose and focus
  • Organizing ideas and generating content
  • Learning how and when to use the appropriate tone, persuasion and positive and negative words
  • Techniques for editing and proofreading the final version

You may also choose to bring an existing sample writing piece for one-on-one feedback.

Outline

LESSON ONE

  • Apply the Principles of Effective Business Writing
  • Establish a Clear Purpose in All Your Writing
  • Meet the Reader’s Needs By Providing Sufficient Detail

LESSON TWO 

  • Use Techniques for Overcoming Writer’s Block
  • Employ Understandable Patterns of Organizing Information
  • Use Linking Words and Phrases to Connect Sentences and Paragraphs

LESSON THREE 

  • Achieve Clarity and Precision in Daily Business Writing
  • Choose Concise, Direct Language
  • Detect Tone Issues and Determine the Best Tone for a Given Business Writing Situation

LESSON FOUR 

  • Revise First Drafts for Purposefulness, Detail, and Organization
  • Edit Language Effectively and Efficiently
  • Proofread Messages for the Most Common Errors


Remote Learning

This course is available for "remote" learning and will be available to anyone with access to an internet device with a microphone (this includes most models of computers, tablets). Classes will take place with a "Live" instructor at the date/times listed below.

Upon registration, the instructor will send along additional information about how to log-on and participate in the class.

Refund Policy

For Classroom, Live Online, Express Skills Courses and Webinar programs, you may transfer to a future session, send someone to take your place, or cancel for a 5% fee up to 23 days prior to your program.

If you provide AMA with less than 23 days’ notice, or fail to attend, you will be liable for the entire program fee.

Programs included in AMA On Demand offerings are not eligible for substitution, transfer, cancellation, return, or refund. We appreciate that this is an important investment for you and your company and would like to accommodate your needs the best we can.

Please email us at [email protected]

In any event where a customer wants to cancel their enrollment and is eligible for a full refund, a 5% processing fee will be deducted from the refund amount.

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