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Online Class: Business Writing Basics

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Basic Course: $25.00
with Certificate & CEUs: $50.00
Enroll today! This is a self-paced, online course. You have 6 months to finish. An instructor will monitor your progress and assess your body of work at course completion. UniversalClass™ offers many wonderful learning tools to help you get the most out of your online course, including an online portfolio service that manages all your course completions. This class has been officially reviewed by our Course Review Committee that scrutinizes course content and instructor participation. This course has received our Committee's highest rating: 4 stars.

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Continuing Education Units (CEU)
1.0 CEUs

Course Description

We live in world where communication is paramount to survival. In a work environment where communication is equated with the professionalism and efficiency of an individual, would you jeopardize your career because of bad writing? Do you want the embarrassment of sending out a poorly written email to your peers? Can you risk sending out badly written communications to customers and putting your company's reputation on the line? Of course not, no one aspires to be a bad writer. No one wants to communicate badly.

This crash course in business communication may help remedy your writing woes.
From the basic do's and don'ts of business communication to the nitty-gritty of formatting, punctuation, tone and language--this course covers all the fundamentals. As a one stop guide to a professional's writing career, the class is ideal for assistants, secretaries, executives, managers, and senior managers of any company or organization. Learn about the common mistakes we make when writing a business letter. Learn how often people mistake 'affect' for 'effect', and 'except' for 'accept'.  Learn about how to write business emails.
 
This course will also give you insights into your reader's mind. Who are they? What do they want? How can you effectively reach out to them? So join us today!
This course offers 1.0 CEUs upon successful completion. You may take this online course with or without CEU documentation. An online and hard-copy Certificate of Course Completion displaying your coursework and CEUs earned is included with the CEU Option. We also offer an expedited Transcript Service for sending your accomplishments to a third party.

Course Lessons

  1. Lesson 1: Manage Your Writing: How Bad Business Writing Is Bad For Your Business - Manage Your Writing: How Bad Business Writing is bad for your Business
  2. Lesson 2: Getting Started on Business Writing - Getting Started on Business Writing
  3. Lesson 3: Making the Message Accessible to the Reader - Making the Message Accessible to the Reader
  4. Lesson 4: Spelling and Punctuation in Business Writing - Spelling and Punctuation in Business Writing
  5. Lesson 5: Determining the Tone of Your Communication - Determining the Tone of your communications
  6. Lesson 6: Be Politically Correct - How to Avoid Discriminatory Language in Business Communications - Be Politically Correct - How to Avoid Discriminatory Language in Business Communications
  7. Lesson 7: Business Writing for Special Purposes - Business Writing for Special Purposes
  8. Lesson 8: Anatomy of a Perfect Email - Anatomy of a Perfect Email
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Additional Information

Course Title : Business Writing Basics
CEU Value : (Continuing Education Units)
Course Number : 31687
Course Type : Technical Skill (Intermediate)
Course URL : http://writingforbusiness.onlineclasses.com
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Instructor : Susan Patel
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Course Review : Read Editorial Review
Duration : Continuous: Enroll anytime!
Course Fee :
Basic Course: $25.00
with CEUs & Certificate: $50.00
NOT FOR COLLEGE CREDIT
This is a non-credit course, and is provided for your personal enrichment. This course is not intended to be a substitute for any state, government, licensing, or educational requirements.
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