Philip Vassallo, Ed.D.

Audience

Professional staff responsible for writing a broad range of documents within and outside the organization

Duration

Two days

Description

This interactive program helps business professionals craft purposeful documents that their readers can use management tools. Participants will work on their own documents to ensure that their writing is reader-focused, complete, consistent, courteous, clear, concise, and correct.

Scope

·    Understand the writing process

·    Use pre-writing techniques to increase writing efficiency

·     Apply the 3A Strategy (aim, audience, area) to the writing situation

·     Organize your messages for purposefulness and visual appeal

·     Check for sentence structure, grammar, punctuation, and mechanics

·     Receive individual, confidential feedback of writing strengths and challenges

Materials

·    Business Writing for Results course manual

·    The Art of On-the-Job Writing by Philip Vassallo

Enrollment

Limited to 12 participants

Consultant

Philip Vassallo

Assessment

Pre-course customized 4S Writing assessments of participant-submitted samples (add one-half consulting day)