Business Writing: A Seminar Presented In Partnership With Westchester Community College

Effective Business Writing

So much of our communication with others is via the written word. The vehicles and options have expanded in recent times. For instance, many nonprofits, in addition to preparing grant applications, reports, memos, letters and emails, now post and are followed on social media such as Facebook and Twitter. 

This one-day workshop provides the opportunity to explore and develop an effective writing style. The focus is placed on writing memos, letters and e-mails. This is not a program on the specifics of effective grant writing. However, the skills covered in this program can be used to improve the writing in a grant. In addition, you will leave with an understanding of the importance of tone and word choice, two skills with special importance in emails and posts on social media. 

The ultimate goal of the workshop, regardless of the writing vehicle being used, is to have you leave with techniques to help make writing faster and easier for you, the writer, and clearer for and targeted to the needs of the reader. You will leave with:

• The ability to write letters, memos, and emails that are informative and meet the needs of the audience.
• The ability to use techniques to make to increase the ease and quality of your work. 
• An awareness of the importance of tone in written communication.
• Techniques for achieving clarity with word choice and well-constructed sentences. 
• Guidelines for writing effective memos, letters, emails and posts on social media.