Business and Technical Writing Immersion

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What's Inside?

Overview

Business Writing Immersion covers a proven, systematic approach to the art of effective, persuasive business and financial writing. Using 12 steps and almost 60 practical techniques, the course works through from initial writing analysis to final copy, producing documents that succeed every time. For each writing technique, the course provides tutorial with exercises and thoughtful answers. Special instructions help professionals for whom English is a second language. Advanced techniques help teams write long documents such as proposals.

Each step of the course consists of videos, supplemental PDF documents that will allow you to follow along with the instructor, and an e-book extract that pertains to the segment being covered in the video for reference. There are 38 video modules for this course, including supplemental materials, averaging approximately 7-10 minutes each.

In addition, a section for Writing Professional Emails is added as an appendix, and a new section for ESL is included as well, covering tenses, verbiage, and tone.

A breakdown of materials is as follows:

Introduction & Overview
Step 1 – Analyze Purpose
Step 2 – Analyze Audience
Step 3 – Writing the Purpose Statement
Step 4 – Gathering information
Step 5 – Writing the sentence outline
Step 6 – Writing the draft
Step 7 – Revising content and organization
Step 8 – Editing for coherence
Step 9 – Editing for clarity
Step 10 – Editing for economy
Step 11 – Editing for readability
Step 12 – Conclusion and final thoughts
Appendix B – Tips for writing emails
Appendix C – ESL Articles, Attitude and Approach, and Tenses

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course you will be able to...

Compose clear, concise communications.
Improve readability of your documents.
Better organize your ideas and thoughts.
Create more effective emails.
Increase the speed and productivity of digital, written, and oral communication.

Course curriculum

1. Learning Outcomes
  FREE PREVIEW
2. Introduction and Overview
  FREE PREVIEW
3. Introduction and Overview-EBook
4. Introduction Pages-1-5
1. 1-1 - Analyze Purpose
  FREE PREVIEW
2. 1-1 - Analyze Purpose - eBook
3. 1-1 - Analyze Purpose - Pages-6-10
1. 2-1 - Analyze Audience
2. 2-1 - Analyze Audience - eBook
3. 2-1 - Analyze Audience - Pages-11-14
1. 3-1 - Write Purpose Statement
2. 3-1 - Write Purpose Statement - eBook
3. 3-1 - Write Purpose Statement - Pages-15-17
1. 4-1 - Gather Information
2. 4-1 - Gather Information - eBook
3. 4-1 - Gather Information - Page-18
1. 5-1 - Writing Sentence Outline Part 1
2. 5-2 - Writing Sentence Outline Part 2
3. 5-3 - Writing Sentence Outline Part 3
4. 5-4 - Writing Sentence Outline Part 4
5. 5-1 - Writing Sentence Outline - Part 1 - eBook
6. 5-1 - Writing Sentence Outline - Pages-22-26
7. 5-2-3-4 - Writing Sentence Outline - Parts-2-3-4 - eBook - (1)
8. 5-2 - Analysis and Outlining Slides - Pages-26-28
9. 5-3 and 5-4 - Analysis and Outlining Slides - Page-29
1. 6-1 - Writing the Draft
2. 6-1 - Writing the Draft - Page-30
1. 7-1 - Post-Writing Organization
2. 7-2 - Revise Content
3. 7-1 - Post-Writing Organization - eBook
4. 7-1 - Post-Writing Organization - Page-31
5. 7-2 - Revise Content - eBook
6. 7-2 - Revise Content - Page-32
1. 8-1 - Edit for Coherence
2. 8-2 - Repeat Key Words
3. 8-3 - Begin with the Point
4. 8-4 - Transition Words
5. 8-5 - Vertical Lists
6. 8-6 - Visual Devices
7. 8-1 - Edit for Coherence - eBook
8. 8-1 - Edit for Coherence - Page-33
9. 8-2 - Repeat Key Words - eBook
10. 8-2 - Repeat Key Words - Pages-34-35
11. 8-3 - Begin with the Point - eBook
12. 8-3 - Begin with the Point - Page-36
13. 8-4 - Transition Words - eBook
14. 8-4 - Transition Words - Page-37
15. 8-5 - Vertical Lists - eBook
16. 8-5 - Vertical Lists - Page-38
17. 8-6 - Vertical Devices - eBook
18. 8-6 - Vertical Devices - Page-39
1. 9-1 - Edit for Clarity
2. 9-2 - Use Concrete Words
3. 9-3 - Use Active Verbs
4. 9-4 - Simplify Tense
5. 9-5 - Avoid Subjunctive Mood
6. 9-6 - Identify and Replace Ambiguity
7. 9-7 - Use Standard English
8. 9-8 - Ensure Modifier Placement
9. 9-1 - Edit for Clarity - eBook
10. 9-1 - Edit for Clarity - Pages-40-41
11. 9-2 - Use Concrete Words - eBook
12. 9-2 - Use Concrete Words - Pages-42-43
13. 9-3-4-5 - Active Verbs - Simplify Tense and Avoid Subjunctive - eBook
14. 9-3 - Use Active Verbs - Pages -44-46
15. 9-4 - Simplify Tense - Pages -47-48
16. 9-5 - Avoid Subjunctive Mood - Pages-49-50
17. 9-6 - Identify and Replace Ambiguity - eBook
18. 9-6 - Identify and Replace Ambiguity - Pages-51-52
19. 9-7 - Use Standard English - Page-53
20. 9-8 - Ensure Modifier Placement - eBook
21. 9-8 - Ensure Modifier Placement - Page-54
1. 10-1 - Edit for Economy Part-1
2. 10-2 - Edit for Economy Part-2
3. 10-3 - Edit for Economy Part-3
4. 10-1-2-3 - Edit for Economy - Parts-1-2-3 - Pages-55-56
5. 10-1 - Edit for Economy - Part-1 - eBook
6. 10-2 - Edit for Economy - Part-2 - eBook
7. 10-3 - Edit for Economy - Part-3 - eBook
1. 11-1 - Edit for Readability
2. 11-1- Edit for Readability - eBook
3. 11-1 - Edit for Readability - Pages-57-59
1. 12-1 - Conclusion
2. 12-1 - Conclusion - Page-60
1. 13-1 - Tips for Emails
2. 13-1 - Tips for Emails - Pages-19-21
1. ESL Articles Part 1
2. ESL Articles Part 2
3. ESL Articles Part 3
4. ESL Attitude and Approach Part 1
5. ESL Attitude and Approach Part 2
6. ESL Tenses
7. ESL Articles - Part-1
8. ESL Articles - Part-2
9. ESL Articles - Part-3
10. ESL Attitude and Approach - Part-1
11. ESL Attitude and Approach - Part-2
12. ESL Tenses

About this course

$6.95 / month with 14 day free trial
98 lessons
4.5 hours of video content