Workshops
Attend a half-day workshop to perfect your writing and create documents with clarity and precision to improve your bottom line and profitability.
Winning strategies in Speaking and Writing, specializing in the principles of Plain Language.
Please bring a writing project to the class to receive effective feedback, learn new skills and techniques, and…
Enhance your skills in business communication. Learn to
Ø Understand what your readers need from you and how to provide it.
Ø Communicate professionally with varied audiences, from senior executives to senior citizens, technical experts to new users.
Ø Express your thoughts clearly, correctly, and simply, even when your content is complex.
Ø Send email that is quick, complete, and professional.
Benefits of Clear Writing
· Both the United States Army and Navy found that people who receive memos written in clear language are twice as likely to comply with the memo on the day they receive it. The Navy found that plain language memos take 17% to 23% less time to read, with significantly greater comprehension. “Time is money” is a fundamental business axiom, and the Navy estimated that, if all memos were written in plain language, their yearly cost savings (in time saved) would range from $250 to $350 million.
· Rockwell Automation rewrote manuals, which reduced calls to their call center from more than 50 a day to less than two a month.
· Other studies found reduced paperwork, improved staff retention and, and increased efficiency. All of these boost profit margins.
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DATE & TIME: Monday, March 9, 2009 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
PLACE: Tower Club at Tyson’s Corner
COST: Sign up now for early bird price $295.00 (Full Price $359.00)–Includes breakfast TARGET AUDIENCE: Executives, scientists, engineers, proposal writers, grant writers, program managers
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Meet the Instructor: Connie Balcher
Since 1986, Connie has been teaching Technical Writing, Business Writing, and Writing for Managers at the University of Maryland.
Connie earned her M.A. in TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) and Linguistics from Columbia University.
Professor Balcher has taught Professional Writing, Grammar, and Pronunciation for Speakers of English as a Second Language. She teaches to the business sector and to federal employees. She teaches with passion for her subject and with great enthusiasm.
For information, call 703-865-8346 or email eholland@triplecrowncom