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Specialized
Courses
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Core Courses
from
The Writing Consultants
Effective
Writing for Professionals
Grammar
Booster
Report and
Proposal Writing |
Effective
Writing for
Professionals
Customized
for the progressive
work environment,
this core course
will give your staff
the essential
writing and
communication skills
to produce quality
work in the
millennium.
Improve
Your
- Memos
&
Email
- Letters
- Proposals
- Reports
- Journal
articles
- Presentations
and Speeches
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Topic
Highlights
- Know
your target
audience
- Outline
before
writing
- Draft
on a roll
- Edit
for correct
grammar,
spelling, and
punctuation
- "Defog"
your writing
- Write
in clear,
concise,
jargon-free
language
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This course is
designed for six to
twelve participants
with post-course
follow-up for each
person. Curriculum
copies of WRITE THIS WAY: A Guide to Effective Writing are
provided
with the course. ESL
tutoring is
available for staff
for whom English is
a second language.
Ask about Note Taking.
We've developed an
exciting module to
teach your staff this
important "thinking"
skill.
Grammar
Booster
Grammar
can be fun! This is
a "refresher" course
for staff who wish
to improve their
proofreading and
editing skills and
gain confidence in
their everyday use
of the English
language.
Learn to
- Identify
the parts of
speech and know
how they
work
- Recognize
and correct
sentence
fragments, comma
splices, and
fused
sentences
- Spot
incorrect
pronouns, faulty
parallelism,
dangling
participles, and
other grammar
gremlins
- Use
correct
punctuation and
all that
"jazz"
- Understand
sophisticated
style to make it
happen
This
workshop-style course
is designed for six to
twelve participants.
Curriculum copies of WRITE
THIS WAY: A
Grammar Booster
are
provided with the
course. Participants
should expect
homework!
Be
Brave! Try
"Test!" in the
links on the
home page.
Report and
Proposal Writing
The
Business Report or
Proposal is the most
tangible way for
your clients to
assess the value of
your work. This
course will help
your staff design
expert reports and
winning proposals
that are
reader-oriented,
well-structured, and
concisely written.
Learn to
- Avoid
the three most
deadly errors in
report and
proposal writing
- Match
the document to
your clients'
needs
- Outline
and structure
the document
before
writing
- Develop
a bottom line
format to
produce a
point-first
document
- Use
appropriate
language,
correct grammar,
and effective
punctuation
- Include
charts, graphs,
citations, and
appendices
appropriately
- Present
your report or
proposal with
aplomb
This
workshop is designed
for six to twelve
participants and
includes the
curriculum WRITE
THIS WAY: A
Guide to
Effective Report
and Proposal
Writing.There
will be ample
opportunity to share
ideas, practise new
skills, and develop
sample
documents.
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Specialized
Courses
Email &
Brief Letters
Proofreading
Writing
with Style
Private
Coaching Lit & Lunch
University Prep
Email
& Brief Letters
Email, brief
letters, and other short
messages form the backbone
of office communication in
the millennium. But all too
frequently such
correspondence is the source
of ambiguity and
misunderstanding. This
course will teach both the
novice and experienced
writer how to structure and
compose clear, concise,
polite, short messages.
Learn to
- Understand the
psychology and etiquette
of quick messaging
- Adapt a friendly
and personable tone
- Pre-plan and
draft for even the
shortest note
- Edit quickly but
accurately
- Use concise and
accessible language
This
workshop
is designed for six to twelve
participants. It includes
curriculum copies of a
specially designed module of WRITE
THIS WAY: A Guide to
Effective Writing.
Proofreading
for Accuracy & Clarity
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Although the
grammar tools in our
word-processing programs are
designed to help us, often
the confusing terms make
these tools useless.
Learn how to
understand your grammar
checker and to spot and
correct such gremlins as
- commonly
confused words
- double negatives
- format errors
- jargon mania
- passive/active
verb usage
- pronoun errors
- punctuation
errors
- readability or
"fog" problems
- sentence
structure errors
- spelling beyond
the spell checker
- verb-tense
inconsistency
Writing
with Style &
Pizzazz
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Sophisticated writing begins
at the sentence level! This is
an advanced course designed to
help professionals write with
clarity and pizzazz. Conducted
as a single writing workshop
or a series of workshops, it
will include writing and
editing exercises that
concentrate on the attributes
of uncluttered, emphatic, and
graceful style.
Participants
should submit a writing
sample for evaluation prior
to the course. Individual
consultations with the
instructor about work in
progress will be
welcomed.
Private
Executive Coaching
The Writing
Consultants' one-on-one
executive tuition can give
you the personalized
attention you require! These
private consultations, held
at your convenience and
based very specifically on
the material you write, will
teach you to articulate your
professional expertise with
confidence and to sell your
ideas with aplomb.
Lit
& Lunch:
Literature-Appreciation
Seminars
Do something
special for your staff! Lit
&
Lunch is a chance for your
staff to stretch their minds
and invigorate their souls
through the triple pleasure
of beautiful literature,
stimulating discussion, and
good lunch!
University
Prep
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If you are a
student applying to universities
in the US, to specialized
undergraduate programs in
Canada, or to professional
schools, let our expert coaches
help you articulate your
strengths in powerful
application essays and letters.
target
your desired
universities
structure
your essays coherently
identify your
strengths
revise
your drafts effectively
focus your critical
messages
create a
lasting, positive impression
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Legal
Writing
Legal Writing
with Aplomb
Effective Writing for Law
Clerks |
Legal
Writing with Aplomb
Lawyers
in
the millennium must be
responsible from start to
finish for their own writing
tasks. No longer can they be
certain that someone else
will research, write, or
edit important documents for
them.
Learn
how to write with power,
precision, and pizzazz! This
course will focus on upbeat
writing suitable for todays
busy readers of the law. The
hands-on session will include
practical models, effective
exercises, and editing
pointers. Refresh and polish
your writing style so that it
becomes light, bright, and
persuasive writing that will
allow you to present your
ideas and your firm with
aplomb!
Effective
Writing for Law Clerks and
Paralegals
Do something
special for your Law Clerks
and Paralegals! This course
will teach the essentials of
writing, proof-reading, and
editing work from start to
finish. It is a must course
for the professional and
personal development of your
staff.
At least once a
year, a course for
paralegals is offered
through the Law Society of
Ontario.
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