Writing in the Workplace Online

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Most people have at least some anxiety about writing.

The good news is that writing is learnable.

This business writing course can help increase your speed, efficiency and accuracy of all your writing. So within a week or two, your confidence will begin to soar.

The ability to write clearly and effectively is a lifelong skill and will either help or hinder your career success. Strengthening your writing skills will give you the ability to create and maintain relationships, explain ideas clearly and effectively, and persuade others to take specific actions.

The workforce is driven by new technologies, a rapidly changing economy, and the need to communicate with different audiences from all over the globe.

This Writing in the Workplace Course will develop your understanding of:

Upon completion, you'll learn how to articulate your thoughts clearly, concisely and with a style that gets your writing read.

This writing course is a condensed and accelerated version of Oregon State University's incredibly popular and long running writing program. So the expert instructors have worked with thousands of students and now know the most common writing mistakes and the simple steps you can take to fix them.

Did You Know? One of the most common writing mistakes you're likely to make is the comma splice. Similar to a run-on sentence, a comma splice is when you connect two independent clauses with a comma alone.

You’ll also learn to spot, avoid and correct the most common writing pitfalls and gain valuable experience analyzing, writing and revising a complete spectrum of business documents, including:

And instead of getting harsh feedback that can have real repercussions, you can learn in a 'judgment-free zone'.

You can choose to learn and improve your writing online or on-site in Portland.

Whether you're writing a memo, email, letter or report, you'll be able to communicate quickly and efficiently.