Business Writing Series: Writing and Revising for Maximum Impact 2024

Course Details

Date

Tuesday, August 20, 2024

12:00pm – 2:00pm (Registration: 11:30am)

Location

Online

Field of Study

Management

CPE Credit

2 hours CPE credit

Level of Knowledge

Beginning

Vendor

CalCPA

Prerequisites

None

Description

Accountants with good writing skills are more likely to get promoted. What makes good writing good? Short, concise sentences with powerful, energetic verbs and lean word choices. This fast-paced, interactive course teaches you five principles for writing strong sentences. The principles include writing with verbs, using an active voice, simplifying sentences, and focusing on the reader. You will also explore three essential editing principles that provide quick and accurate correction. By taking this course, you will upgrade your capabilities in writing clearly and concisely.

Highlights

• Business writing
• Practice development
• Editing
• Coaching others to write well

Objectives

• Replace unnecessary nouns with verbs in a sentence.
• Change the passive voice to the active voice.
• Remove unnecessary words from a sentence.
• Simplify a complex sentence.
• Revise a sample sentence.
• Create strategies for editing

Designed For

Young professionals, supervisors and managers.

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