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Writing in the Workplace: Email, Memos, Reports, and Social Messaging

Effective professional writing, which happens consistently and inescapably, is one of the main driving forces of a productive workplace. This course covers the most common features and forms of everyday workplace writing, as well as strategies for creating and refining such writing.

Beginner
3h 42m
(96)

Created by Alan Ackmann

Last Updated Sep 08, 2016

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Writing in the Workplace: Email, Memos, Reports, and Social Messaging

Effective professional writing, which happens consistently and inescapably, is one of the main driving forces of a productive workplace. This course covers the most common features and forms of everyday workplace writing, as well as strategies for creating and refining such writing.

Beginner
3h 42m
(96)

Created by Alan Ackmann

Last Updated Sep 08, 2016

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Writing in the workplace is often thought of as something coming in short bursts, or associated with major initiatives. The bulk of workplace writing, though, happens on a sustained, daily basis in the form of emails, memos, interoffice social communication, and routine informal reports. The average worker, regardless of field, generates 10-15 pages of writing a week. Proficiency with and understanding of these writing tasks will increase workplace efficiency and productivity, as well as the ultimate value of the writing itself. This course covers the most common, repeatable types of internal office communication, how to create this writing, and how to revise it for maximum impact and value.

Writing in the Workplace: Email, Memos, Reports, and Social Messaging
Beginner
3h 42m
(96)
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Alan Ackmann - Pluralsight course - Writing in the Workplace: Email, Memos, Reports, and Social Messaging
Alan Ackmann
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Alan Ackmann teaches business and technical writing in the Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse Department at DePaul University in Chicago, IL, where he lives with his wife and two children.

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