Business Writing Series: Writing And Revising For Maximum Impact

Course Details

Date

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

8:00am – 10:00am
(Registration: 7:30am)

Field of Study

Communications

Course Number

4193288B

CPE Credit

2.0 hours CPE credit

Level of Knowledge

Beginning

Vendor

CalCPA Education Foundation

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.

In this fast-paced, interactive course, learn five principles for writing strong sentences. Principles include: writing with verbs; using the active voice; simplifying sentences; and writing for the reader. Also, explore three essential editing principles that help provide quick and accurate correction. Gain the skillset to write clearly and concisely.

Bonus Opportunity: For a small fee, submit writing samples to be edited by the instructor. Danziger will comment on grammar, planning, punctuation, and conceptualization of the document, offering valuable insights that will help improve the results of your writing.

Materials are provided as an ebook for this course.

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.
  • Simplifying a complex sentence.
  • Revise a sample sentence.
  • Create strategies for editing

Designed For

Young professionals, supervisors and managers.

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Course Pricing

Member Fee

Applicable if you are a HSCPA member in good standing.

$60.00
Non-Member Fee

Applicable if you are not a HSCPA member.

$94.00
Your Price $94.00

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