Course Overview
LEXX Live’ one day Instructor-led Fundamentals of Writing training covers the following topics:
- Organizing your thoughts
- Creating clear and concise memos, emails, letters, reports, and other business documents
- Using proper grammar
- Clarifying language
- Connecting with the reader
- Constructing simple, compound, and complex sentences
- Effectively using transitional words to link sentences into well-constructed paragraphs
- Revising documents
- Formatting documents so that they are easy to read
- The Plain Writing Act of 2010
There are no prerequisites to take this course.
Schedule
Currently, there are no public classes scheduled. Please contact a LEXX LIVETraining Consultant to discuss hosting a private class at 301-258-8200.
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Course Outline
The C’s of Writing
- How to write clearly
- How to write concisely
- Make your writing complete
- Make your writing correct
Writing Mechanics
- Correct paragraph length
- Elements of a paragraph
- How to order your writing
Dealing with Specific Requests
- Writing for a purpose
- Letters of request
Preparing Business Documents
- Business cases
- Request for proposal
- Formal report
Editing Techniques
- Self appraisal of past writing
Fundamentals of Writing Training FAQs
Fundamentals of Writing training is ideal for any team member from individual contributors to C-Suite executives looking to improve their professional writing.
“Awesome instructor, well prepared!”
– Student, May 2019
“[The instructor] was great! Very interactive and high energy.”
– Student, June 2018
LEXX Live is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints re-garding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its web site: www.nasbaregistry.org
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