Step 1: A Free Class for Your Organization
In survey after survey, frustrated employers voice the same complaint. Most Americans, regardless of their level of education, have a hard time turning good ideas into good writing. In the Age of the Internet, the ability to translate ideas into lean, clean English sentences — quickly and professionally — often makes the difference between success or failure, for organizations and individuals alike.
A few years ago, an article in Fortune magazine noted that, because of long-standing weaknesses in our educational system, most professionals in the workforce are deficient in “skills such as writing.” Referring to “the many sins of high schools and colleges,” the article bluntly stated that most college graduates fall short when they have to “persuade others of their opinions or write concise explanations.”
More recently, a New York Times article echoed that concern, pointing to “the large numbers of college graduates who lack what should be basic skills in writing . . . the basic price of admission to the new global economy.” For most people, writing is the frustrating part of the job, not the fun part of the job. In our free online class (live video training via WebEx, not one of those canned webnars), we'll look at useful writing techniques that your staff can start using right away — techniques they don’t teach you in high school or college English classes.
If you are already familiar with our Write Smart or Writing That Works programs and want to move on to the next level, we'll add three hours of instruction to the program of your choice — no charge. For details, call 202.543.3442 or send an e-mail to information@writesmart.com.
The Write Smart 12-Step System is a streamlined, 21st century solution to an age-old problem: How to translate important information into plain writing. By understanding how to apply 12 basic organizing principles, your staff will learn how to work with the fundamental techniques used by America's top professional writers and editors. And Write Smart makes the "boring stuff" interesting by treating the English language as a game — the Game of GrammaText .
