Business Writing Series: Writing and Revising for Maximum Impact 2024

Accountants with good writing skills are more likely to get promoted. What makes good writing good? Short, concise sentences with powerful, energet...

6/17/2024 1:00pm - 3:00pm  |  Online  |  CalCPA

Members: $89.00, Non-members: $119.00

CPE Categories: Personal Development (limited to 30%) (2 CPE)

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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.

Target Audience

Young professionals, supervisors and managers.

Course 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

Subjects

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