On-site Training: ABCs of Effective Writing

In business writing training, Words & Deeds’ Connie Anderson teams up with Dr. Kären Hess. Together they provide on-site customized writing training for company employees who communicate with customers, clients or internally. Accuracy, brevity and conciseness are stressed and cover grammar (spelling, punctuation, word usage).

Customer Service Complaints: Specific training is available for those who respond to customer service complaints. This training shows how to accurately read the letter and respond to their specific concerns.

Our people are now talking about how much they learned. They ask each other, "Are you talking duck but the reader is hearing rabbit?" Because our entire department took the course, they make each other accountable to write reports and letters with more clarity and brevity. We had specific goals for the trainers, and we got so much more."

- Training director, insurance investigation division

A recent survey conducted by American Express said that oral and written communications are in the top four things businesses want in employees. If your employees need help writing with more ABCs, contact us today!

Focus: learn to write

  1. accurately
  2. with shorter words and shorter sentences
  3. clearly, with concise content so the reader is not confused

Two trainers who complement each other:

  • Kären Hess (left) has her PhD in English, has written over 30 college textbooks, teaches at community college and regularly trains police departments in effective report writing.
  • Connie Anderson has more than 15 years experience writing for and about businesses as well as editing business material and a variety of book styles.

Customized on-site training includes:

  • 10 hours of exercises using your personnel's disguised letters, proposals and reports.
  • Tried and true exercises on eliminating "of," and wordiness, correct use of "only," and "there is/are," and much, much more.
  • Cartoons and overheads to reinforce training.

To learn more, e-mail or call Connie Anderson and ask her how to know if your employees are "talking duck" and their readers (your clients/customers) are "hearing rabbit."


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