This professional writing course focuses on building strong business writing skills to boost your professional effectiveness, focusing on clear, concise, and persuasive communication across multiple document types. Through practical, real-world examples, you will develop strategies for writing emails, reports, digital content (web, social, and mobile), and other common workplace communications.
Course content also covers how to leverage modern tools, including AI, to write more efficiently, tailor messages to varied audiences, and deliver polished content that achieves results.
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This professional writing course is designed to help you strengthen your writing skills and enhance your professional impact. You will learn effective strategies for crafting clear, concise, and compelling written communication, including emails, reports, proposals, and digital content.
Through practical guidance and the introduction of modern tools such as AI, you will gain techniques to improve efficiency, accuracy, and clarity. Whether you work in administration, engineering, leadership, or any other field, this online business writing course will help you recognize and correct common writing challenges, adapt messages for diverse audiences, and produce polished documents that inform, engage, and drive meaningful results.
Prerequisites:
There are no prerequisites to complete this course.
Requirements:
Hardware Requirements:
This course can be taken on either a PC, Mac, or Chromebook device.
Software Requirements:
Instructional Material Requirements:
The instructional materials required for this course are included in enrollment and will be available online.
Ann Linquist
Ann Linquist is a continuing education instructor on college campuses, at corporations, and with non-profit organizations. She has helped thousands of adults learn to tackle their writing tasks with enthusiasm. Having written everything from novels to newsletters, articles to ad copy, Linquist is able to address the writing needs of each individual. The breadth of her background ensures a powerful, involving learning experience that builds on the strengths of each participant.
Instructor Interaction: The instructor looks forward to interacting with learners in the online moderated discussion area to share their expertise and answer any questions you may have on the course content.