This course will cover two aspects of business writing: 1) How to use fewer words in your emails and documents. 2) Costly errors relating to grammar and usage.
Clients and colleagues prefer brevity over verbosity. In this practical webinar, you will receive tips for using fewer words in your business writing. By writing concisely, you will reduce the amount of time it takes for readers to review your emails and documents.
After covering conciseness, you will then shift your focus to attention to detail. When clients detect attention to detail, they gain trust in their accountant’s ability to provide accounting services. However, when clients detect sloppiness, they doubt whether an accountant has the competency to meet their needs. You will also learn about the most common mistakes made by accountants, to ensure that you prevent these errors in your business writing.
Upon course completion, you will be able to:
• Omit unnecessary words • Condense verbose phrases • Write in the active voice – but also, determine when the passive voice is more appropriate • Steer clear of costly mistakes relating to grammar and usage • Choose pronouns that are politically correct • Avoid the traps of technological aids, such as “spell check”
Please note:
This webinar is the same as Section 2 of the instructor's longer course, titled Business Writing for Accountants.
Ryan Standil leads seminars about effective written communication. He is a regular speaker at accounting firms, law firms, corporations, and governmental agencies. Ryan attended Western University, in Canada, where he graduated from the Ivey Business School and the Faculty of Law. After graduating, Ryan worked at a law firm in Toronto, focusing on corporate and commercial matters. Today Ryan owns and operates a seminar company, called Write To Excite. Ryan’s mission is to help professionals grow their income by improving their writing. Ryan is a frequent contributor to the leading newspaper in Canada, The Globe and Mail. Unsurprisingly, his columns can be described as “writing about writing.” To read one of Ryan’s columns, please visit https://www.writetoexcite.com/globeandmail.
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