In one fast-paced day, you'll conquer all aspects of business grammar with this new approach to learning.

• Grammar basics every professional should know
• Latest business usage standards for courtesy titles and nonsexist language
• Punctuation tips for crystal-clear communication
• Spelling tricks guaranteed to end guesswork
• Winning ways with wayward sentences
• Proofreading techniques the pros use to catch every error

Because exceptional writing skills are the mark of exceptional professionals, this workshop should be considered a career essential for all success-minded professionals.

Out With the Old Business Communication Rules and in With the New!

• Still clinging to “old” business writing and usage ideas? Professional examples of how modern written business communication should sound
• Why a casual, friendly tone is key to contemporary business communication
• Strategies for eliminating stiff, formal language and avoiding wordiness
• Understanding why concise communication is imperative today, whether you’re writing a formal report or an e-mail
• Most-often misused words in business documents, including words that don’t exist

“Must-Know” Grammar Basics for Blunder-Free Writing

• Image-crippling mistakes to avoid: Grammar blunders professionals most frequently make
• What a misplaced modifier is and how it can wreak havoc with your meaning
• A simple way to make sure your subjects and verbs agree — guaranteed!
• "That’s up to you and I" or "that’s up to you and ME"? How to choose the right pronoun
• Handy grammar resources that will provide answers to even your trickiest questions

Smart Ways to Rev Up Your Sentences — and Polish Your Professional Image!

• How to use active verbs and voice to communicate more powerfully
• Wake up your readers by slashing adjectives and dumping unnecessary adverbs
• Tips for using varying sentence patterns and sentence lengths to express your ideas
• Less is more: “How-to’s” for trimming the fat from your documents
• Pointers for adding zing to your written communication

Handy “Cheat Sheets” for Capitalization, Numbers and Abbreviations

• The "10 Commandments of Capitalization" for business communication
• Rules for capitalizing professional titles and names of things
• The Rule of 10 for spelling numbers and expressing them in figures
• When — and how — to abbreviate and when to spell it out

Punctuation Made Easy for the Semicolon-Challenged!

• Punctuation mistakes that are instant credibility killers — ones you’ll never again make!
• Avoid “comma-itis” by knowing when a comma is essential
• Easy ways to keep semicolons and commas straight
• Correctly using apostrophe-“s” or “s”-apostrophe to keep your meaning clear
• When (and why) to use parentheses
• Understanding when you need quotation marks and how to use them with other punctuation
• Punctuation rules that were made to be broken and when it’s a good idea to break them

Secrets of Goof-Proof Spelling

• A list to keep at hand from now on: the 100 most-often misspelled words in business communication
• Five golden spelling rules every professional should memorize
• “Occuring” or “occurring”? The handy rule for adding word endings
• Hear are example of why you can’t depend on spell-checker to get your spelling write all the thyme
• Resources to check for the correct spelling of the newest words in our ever-evolving language

New Business Usage Standards: R.I.P. to “Dear Gentlemen”

• Guidelines for handling courtesy titles in business communication
• Fresh, new options for salutations in business correspondence
• Nonsexist alternatives guaranteed to help you steer clear of offensive language
• Solutions to gender-based pronoun problems
• Pet phrases and outdated words that need to be put out to pasture

Proofread Like a Pro to Catch Embarrassing Errors Before They “Go Public”

• Are you proofreading or editing? Why it’s important to know the difference before you start reading
• Tips for proofreading quickly without sacrificing accuracy
• Visual tricks that will help you catch hard-to-find errors such as duplicate words and omitted letters
• The secret to spotting your own typos and grammatical errors
• How to proofread numbers with 100 percent accuracy every time
• A proofreading checklist that will serve as your “safety net” so you can rest easy, knowing you’ve caught every error

“The class is superior to other business-writing classes. Information can be used right away.”
C. Schneider
Glades

“Awesome! The trainer does a super job of keeping the class interesting and fun!”
Akilah Mayweather
Asset Director Assistant
Atlanta Housing Authority

“A very unique way of giving an overview of English grammar. Instructor was very friendly and made the class fun and the info easy to learn.”
Cathy Cain
Service Assurance Manager
Federal Express

“Thanks for offering this class.”
A. Banks
Cintas

“It was absolutely worth my time ... Awesome wealth of knowledge in short amount of time.”
L. Hansen
Admin Assistant
Delta Airlines

“The day was very informative. I was in need of motivation and received it.”
A. Troescher
Admin Assistant II
Wayne Water Systems