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WRITING BANK CORRESPONDENCE


Self-paced online course - ABA eLearning (length: 3 hours)
Price: $95 members; $130 non-members  

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This course is also available at discounted prices under an annual license. Call or email for details.

Course Description:  This course prepares participants to write effective business correspondence. It introduces a four-step writing process of planning, drafting, revising, and polishing memos and letters. The course also considers the format and use of handwritten and fax correspondence and e-mail messages. Participants will apply their new skills in many brief exercises and in redoing a sample of their own writing, which they bring to the seminar.

Note: This course does not specifically cover spelling, punctuation, and grammar. However, the Participant's Handbook will include brief job aids and references to more extensive resources on these subjects.

Audience:  Anyone who writes business correspondence such as letters to customers, memos, faxes, or e-mail messages.

Learning Objectives:  After completing this course, students will be able to:

  • Identify common barriers to writing effectively.
  • Describe a four-step process to write business correspondence.
  • Plan correspondence by analyzing the purpose and audience; determine the appropriate tone; and consider effective logistics.
  • Follow specific techniques to draft effective opening and closing lines and to organize the body of a written message.
  • Use three principles of clarity to revise and improve writing drafts.
  • Polish correspondence by placing it in an appropriate format and proofreading it for final edits.
  • Describe special considerations in the format and use of faxes and e-mail messages.

Course Credit:  AIB credit:  0.5

For further information, please call Elisa Legg at 212-297-1679 or elegg@nyba.com.

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