How to Get to My Webinars

Since I often get the question about where my webinars are available online, I have decided to share some of those key places:

• Audit Report Writing by Bank Webinars
• Business Writing for Financial Professionals by Audio Solutionz
• How to Write a Darn Good Email by American Management Association
• How to Write Fast When It's Due Yesterday by American Management Association 
• Technical Writing Essentials by Compliance Global
• Writing High-Impact Executive Summaries by Train HR

Other webinar sites are available for the asking.

What's a MOOC?

Coursera and EdX, premier sites of practical massive open online courses (MOOCs), offer several helpful full-semester writing courses. If you want to sharpen your writing skills conveniently and inexpensively, you can start here:

Coursera

• Getting Started with Essay Writing
• Grammar and Punctuation
• High-Impact Business Writing
• Write Professional Emails in English

EdX

• Academic and Business Writing
• English Composition: Research and Writing

Going to Class

Teachers need to learn. Without taking formal training or education classes at least once a year, I think I would feel as if I'm losing touch with my profession. 

Of course, I can't know that for sure, because I have never let that much time pass without learning in a structured context, either through courses at the American Management Association, where I am a resident course developer, through local universities or training institutes, or through online educational services that I mentioned in a previous post. So I take these courses to keep fresh in my mind what it feels like to be in the learner's seat and to be evaluated.

The course I just signed up for is Crafting an Effective Writer: Tools of the Trade, given by Coursera. It focuses on the parts of speech and requires writing assignments, peer participation in a bulletin board-type portal, and peer review of writing assignments.

Is it a waste of time to take a course whose content I already know? Absolutely not. I'll be looking for new viewpoints and approaches to the content. 

Be on the lookout for free educational opportunities, which abound on the internet. Here's to your learning.