Recent Course Offerings

In response to numerous requests, I am listing my Top 25 Courses I have offered recently, online and onsite, synchronously and asynchronously, and in group and coaching sessions. 

1. Business Writing for Results – Using standards of business writing across and outside the organization.  
2. Technical Writing Essentials – Writing in an audience-appropriate style for IT specialists, engineers, scientists, architects, and accountants.
3. Advanced Writing Skills for Experienced Professionals – Developing a multidisciplinary toolbox in writing all forms of business messages. 
4. Using Principles of Critical Thinking in Writing – Adopting time-tested reasoning techniques in speculative and analytical messages
5. Writing Effective Business Reports – Producing descriptive, analytical, and persuasive reports by building a useful library of templates
6. Business Grammar – Covering tricky grammatical rules, their exceptions, and the most common word and sentence errors
7. Business Writing for Multilingual Professional – Communicating for nonnative English speakers in formal and informal writing styles
8. Writing High-Impact Executive Summaries – Summarizing lengthy documents and experiences with precision and power 
9. Persuasive Writing – Wooing readers by studying and practicing the principles of influence
10. Proposal Writing – Creating internal and external pitches to get your readers to yes
11. Perfecting Procedural Writing – Generating instructional documents in compliance with organizational and regulatory standards
12. Writing Effective Email – Hitting the high points in emails and messaging to save time for your readers and yourself
13. Writing Powerful Slide Decks – Designing memorable slide content that brings home your key points
14. Writing with Respect – Crafting acknowledgments, appreciations, and apologies to deepen positive relationships
15. Revising, Editing, and Proofreading – Protecting your REP (Revise content and structure, Edit expression, Proofread for errors).
16.  Writing Fast Under Pressure – Employing the writing process necessary for efficiency.
17. Customer Service Writing – Winning customers and business through reader-focused writing
18. Writing in Plain Language – Translating jargon and legalese for a general audience, especially for government workers
19. Blogging for Business – Capturing online audiences with compelling content.
20. Designing and Presenting a Business Case – Cultivating an authoritative, evidence-based, results-driven business case for upper management
21. Audit Report Writing – Applying the hallmarks of exceptional audit reports
22. Writing Root-Cause Analyses – Composing scientific-based, exhaustive, credible causal analyses 
23. Evaluation Report Writing – Assessing business situations accurately, from performance appraisals to project assessments 
24. Investigative Report Writing – Completing comprehensive, objective incident investigations
25. Resume and Job Application Writing – Representing yourself professionally in the job application process 

If your organization or team would benefit from these training opportunities, please reach me at Phil@PhilVassallo.com.