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Writing software

We teach practical, proven, entertaining courses in clear writing for business and government. Our nationally famous program—Just Plain WritingSM—gives you the best advice about writing to boost your proficiency, productivity, and career. We help you sharpen and shorten emails, memos, letters, reports, and other documents, so you will clearly inform, analyze, and persuade. You'll organize for decision making, develop a powerful plain-language style, and give readers only what they need to get things done.

We make sure you get the most from our training by

  • Tailoring instruction
  • Offering a range of services
  • Staffing with expert consultants

Tailoring instruction

  • Careful study of your company's correspondence and reports, corporate structure, writing process, and needs of decision makers
  • Flexible approaches and content to match your needs
  • No off-the-shelf programs or boring grammar exercises: extensive practice using your writing

Offering a range of services

  • Thorough needs analysis and assessment of your writing
  • On-site seminars: one-day, two-day, four-day with individual conferences
  • Special workshops: all levels of business, technical, financial, and government writing
  • Periodic follow-on reviews of your correspondence (by electronic mail, fax, or mail)
  • Editing of regulations, support documents, manuals, reports, form letters, and forms
  • Writing software for learning and review

Staffing with expert consultants

  • More than thirty years of experience in developing and presenting writing seminars for various business sectors: banking, health services, university administration, airlines, technology, federal and state government, and Department of Defense
  • Former director of the Air Force's Executive Writing Course: 600 presentations to more than 150,000 government participants since 1979
  • Professional experience in technical writing and editing: civil and mechanical engineering, aeronautics, astronautics, chemistry, physics, and electronics
  • Advanced degrees in English or communication