Write to both inform and connect with your readers.
When we write for work, we have a lot to consider—including questions like, “How much detail should I include?” and “How can I be concise while still explaining everything I need to say?” As we write to inform our readers, though, we have a second, simultaneous goal: connecting with them. Just as we work to create clear, concise messages, we can also ensure our messages are connected and relational.
Strategic business writing means thinking about both informative goals like clarity and concision, and relational goals like tone, respect, and empathy. This class shares three strategies for conveying clear, concise information and three strategies for writing to convey respect and connect with your readers through intentional business writing.
3 activities • 3 videos • duration: 50m
Practical writing and communication skills for work, school, and life.
High-Value Writing is a modern-day virtual school on a mission to help everyone use writing to their advantage—to meet goals and build positive relationships. We believe everyone deserves to navigate writing and communication with flexibility and confidence. By being adaptable in our writing, we can make intentional communication decisions that benefit our lives and relationships. That’s why High-Value Writing teaches communication principles that extend across all areas of writing—from business writing to academic writing to poetry and prose. In 2018, Erin Lebacqz started High-Value Writing to disrupt the ways we teach, use, and talk about writing. Our workshops, books, videos, and eLearning courses empower you to use practical communication strategies intentionally and independently. We believe strategic writing is one of the most effective ways to meet goals and improve personal and professional relationships. We hope you’ll join our growing community on this path towards a world connected by thoughtful, intentional communication.
Strategic Writing and Communication | International Teacher Education | Student-Centered Learning
An acclaimed international educator, Erin Lebacqz has been teaching Writing and Pedagogy (how Teaching and Learning work) for over 25 years, in business and academic settings in the U.S. and around the world.
Another fabulous course from High Value Writing
good course
This was really helpful in a) understanding some of the failed communications, b) structuring the informational and relational structures in writing. Thank you (PS - there were way too many syllabals in my last sentence!)
Just like the lesson, this course was concise and clear and got right to the point.
