Writing

The Writing Works

I have taught business communications through my company The WritingWorks for the last nine years. The courses have ranged from the essentials of effective writing, to the writing of reports, to the writing of engineering proposals and Provincial Auditor's Legislative Reports. I have led many writing seminars for Cameco through the University of Saskatchewan's College of Commerce "Goodspeed Management Seminars" and "Effective Executive Workshops". I have also given seminars to Regina City Hall, SaskWater, the Saskatchewan Research Council, the University of Saskatchewan Health Administration Certificate Program and the Provincial Auditor's Office.

The workshop is designed to improve writing skills -- style, grammar, vocabulary, writing under pressure, and other basics of effective written communication. The workshop supplies the essentials for writing any professional document, from a short memo to a letter to a long report. It is intended to give participants confidence in their ability to write effective prose accurately and persuasively. They will learn ways to outline and organize documents logically and strategically, and to overcome impediments such as "writer's block" in order to write quickly and efficiently.