June 12th, 2013
How much time do you spend each week grappling with your work email? Most businesspeople spend thirty percent of each workweek on email reading, writing, and responses. Write It Well workshop participants estimate that they could spend a third of that time more effectively. Follow these tips to recapture your time!
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April 8th, 2013
Natasha Terk, managing director of Write It Well, delivered a one-hour session on Writing Performance Reviews last week. Participants loved her examples, activities, and enthusiasm. If you are a manager, you should watch this recording for tips on improving your employees’ performance with SMART objectives and reviews!
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March 22nd, 2013
Please join Write It Well for a free webinar on Writing Performance Reviews the SMART Way, on Thursday, April 4, 2013 at 11.00am Singapore time.
One of the most important jobs managers have is to make sure their employees work effectively and achieve results. Clear, ongoing communications – including written performance documentation – is crucial to that process.
In this engaging, interactive, job-relevant session, Natasha Terk will show you how to write performance documentation that improves organizational results.
You will learn how to drive results by using specific, measurable, actionable, results-oriented, time-bound language to set objectives and measure results.
About the webinar:
- Do your employees use vague or subjective language to describe objectives and/or performance?
- Do your employees understand, specifically, what’s expected of them?
- Do your employees know what they are doing well and what they can improve?
- Can you measure your employees’ results at the end of a performance cycle?
- Is a performance review a chance to improve performance by correcting or realigning behaviors, patterns, and priorities in order to drive organizational performance?
During the 60 minutes session, you will master these challenges and more:
- Writing performance objectives and standards
- Determining criteria for acceptable performance documentation
- Using descriptive language
- Explaining and supporting evaluations and decisions
- Keeping your descriptions specific and complete
Sign up here!
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March 11th, 2013
Our individual coaching programs are designed for one person – you! This short video will explain how we build custom agendas, exercises, and assignments to get results.
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March 11th, 2013
Just like you struggle, did you know that Abraham Lincoln also struggled to be concise? Our favorite line from the Academy Award-winning movie was read by Lincoln… “I could write shorter sermons but once I start, I get too lazy to stop.” If you need help finding a way to help your colleagues write shorter email, reports, proposals, or presentations, we’re never too lazy to help.
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March 11th, 2013
Write It Well delivered a series of red-hot Effective Email webinars for two departments in a multinational bank. Word got around that Write It Well’s webinars were engaging, interactive, and job-relevant so employees from other departments starting sneaking in! Our client got smart and added more sessions for other departments.
Do you want to sneak in too? Here is a link to the recording of an Effective Email mini-session we delivered for a group in Singapore in December.
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December 5th, 2012
Five spots are still available for Write It Well’s free webinar on Effective Email on Tuesday, December 11, 2012 at 11.30am Singapore time. During the 60-minute session, we will cover these points:
- How to write clear and concise messages from your reader’s point of view
- How to determine your purpose for writign and achieve results
- How to organize the information locally and use a reader-friendly format
To register for the session on December 5th, click here.
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December 2nd, 2012
Through December 31, we’re offering a discount on our facilitator kits.
First, our book Essential Grammar and its facilitator kit are on sale:
- When you contact us to order 10 or more copies, you’ll receive an additional 15 percent off the book’s cover price
- Furthermore, you’ll receive 30 percent off the price of the book’s companion facilitator kit – just enter the code EGKit when you check out.
You can also receive 30 percent off the facilitator kit for our book Professional Writing Skills. Just enter the code PWSKit at checkout.
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August 26th, 2012
One of the most important jobs managers have is to make sure their employees work effectively and achieve results. Clear, ongoing communication – including written performance documentation – is a critical part of the process.
Natasha Terk, President of Write It Well, will talk on September 12th in Singapore about
- Writing performance objectives and standards
- Using descriptive language
- Explaining and supporting evaluations and decisions
- Keeping your descriptions specific and complete
Register here for the free session for HR professionals!
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