Improve Your Business Writing with Programs and Services from Write It Well.

Learn about our books, self-study workbooks, and business writing training programs help people write professional business e-mail, letters, memos, reports, proposals, marketing materials, performance evaluations, technical documentation, user and procedures manuals, and other business documents that make sense, get results, and use professional grammar and punctuation.

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Here’s your opportunity to prepare students ahead of time for the demands of the business world. 

Write It Well’s workbooks provide the right structure for classroom learning; the perfect mix of process, examples, and exercises create interaction, dialogue and teachable moments. Our workbooks, including Professional Writing Skills and E-Mail: A Write It Well Guide, have been adopted as primary and/or supplementary texts for upper-division college and graduate communications courses in leading universities.
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Looking for a business writing program?

Consider adopting Professional Writing Skills because:

  • This book walks students through a clearly defined six-step process for writing any business document.
  • The program engages students by having them work on a piece of their own writing. Instead of just showing the dos and don’ts, the program teaches students by having them complete the process on their own.
  • Students will learn the differences between writing at work and writing for school; how to think about their audience and answer their questions; how to organize the information; and how to use concise, clear, descriptive language. Your students will learn what professionals learn in expensive seminars!
  • Professional Writing Skills has been in print – and regularly updated – for almost twenty years.
  • We have more than 25 years of experience working with students and professionals in real world settings. Our instructional designers have more than 30 years of combined experience teaching at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Our corporate and government clients include: Hewlett-Packard, Chevron, FedEx, U.S. General Services Administration, and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We channel our experience from teaching in universities and training in the business world back into the development of our workbooks.
  • Review copies and educator discounts are available. Contact Write It Well for more information.
  • Instructor guides are available for a fee or for free with the adoption of the corresponding text.

Looking for an e-mail writing program?

Consider adopting E-Mail: A Write It Well Guide because:

  • This books walks students through a clearly defined process for writing e-mail messages that are clear, concise, and professional.
  • The exercises and activities in the book encourage students to apply the process to a piece of their own writing.
  • Students learn the difference between personal e-mail and business e-mail and the ways they can reduce the risk of using e-mail inappropriately.
  • We have more than 25 years of experience working with students and professionals in real world settings. Our instructional designers have more than 30 years of combined experience teaching at UC Berkeley and San Francisco State University. Our corporate and government clients include: Hewlett-Packard, Chevron, FedEx, U. S. General Services Administration, Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. We channel our experience from teaching in universities and training in the business world back into the development of our workbooks.
  • E-Mail: A Write It Well Guide, first published in 2006, is already in its second print run.
  • Review copies and educator discounts are available. Contact Write It Well for more information.
  • Instructor guides are available for a fee or for free with the adoption of the corresponding text.

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Testimonials

The webinar was informative and helpful! A valuable tool to improve professionalism at work.

Jeannette Collette
St. Joseph's Hospital & Medical Center
Excellent Presentation!

Christy Bedell
Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory
Very valuable training — look forward to more.


The webinar was informative and timely!

Mary L. Calhoun
LA County office of Ombudsman
I really enjoyed the Effective E-Mail webinar and picked up some great
points.

Pat Whitaker, Financial Analyst for the Revenue Cycle
Mission Hospital Inc.
The knowledge of the presenter was excellent.


The Webinar provided strong guidance for effective e-communication and
writing in general.

Jan Kearney-King
HUD
The training was great!

Patriece Paige, Management Analyst
HUD
Thank you for a fabulous workshop. I have already implemented many of the suggestions in my own e-mail correspondence, and have since recommended the book to others.

Marie Coppola
International Association of Business Communicators
I enjoyed the Effective E-Mail webinar. Each time I send an e-mail, I stop and think. What you said really does work!

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