This work provides information on strategies to prevent writing mistakes in business, including word choice, audience identification, recognizing writing types, etc.

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BUSINESS WRITING THAT WORKS! is a practical, indispensable guide based on an award-winning national workshop that shows how to master business writing tasks that face professionals everyday. The 10 chapters provide useful tips on how to: write for different business audiences; project a positive, natural, & personal tone; eliminate wordiness & overused expressions; maintain a succinct & clear style; write effective letters, memos, & e-mail; tactfully deliver negative news; identify & eliminate major grammar errors; use lists to your business' advantage; & learn to correct the top 100 word choice errors. The 4 appendices provide: grammar assistance; letter & memo typing information; exercises for further development; & answers to exercises. The author teaches in the MBA program at Old Dominion University & consults extensively in business writing & communications. Early reviews of BUSINESS WRITING THAT WORKS!: "Cynthia Bischoff has hit a home run--a grand slammer--with BUSINESS WRITING THAT WORKS! She shares a practical, applied treasury of immediately useful business writing ideas & approaches."--Fred Talbott, Communications Specialist & Professor, Vanderbilt University. Order from: White Raven Press, 115 Conway Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23505-4421. Phone: 757-451-0751, FAX: 757-683-6052; E-mail: [email protected].