Training in Business and Technical Writing
Jonathan Blum
6718 Comet Street
Los Angeles, CA 90042
(323) 344-1102
jonathan.theproductiveword@gmail.com
The Productive Word offers onsite training seminars as well as one-on-one coaching in business and technical writing.
Customized Onsite Training Seminars
The Productive Word’s onsite training seminars succeed by addressing your employees’ most important writing needs. Our standard customized seminars include Fundamentals of Grammar and Punctuation, Effective Business Writing, and Effective Technical Writing. We also customize advanced seminars in which your employees edit and revise in depth their own writing samples. In all of our training seminars, your staff, managers, and executives will learn indispensable techniques for better writing, including:
- How to be clear, concise, and persuasive
- How to target an audience and set a tone
- How best to structure sentences, including use of strong verbs and correct use of active and passive voice
- How to make smooth transitions between sentences and paragraphs
- How to organize and format documents, including emails, memos, and reports
- How to become a better editor
Advanced Business Writing
In our customized advanced business writing courses, participants study in depth how to edit and revise their own writing samples.
Advanced Technical Writing
In our customized advanced technical writing courses, participants study in depth how to edit and revise their own writing samples.
Fundamentals of Grammar and Punctuation
Focused exercises help participants learn how to avoid the most common (and embarrassing) grammar and punctuation errors.
How to Write Effective Business Correspondence
For writers at every level. Learn to target your reader and identify your purpose and outcome. Choose the right tone. Practice being clear, concise, and effective. Specialize in how to correspond with customers.
How to Write Emails That Get Results
For writers at every level. Learn to target your reader and identify your purpose and outcome. Choose the right tone. Practice being clear, concise, and effective.
Effective Business Writing
Effective business writing is writing that gets results. This course shows participants how to use clear, concise, well-organized language to get results.
Effective Technical Writing
Effective technical writing is writing that gets the results you want. This course shows how to use clear, concise, well-organized language to get the best possible results. Topics include knowing your reader, structuring sentences better, and describing processes.
How to Write Better Reports
This course shows how to write clear, concise, well-organized reports. Topics include outlining, drafting, editing, and proofreading. Participants learn to format correctly, target the reader, and use an appropriate tone.
Customized One-on-One Programs in Coaching
The Productive Word designs coaching programs that can help everyone in the office, from the new hire to the chief executive. Our exercises and assignments teach techniques that are directly relevant to the writing you do. With our customized coaching programs, you will learn:
- How to write more clearly, concisely, and effectively
- How to brush up on needed fundamentals of grammar and punctuation
- How best to structure sentences, including use of strong verbs and correct use of active and passive voice
- How to make smooth transitions between sentences and paragraphs
- How to develop an argument and show steps in a process
- How to master different forms of correspondence and documentation, including emails, memos, good news/bad news letters, customer service letters, reports, proposals, and executive summaries
- How to identify the audience, purpose, and outcome for all writing that you do
- How to use an appropriate tone
About Jonathan
Since 1996 Jonathan Blum, principal of The Productive Word, has worked as a business and technical writing coach, a corporate trainer, a journalist, and a university professor. He holds a master’s degree in English from the University of Iowa and a bachelor’s degree in English, magna cum laude, from UCLA.
Jonathan has more than ten years’ experience working with professionals in the following fields:
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What My Clients Say
“Jonathan’s mastery of the subject matter and enthusiasm in transferring his knowledge were infectious and made for a lively and effective learning environment.”
- Andy Orrock, Tosco Shared Services
“Jonathan’s presentation on ‘Effective Business Writing’ was informative and well organized. He presented techniques that were easy to understand and useful for the type of writing we do in the office.”
- Gus Kramer, Contra Costa County (California) Assessor
To Set up a Training Seminar or Coaching Program
To set up a training seminar or coaching program, contact The Productive Word. We'll diagnose for free the strengths and weaknesses of up to 10 pages of your writing. We'll discuss with you your writing needs. Then we'll create a highly interactive (and fun) seminar or two-hour-per-session coaching program that's right for you.
Please contact me by phone at (323) 344-1102, by email at jonathan.theproductiveword@gmail.com, or by postal mail at:
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Jonathan Blum
The Productive Word
6718 Comet Street
Los Angeles, CA 90042