Better Business Writing (CPE Course)

CPE Credit: 2.5 hours

Course Type: Downloaded PDF materials with online test

Price (with PDF Textbook): $30

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Course Description
Being able to write clearly and persuasively is an essential requirement for succeeding in business. In the Better Business Writing course, we explore each step in the writing process, as well as how sentences and paragraphs should be structured. Also, the course offers dozens of tips regarding such matters as boilerplate phrases, clichés, graphics, grammar, readability measurements, and writing style. It also provides examples of different types of business writing, including adjustment letters, complaint letters, and press releases. In short, the course shows how to improve the effectiveness of your writing.

Author: Steven Bragg

Course number: PD0009

Learning Objectives:

  • Recognize the reasons for improving your business writing skills.

  • Specify the steps involved in a business writing project.

  • Specify the reasons for using speed-writing.

  • Describe the components of a business document.

  • Specify the tools available for enhancing business documents.

  • Recognize how grammar enhancements can be applied to business documents.

  • Describe the different types of writing style enhancements.

  • Recognize the characteristics of the various types of business documents.

Level: Overview

Instructional Method: QAS Self-Study

NASBA Category: Communications and Marketing

Prerequisites: None

Advance Preparation: None

Latest Review Date: December 2022

Program Registration Requirements: Click on "Purchase Course" near the top of this page to pay for and access the course. You will then be able to download the course as a PDF file, then take an on-line examination, and then download a certificate of completion if you pass the examination.

Program Refund Policy: For more information regarding administrative policies concerning complaints, refunds, and other matters, see our policies page.

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AccountingTools, Inc. is registered with the National Association of State Boards of Accountancy (NASBA) as a sponsor of continuing professional education on the National Registry of CPE Sponsors. State boards of accountancy have the final authority on the acceptance of individual courses for CPE credit. Complaints regarding registered sponsors may be submitted to the National Registry of CPE Sponsors through its website: www.nasbaregistry.org.

The NASBA sponsor identification number for Accountingtools, Inc. is 115881.

AccountingTools is an IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider. We are compliant with the requirements for continuing education providers (as described in sections 10.6 and 10.9 of the Department of Treasury’s Circular No. 230 and in other IRS guidance, forms, and instructions). Our IRS Approved Continuing Education Provider number is 72821.