Eclectic: Blended, Virtual - Solving the Grammar Dilemma
Many professionals feel anxious about how their writing sounds or how it reflects on their credibility. It’s frustrating to spot errors after hitting send or to feel unsure about grammar, tone, or structure. This practical workshop gives you tools to improve your writing and editing skills at work.
Description
Have you ever spent too much time rewriting documents and worrying about mistakes? You’re not alone. Many professionals feel anxious about how their writing sounds or how it reflects on their credibility. It’s frustrating to spot errors after hitting send or to feel unsure about grammar, tone, or structure.
At the organizational level, unclear or error-filled writing slows decisions, causes misunderstandings, and reduces productivity. It can also damage relationships with clients and partners and, over time, weaken an organization’s reputation.
This practical workshop gives you tools to improve your writing and editing skills at work. You’ll learn to write clearly, catch common errors, and polish your documents for better results. We’ll focus on issues that often trip writers up—like apostrophe use, subject-verb agreement, run-on sentences, and inconsistent capitalization—so you can feel more confident editing your work. Through guided exercises, you’ll strengthen your ability to edit for clarity, flow, and correctness so your writing reflects your ideas and professionalism.
By the end of this workshop, you'll feel more confident in your ability to write clearly and effectively. You'll spend less time second-guessing your writing and more time producing professional documents that support your work and your reputation.
Learning Outcomes
- Recognize how grammar and sentence structure affect your professional tone.
- Use a structured editing process to improve clarity and flow.
- Identify and correct common grammar issues such as apostrophes, pronouns, subject-verb agreement, and run-on sentences.
- Use correct capitalization, number formatting, and punctuation.
- Control sentence and paragraph length to improve readability.
- Improve sentence flow through editing and rewriting.
- Edit with confidence to improve document quality.