Business Writing

Provides students and professionals with the essential tools for reporting on companies, industries, financial markets, economies, banks, and government policies. Step-by-step instructions, emphasizing high standards for accuracy and fairness. Learn key questions to ask when interviewing, how to interpret a company financial statement, why markets move, and more.

Provides real-world definitions to 300 of the world's most commonly-used business terms and gives you the origin story for each one. Get the language clarity you need and have fun learning the full etymology of favorite phrases. Published by the Association for Talent Development.

Business writing that gets results! From reports and presentations to e-mails and social media posts, the techniques covered in this book will arm you with the skills you need to write better business communications. Inside you'll find: planning; editing and fine-tuning; building your personal brand; writing bids, proposals, reports, and more; recognizing key differences in your audiences; and advancing your career.

Learn the strengths and weaknesses of AI as a writing assistant. Discover how AI can help you by chopping through writer's block, drafting an outline, generating headlines and titles, producing meaningful text, maintaining consistency, proofreading and editing, and optimizing content for search engines. Clear instructions and simple tips guide you to produce high quality writing more quickly. Take advantage of AI so you can focus your human creativity on going beyond the basics.

Get the tools you need to express your ideas clearly and persuasively so clients, colleagues, stakeholders, and partners will get behind them. This book will help you: push past writer's block; grab-and keep-readers' attention; earn credibility with tough audiences; trim the fat from your writing; strike the right tone; and brush up on grammar, punctuation, and usage.

Comprehensive guide that explains the whole process: from determining objectives to establishing readers' needs, conducting research, outlining, and designing a template; to writing the first draft; to editing for meaning, accuracy, concision, style and emotional impact; to creating glossaries and indices; to proofreading and working with reviewers. Explains the psychology of perception and motivation, collaborating effectively with business colleagues, and managing documents across an organization. Based on scientific evidence from linguists and psychologists such as Steven Pinker and Daniel Goleman. Includes bibliography and links to videos and other online resources. Suitable for anyone whose job requires them to write, whether it's something as simple as an email or as complex as a set of policies or a handbook.

For anyone needing to get their ideas across whether in a memo, report, presentation, fundraising letter, or speech.