Better Business Writing

Better Business Writing

Course Length: 1 day

Description:
Create more engaging presentations, more actionable e-mails and more persuasive memos. The need for sharp writing skills in business is greater today than ever before. We’re surrounded by mountains of text on our virtual and actual desktops every day. Learn how to choose the most powerful words and write the most effective documents to give yourself a much needed edge in this self-paced book.
Table Of Contents:
Part 1: Back to the Basics
Mastering Spelling, Punctuation, and Usage
Six Tips for Better Spelling
Punctuation Pointers
Part Summary
Part 2: Choosing Your Words Carefully
Sharpening Your Writing Style
Deleting (Unnecessary) Redundancies
Forming Parallel Construction
Recognizing Clichés
Avoiding Sexist Language
Part Summary
Part 3: Improving Your Business Writing
Strengthening Your Memos
Using Email Effectively
Ten Tips for a Better Memo
How to Begin
Part Summary
Part 4: Writing for Special Circumstances
Special Kinds of Business Writing
Conveying Bad News Tactfully
When the News Is Especially Sensitive
Writing Persuasively
Using the Motivated Sequence Outline
Part Summary
Part 5: Know Your Audience
Identifying Communication Styles
Writing to Specific Styles
Ten Techniques for Effective Communication
Voluntary Learning Contract
Part Summary

Power BI: Level 1

Microsoft Power BI: Level 1

$250

Course Length:

1 day

 

Course Type: Description

This is the first course in the series.  This course is meant for those desiring to gain skills using Microsoft Power BI to connect, transform and visualize data. You will learn to connect multiple sources of data and combine them (often called modeling) into a data model that lets you build visuals and collections of visuals that you can share as reports.

 

Upon successful completion of this course, you will be able to:

  • Connect to Excel File as a Data Source
  • Shape and Combine Data in Power BI Desktop
  • Combine Data
  • Analyze web page data using Power BI Desktop
  • Connect to a Web Data Source
  • Shape data in Power Query Editor
  • Create a visualization
  • Combine sales data from Excel and an OData feed
  • Import the product data from Excel
  • Create a custom calculated column
  • Manage the Relationship Between the Datasets
  • Complete the Sales Analysis Report
  • Create your Own Measures in Power BI Desktop
  • Create a calculated column that uses an IF function
  • Create and Manage Hierarchies
  • Publish and Share Reports and Dashboards
  • Publish and Set Permissions for App Workspaces

This event ticket will close at 12:00 pm the day before the event.

Better Business Writing

Better Business Writing

Course Length: 1 day

Description:
Create more engaging presentations, more actionable e-mails and more persuasive memos. The need for sharp writing skills in business is greater today than ever before. We’re surrounded by mountains of text on our virtual and actual desktops every day. Learn how to choose the most powerful words and write the most effective documents to give yourself a much needed edge in this self-paced book.
Table Of Contents:
Part 1: Back to the Basics
Mastering Spelling, Punctuation, and Usage
Six Tips for Better Spelling
Punctuation Pointers
Part Summary
Part 2: Choosing Your Words Carefully
Sharpening Your Writing Style
Deleting (Unnecessary) Redundancies
Forming Parallel Construction
Recognizing Clichés
Avoiding Sexist Language
Part Summary
Part 3: Improving Your Business Writing
Strengthening Your Memos
Using Email Effectively
Ten Tips for a Better Memo
How to Begin
Part Summary
Part 4: Writing for Special Circumstances
Special Kinds of Business Writing
Conveying Bad News Tactfully
When the News Is Especially Sensitive
Writing Persuasively
Using the Motivated Sequence Outline
Part Summary
Part 5: Know Your Audience
Identifying Communication Styles
Writing to Specific Styles
Ten Techniques for Effective Communication
Voluntary Learning Contract
Part Summary

Better Business Writing

Better Business Writing

Course Length: 1 day

Description:
Create more engaging presentations, more actionable e-mails and more persuasive memos. The need for sharp writing skills in business is greater today than ever before. We’re surrounded by mountains of text on our virtual and actual desktops every day. Learn how to choose the most powerful words and write the most effective documents to give yourself a much needed edge in this self-paced book.
Table Of Contents:
Part 1: Back to the Basics
Mastering Spelling, Punctuation, and Usage
Six Tips for Better Spelling
Punctuation Pointers
Part Summary
Part 2: Choosing Your Words Carefully
Sharpening Your Writing Style
Deleting (Unnecessary) Redundancies
Forming Parallel Construction
Recognizing Clichés
Avoiding Sexist Language
Part Summary
Part 3: Improving Your Business Writing
Strengthening Your Memos
Using Email Effectively
Ten Tips for a Better Memo
How to Begin
Part Summary
Part 4: Writing for Special Circumstances
Special Kinds of Business Writing
Conveying Bad News Tactfully
When the News Is Especially Sensitive
Writing Persuasively
Using the Motivated Sequence Outline
Part Summary
Part 5: Know Your Audience
Identifying Communication Styles
Writing to Specific Styles
Ten Techniques for Effective Communication
Voluntary Learning Contract
Part Summary

Better Business Writing

Better Business Writing

Course Length: 1 day

Description:
Create more engaging presentations, more actionable e-mails and more persuasive memos. The need for sharp writing skills in business is greater today than ever before. We’re surrounded by mountains of text on our virtual and actual desktops every day. Learn how to choose the most powerful words and write the most effective documents to give yourself a much needed edge in this self-paced book.
Table Of Contents:
Part 1: Back to the Basics
Mastering Spelling, Punctuation, and Usage
Six Tips for Better Spelling
Punctuation Pointers
Part Summary
Part 2: Choosing Your Words Carefully
Sharpening Your Writing Style
Deleting (Unnecessary) Redundancies
Forming Parallel Construction
Recognizing Clichés
Avoiding Sexist Language
Part Summary
Part 3: Improving Your Business Writing
Strengthening Your Memos
Using Email Effectively
Ten Tips for a Better Memo
How to Begin
Part Summary
Part 4: Writing for Special Circumstances
Special Kinds of Business Writing
Conveying Bad News Tactfully
When the News Is Especially Sensitive
Writing Persuasively
Using the Motivated Sequence Outline
Part Summary
Part 5: Know Your Audience
Identifying Communication Styles
Writing to Specific Styles
Ten Techniques for Effective Communication
Voluntary Learning Contract
Part Summary

Better Business Writing

Better Business Writing

Course Length: 1 day

Description:
Create more engaging presentations, more actionable e-mails and more persuasive memos. The need for sharp writing skills in business is greater today than ever before. We’re surrounded by mountains of text on our virtual and actual desktops every day. Learn how to choose the most powerful words and write the most effective documents to give yourself a much needed edge in this self-paced book.
Table Of Contents:
Part 1: Back to the Basics
Mastering Spelling, Punctuation, and Usage
Six Tips for Better Spelling
Punctuation Pointers
Part Summary
Part 2: Choosing Your Words Carefully
Sharpening Your Writing Style
Deleting (Unnecessary) Redundancies
Forming Parallel Construction
Recognizing Clichés
Avoiding Sexist Language
Part Summary
Part 3: Improving Your Business Writing
Strengthening Your Memos
Using Email Effectively
Ten Tips for a Better Memo
How to Begin
Part Summary
Part 4: Writing for Special Circumstances
Special Kinds of Business Writing
Conveying Bad News Tactfully
When the News Is Especially Sensitive
Writing Persuasively
Using the Motivated Sequence Outline
Part Summary
Part 5: Know Your Audience
Identifying Communication Styles
Writing to Specific Styles
Ten Techniques for Effective Communication
Voluntary Learning Contract
Part Summary

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