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If you're considering writing courses for your team, should you choose a clearinghouse that offers lots of options, or a company dedicated to teaching communication skills' development? Not sure? Read this blog to find out!

Professional writing skills are necessary in all fields and can greatly impact your professional image. As Bindu Ranaut, an instructor at West Coast University in Irvine, California writes in the International Journal of Language and Linguistics: “Communication skills, including writing, are one of the most important transferable skills that workers possess.”

It doesn;t matter how many times you practice for a presentation: you still only have one chance. Unfortunately, it can be incredibly challenging to both capture and retain audience interest and engagement during a presentation.

What is a project milestone? Simply stated, a milestone is an achievement that brings you closer to the completion of a larger project. Each milestone falls on the project timeline with its own deadline and is recognized when reached. Project milestones are distinct from tasks, which are the individual actions that people take in pursuit of each milestone and, ultimately, project completion.

In scientific, technical, and business writing, the primary aim isn’t just to get information into documents: it’s to help readers understand the point. To do that, your team members’ writing must be clear, but wordiness and cluttered sentences can interfere with that communication. How do your team members keep their writing clear? One trick is to use active voice.

Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) are documents that clearly describe specific processes to follow in designated situations or to produce desired outcomes. SOPs are vital documents that lay out the who, what, when, and where for important procedures in an industry or organization.

Technical writing refers to any documentation that helps explain technical, technological, or scientific subject matter for an audience that needs instruction, learning, or understanding.

For many businesspeople, writing is a necessary and unavoidable part of their job, but it's not a core job function. Instead, it’s a task that they just have to get out of the way so that they can get back to their main work.

Your business relies on communication for everything it does. Internally, good communication facilitates collaboration and productivity. Externally, good communication is how customers and clients find out about and decide to do business with you.

Instructions tell employees which actions to take in detail. Writing clear and concise work instructions will ensure consistent outcomes in your organization.