Synopsis
The second edition of this award-winning handbook contains many new features:
* Concrete solutions to over 60 common problems in business writing and communication
* New chapters on social media, job searching, and creating management forms
* New support for English language learners and dialect speakers
In addition, you ll still find the great features that made the first edition a hit:
* Guidelines for quickly creating winning proposals, effective e-mails, polished presentations, and much more
* Models of every important type of business document
* Checklists to help you quickly revise and refine writing
* Rules for punctuation, capitalization, usage, and grammar
About the Author
Dr. Verne Meyer is a businessperson and an educator who has taught in high schools and in college. In 1977, he co-founded Write Source Educational Publishing House, now a subsidiary of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Supplemental. A graduate of Calvin College, Marquette University, and the University of Minnesota, he has co-authored more than a dozen English handbooks, including Write Source 2000, Writers INC, Write for College, The College Writer, COMP: Read, COMP: Write, Write for Business, The Business Writer, and Writing Effective E-Mail. Today, Dr. Meyer is a contributing editor for Write Source, Houghton Mifflin, and UpWrite Press. He also leads writing workshops across the United States.
Pat Sebranek co-founded Write Source in 1977 along with Dr. Verne Meyer after co-authoring their first writing book, Basic English Revisited. Prior to founding Write Source, Mr. Sebranek taught writing and speaking at the high school level for 16 years, where he developed several courses aimed at helping students use the writing process more effectively. He applied those same strategies to Write for Business, the first publication of UpWrite Press. He continues to contribute to products that will help individuals improve their communication skills in the workplace.
Dr. John Van Rys currently teaches writing at Redeemer University College, Ancaster, Ontario. Van Rys has taught business writing for 18 years and often conducts in-house business writing training. A graduate of The University of Western Ontario and Dalhousie University, Van Rys received the highest scholarships available in Canada the SSHRCC (Canada Council) Doctoral Fellowship and the Killim Scholarship during his graduate studies. He has co-authored business-writing handbooks and materials for the educational and business-writing markets, including School to Work, The College Writer, COMP: Read, COMP: Write, The Research Writer, Write for Business, The Business Writer, Writing Effective E-Mail, and Writing Business and Sales Correspondence.
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