Business Writing by Coursera
Course Highlights
- Write clearly and effectively.
Skills you will learn!
Curriculum
26 Topics
The Effective Communication Specialization
What's So Great About the Capstone?
What is Good Writing?
Be the Windowpane
Waste No Time
Don't Sound Smart; Be Smart
Own Your Ideas
Everyone Needs an Editor; or the Story of My Failure
Who are you?
Appearance Matters
Looking Your Best
Dave Gives Pointers: Type is the Message
Success!
Earn Academic Credit for your Work!
Course Support
About the For-Credit Version of this course
A Few Important Points About This Course
Why Johnny Can't Write and Employers Are Mad
You Can Never Be a Worse Writer Than I Was
Simplifying Sentences
Edit out the Wishy-Washy
Improve Memos with Design Elements
Writing Principles and Design
Introduce Yourself and Meet Other Learners!
Have You Noticed Good or Bad Writing?
Have You Noticed Bad Design?
17 Topics
Organize or Die
Great Writers Are Great Revisers
The Organizational Scaffold You Need for Everything
Quentin William and Dave Brainstorm the Memo
Bonus Video: The Basics of Greatness
A Blank Page: Facing the Void
Say it: The Body Paragraphs
Building Out the Scaffold
The Conclusion Concludes
Have No Fear of English as a Second Language
New York Times: "What Corporate America Can't Build: A Sentence"
The Elements of the Scaffold
Compare Openings
Starting with the Most Important Point
Practicing the Scaffold
How Do You Get Ready to Write?
Share an Example of Poor Organization
29 Topics
It's Go Time!
The First Paragraph Roadmap
Signposting with Topic Sentences
William on Voicing Writing: How Does it Sound?
Writing a Paragraph
Revising a Paragraph
The Conclusion Concludes (Reprise)
Does Good Grammar Matter?
Grammar Blast: I vs. Me
Grammar Blast: Mangled Modifiers
Grammar Blast: Serial or Oxford Comma
Grammar Blast: Pronoun Problems
Grammar Blast: Apostrophe Abuse
Grammar Blast: Your You're Their They're There
Grammar Blast: That vs. Which
Rubric Training Quiz
Rubric Training Quiz
What Goes in the First Paragraph?
Writing Strong Topic Sentences
Critique These Conclusions
I vs. Me
Fix These Modifiers
Serial Comma Practice
Pronoun Placement
Apostrophe Practice
Your vs. You're There vs. Their vs. They're: Test Your Skill!
That vs. Which
Second Paragraph of Coursera Pitch
Writing an Intro Paragraph
26 Topics
Writing IS Revision
Check Your Scaffold
Keep It Simple
Brevity is the Soul of Wit
Dave on How Logo Design Reflects Brevity and Clarity
Always be Specific; Avoid Generalities and Jargon
The Power of Active Voice
Limit Crutch Verbs
Cut Prepositional Phrases
Don't Repeat Words
Always Proofread
A Word on Email
Long Documents in Brief
In Conclusion
Time to Design: Dave Takes the Memo
Credits
Simplify Sentences
Edit Out Generalities and Jargon
Identify Passive Voice
Change from Passive to Active
Remove "to be" and "to have"
Edit out Prepositional Phrases
Finding Repeated Words
Final Editing Quiz
Edit My First Paragraph
How Have You Changed Your Writing?
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