Course Description

In this course you will learn to quickly and confidently edit your documents for better sentence-level clarity. You'll know how to be efficient and where to focus editing attention during quick turnarounds.
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We explore these key topics:

  • Where to focus your editing attention for clarity, brevity, and word choice at the sentence level

  • When and how to use tools for readability measurements and proofreading as part of your editing arsenal

Learn quickly and confidently edit your documents for better sentence-level clarity

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Course Outline

    1. Your Instructors

    2. Your Mini-Course

    3. Review your writing with an instructor

    1. Lesson 1: Introduction

    2. Lesson 2: Break up long sentences

    3. Lesson 3: Focus on the first 8 words

    4. Lesson 4: Use the active voice

    5. Lesson 5: Use everyday words

    6. Module 1 Quiz

    7. Keep Editing: Download the Clutterbust Guide

    1. Lesson 1: Introduction

    2. Lesson 2: Proofreading on your own

    3. Tutorial: Hemingway App

    4. Tutorial: Grammarly

    5. Tutorial: Difficult & Extraneous Word Finder

    6. Tutorial: MS Word Review Features

    7. Tutorial: WebFX Readability Test

    8. Module 2 Quiz

    9. Optional next step: Review your draft with an instructor

Course details

  • $249.00
  • 19 lessons
  • 1 hour of video content

Learn how to be efficient and where to focus your editing attention

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Who should take this course?

  • Communications and public relations professionals

  • Corporate and business leaders

  • Digital marketers and social media experts

  • Nonprofit leaders and advocacy professionals

  • Consultants, solo practitioners, and agency team members

  • Professionals in employee and Internal communications

  • Role changing professionals who have recently taken on a new project or role that requires more writing or a fast development of their written communication skills

  • Anyone who writes a lot at work or needs to be a “jack of all trades” in terms of producing a wide variety of documents with different audiences and purposes

Learn when and how to use tools for readability measurements and proofreading

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Instructor(s)

Casey Mank

Instructor

Casey Mank is the Co-founder of Bold Type, a women-owned communications training firm based in Washington, DC. She has worked with writers from organizations including Kellogg’s, Sephora, MasterCard, Viacom Media, the Kauffman Foundation, the Aspen Institute, the PR Council, the PR Society of America, and the National Association of Government Communicators. Casey serves on the Board of Directors at the nonprofit Center for Plain Language and teaches writing at Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business and School of Nursing and Health Studies. She is proud to have helped thousands of students and professionals get to the point and reach their audiences with greater impact.

Grace Aldridge Foster

Instructor

Grace Aldridge Foster, Bold Type Co-Founder, has been training writers for over a decade. Her clients include organizations like Capital One, UPS, Johnson & Johnson, Biogen, the U.S. Special Operations Command, the Aspen Institute, and the DC Public Education Fund. Grace is a frequent lecturer at Georgetown University's McDonough School of Business. Her writing has appeared in Forbes, Smithsonian Insider, and more.