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Title: Proofreading for Business Professionals
Class Date: June 28, 2010
Time: 8:30am - 4:30pm
Instructor: Debra A. Smith
Location: One Highland Center, 314 E. Highland Mall Blvd., Suite 403, Austin, TX 78752
Price: $225
Early Bird Discount: $199 if you register by May 28, 2010.
How will you benefit from this seminar?
At “Proofreading for Business Professionals” you’ll be introduced to practical and up-to-date grammar guidelines, pointers for use in everyday punctuation, common word choice mistakes, and sentence construction “taboos.” You’ll receive tips and techniques that the proofreading pros use and practice using proofreading marks that can save you time. You’ll find out the answers to your capitalization questions, know how to write numbers (figures or words?), and receive realistic spelling rules and guidelines. The end result will be increased knowledge and confidence that will help you produce more polished, more professional, and more powerful written communication.
What you will learn:
In this one-day, fast-paced workshop you’ll learn:
Time-tested proofreading methods for producing mistake-free documents
Strategies for staying alert when proofreading boring copy
Secrets for catching the sneaky typos
The universal language of editors—proofreaders’ marks
Building blocks for better sentences
“Must-know” grammar rules for error-free correspondence
Pointers to mastering punctuation
Spelling tips that are easy to remember and use
The most commonly confused word pairs and how to choose the correct word
The case for capitalization—when to capitalize vs. when not to
Answers to the age-old number questions—figures vs. wordsa,/p>
What are some of the topics?
Proofreading payoffs for you and your organization
Setting the stage for positive proofreading
Five excellent paths to error-free documents
Proofreaders’ marks
Proofreading numbers and names
Proofing for sentence structure
The rules of subject/verb agreement
Know your pronouns—I vs. me vs. myself; who vs. whom
How to avoid sexist language
When to use commas, semicolons, and colons
Where to place apostrophes—before or after the “s”
The differences between dashes and parentheses
How to handle quotation marks
Suggestions for improving your spelling
200 frequently misspelled words
The most commonly confused word pairs—affect vs. effect, farther vs. further
To capitalize or not—answers to sticky questions
The number issue—should you use figures or words?
The final test—putting your skills into action
Instructor Bio: Debra A. Smith
Debra Smith's program specialties include communications, time management, stress management, conflict management, teamwork, and customer relations. Drawing on a store of practical business knowledge, anecdotes, and examples gleaned from her years of personal experience, Debra inspires, encourages, and coaches more than 20,000 people a year through her seminars and workshops. She has helped hundreds of organizations increase productivity and develop a more committed, cohesive workforce.
Debra holds a M.B.A. degree in management from Golden Gate University. She is the author of three books—How to Create High-Impact Letters, Memos, and E-Mail, How to Create High-Impact Reports and Proposals, and Powerful Proofreading Skills—as well as the audio and videotape programs Professional Telephone Skills, Powerful Presentation Skills, and Proofreading and Editing Skills. Several of her programs have been syndicated internationally.
CPE: 8 hours
TX Board of Public Accountancy Sponsor Number: 009317
Cancellation Information: Cancellation Date: June 7, 2010
To cancel your registration from this course, please call or email the course
contact listed below. If a cancellation is received after the cancellation
date, the registrant will be charged $75 for course materials.
If you are making travel plans to come to the training, please make "refundable" air and hotel reservations or wait until 14 days before the class to actually book your reservations. Courses are occasionally canceled or rescheduled due to low enrollment. We determine whether a course has enough participants approximately 16 days prior to the course date. If we cancel or reschedule, we will email the participant no later than 14 days before the original class date. Solutions Training will not pay for cancellation/change fees associated with travel and hotel arrangement changes.
Class participants will
be billed after the class. Payment should be made to SOLUTIONS TRAINING GROUP,
Federal Tax ID: 20-2732184 and mailed to 2701 Maria Anna Rd, Austin, TX 78703.
If you have any questions, please contact Shannon Bieberdorf at (512) 914-5557
shannon@solutionstraininggroup.com. For
additional information about this class, please contact Laurie Garrant at laurie@solutionstraininggroup.com,
(512) 914-5567.
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