Writing for Library Workplace and Career Success - Webinar (02/05/19)

Memos, e-mails, newsletters, social media posts, newspaper articles, blogs, reports, and plans: Most workplaces require you to write well, particularly if you want to be promoted, have your ideas be accepted, or earn more responsibility. But some people focus on other technical and professional skills until they find they need to catch up with their written communication skills in a hurry.

Learn the importance of identifying your target audience and setting goals before you begin writing, tricks for “self-editing,” why the grammar police often are wrong, writing for social media outlets, and why less is more.

Outcomes for this class include impressing bosses and co-workers, writing liking the person you want to be, and becoming more influential in your written interactions.

Virtual Trainer: Pat Wagner

Pat Wagner has been a library consultant and trainer since 1978. She has a liberal arts degree with a double major in performance and written communication.
 
Her motto: Everything we write is a draft.

Although her grammar ain’t perfect, Pat writes for pleasure and profit every day. She has written books, newspaper editorials, magazine articles, grant proposals, how-to manuals, radio news, brochures, book reviews, short stories, online courses, and poetry, often on unreasonable deadlines, as well as editing other writers’ works and coaching them to further success. She is known for good-humored and practical programsand a gentle touch when it comes to editing..

This is an online class. Access information will be emailed one week ahead.

Cost: NEFLIN classes are free of charge for Florida library staff. Registration is required for all classes and NEFLIN members get priority.