{"id":10512,"date":"2020-11-06T01:06:51","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T01:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/?page_id=10512"},"modified":"2020-11-06T01:06:51","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T01:06:51","slug":"optional-resources","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/learning-pathways\/effective-business-writing-and-legal-considerations\/optional-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Optional resources"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<p>In this learning pathway, you have learnt about the principles of good writing and explored techniques for writing clearly and effectively. However, opportunities to improve your writing skills do not end with this course!\n<\/p>\n<p>On this page, we provide links to some additional, <i>optional<\/i> resources which will help you improve your writing skills.  The content will not be directly assessed in this course and is not included in the recommended learning hours. However, the resources do contain a lot of useful advice and examples of how to improve your writing, which you may find helpful if you plan to complete the assessment in this course, and for writing in any business context.\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"reading\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_reading.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Readings<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/saylordotorg.github.io\/text_business-communication-for-success\/s08-02-how-is-writing-learned.html\">Chapter 4.2: How is writing learned?<\/a> in Saylor Academy&#8217;s <i>Business Communication for Success<\/i> gives advice on developing your writing skills through experience, effort, critical thinking, and targeted practice.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/purdue_owl.html\">Purdue University&#8217;s Online Writing Lab (OWL)<\/a> is a free online collection of resources to help with writing projects. <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/site_map.html\">The site map<\/a> shows the full list of available resources. For example, for advice on writing more concisely and effectively, see:\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/academic_writing\/conciseness\/index.html\">Concision<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/academic_writing\/conciseness\/eliminating_words.html\">Eliminating words<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/owl.purdue.edu\/owl\/general_writing\/academic_writing\/conciseness\/changing_phrases.html\">Changing phrases<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"media\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ccom101\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_multimedia.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Videos<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/prowriting\/videos\">ProsWrite.com writing tutorial videos<\/a> give detailed guidance on effective writing styles and techniques. They also include exercises that you can do. We include links to a selection of them below.\n<\/p>\n<p>Note that the advice given in this series of videos reflects the expectations of Western audiences. Always remember to find out what is appropriate for the particular country and\/or culture that you are working within.\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/u7qy6eZbmt8\">Purposes for writing at work<\/a> emphasises the importance of understanding the purpose of your business communication. It says that all business writing can be classified into one of four purposes: valuing, consulting, informing, and directing.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/PRRhiHoM-Q8\">Informative prose<\/a> describes six strategies for informative writing in the context of developing a business plan to address audience needs effectively.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/-2xGlup9eeU\">Persuasive prose<\/a> explains how to increase audience readiness to accept messages by applying the three elements of persuasion \u2013 the writer\u2019s claim, convincing evidence for the claim, and effective interpretation of the evidence.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=xoWfy5Tik4E\">Tone<\/a> explains how to manage tone in business messages to convey a positive, professional attitude.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=6Q3kl2FIAM8\">Conciseness<\/a> explains how to achieve conciseness in business writing by replacing empty &#8216;filler&#8217; words with specific, informative verbs and nouns to emphasise your message.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/OKBEx7N0vcg\">Format<\/a> presents three simple formatting guidelines to make it easier for audiences to understand your business messages: page layout, typography, and lists.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/cxc6Z-u_sWY\">Graphics<\/a> discusses three main criteria for graphics choices in relation to your communication purpose and context.\n<\/li>\n<li><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/H1-dYygwDDY\">Placement of the bottom line<\/a> describes where to best place your key point in business documents to increase audience readiness to accept your message.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.025 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.029 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 216\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 842\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 9099\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 6230\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:178541-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20201105073236 and revision id 1082291\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/ccom101\/learning-pathways\/effective-business-writing-and-legal-considerations\/legal-implications-of-business-writing-2\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ccom101\/learning-pathways\/effective-business-writing-and-legal-considerations\/start-company-blog-challenge\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this learning pathway, you have learnt about the principles of good writing and explored techniques for writing clearly and effectively. 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