Businesspeople are busy. They do not want to read long emails, memos, and / or documents to find what they are looking for. Businesspeople expect to receive clear and concise correspondence. Future ...

I was a science kid in high school; I loved physics and mathematics. When I learned my senior year that I was assigned to the English teacher with a reputation as the most rigorous in school, I ...

We know the value of oral communication skills for today’s workers, but that other type of communication— writing — is just as important. With today’s emphasis on fast communication through technology ...

When torn between potential new hires, it might be wise to choose the candidate with strong writing skills. We know that businesses are spending billions each year on remedial writing training, and in ...

One of the benefits of starting a company is that you get to meet a lot of interesting people. If you’re smart, you make the most of this benefit by asking them for advice. I’ve found that most people ...

Nearly three quarters of American students who took the first-ever computer-based national writing exam did not communicate effectively, even when allowed to use spell check, a thesaurus and other ...

I am a freshman in high school and want to improve my writing skills. I like math and science and my Spanish classes, but I have a hard time relating to the writing assignments in my English class.

Shorthand, social media writing has become all too familiar for my generation. (Isn’t filtering in ‘lol’ to almost any conversation second nature at this point?). But our hundred or so texts a day and ...