Ithaca College

Email is a necessity for every business workplace but writing email well is not a skill that most people have been taught. When you’re at a desk and under time pressure to get work done, you usually don’t pause and review the rules for effective business writing. 

This 2-part email workshop will give you helpful tips so that you can compose your message content quickly, and then edit it into a clear, effective, and professional email for your reader. We’ll be discussing guidelines to organize your message for your reader’s benefit and work on examples in small groups and individually. Take a look at the email you write and receive: What factors make email hard to write? Hard to understand? Easy to follow and remember?    That’s where we’ll start!

 This workshop consists of 2 sessions. 

 ·         Part 1: This session will be held on Wednesday, November 4, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in GL 52 Peggy Ryan Williams Center.

·         Part 2: The second session will be held on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 from 1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. in GL 52 Peggy Ryan Williams Center.

 Please plan to attend both sessions.

This workshop is intended to be a resource for those responsible for providing written communication as part of their day-to-day responsibilities. 

Our facilitator for this program is Deb Hover. 

Deb has been designing and teaching staff communications workshops in Ithaca for over 20 years. She majored in business administration and has a master’s degree in adult education. Deb’s focus is to make workshops interesting and relevant so that attendees can actively participate and take tips back to use on the job. Before moving to Ithaca, Deb worked for ADP computing company in customer relations and training.      

To register for this workshop, go to http://ithacaits.gosignmeup.com/, login using your username and netpass, and follow instructions on the site.  Space is limited so sign up now!