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What is the Write for Business Guide?
The Write for Business Guide is a free online handbook that helps business writers and their organizations communicate effectively and efficiently. It offers a wealth of research-based and classroom-tested resources for businesspeople, trainers, and instructors. The site also provides a nexus for an ever-growing array of Courses that teach the writing, communicating, and thinking skills necessary in today's workplace.
First published in book form in 2000, the Write for Business Guide is a special, 20th anniversary edition. Over its three revisions, the Write for Business Guide has become the go-to reference for workers in companies as diverse as Amgen and Blue Cross Blue Shield as well as many federal entities from the Federal Housing Finance Agency to the Department of Homeland Security. It is also a key college writing text at institutions such as Johnson & Wales University, University of Wisconsin, and Gateway Technical College.
View the Table of ContentsIf you like the Write for Business Guide, you might want to pick it up in book form.