Workshops and Writing Training Calendar and Payments

The CCEW develops and hosts workshops in conjunction with certified writing consultants and trained professionals in a variety of disciplines and fields. These theme-based workshops cover a wide array of topics, including subjects such as college preparedness, resume writing, writing essays to accompany college applications, improving business writing in the workplace, editing and revision tips, grammatical and stylistic concerns and creative writing. Workshops may be registered and paid for directly online on our secure Marketplace Ustore website with the link below. Or you can click on the calendar event and click the direct payment link to the workshop there.  Please remember to visit our workshop  policies page.

Workshop Calendar

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Communication Strategies to Improve Your Bottom Line

(See our  flyer )

Better writing can improve your business' reputation, branding, staff development, customer and employee relations.

Poor writing may be one of the most overlooked business deficiencies affecting companies of all sizes, but how well your employees and executives can write has a direct impact on your company’s operations and reputation. Inaccurate messages, instructions, and legal documents cause costly, but preventable, mistakes.

Find out how to improve your business operations through better communications. This seminar can make the difference.

Friday, March 8,  2019
8:30 – 10:00 am
FAU’s Boca Raton campus
Community Center for Excellence in Writing
GS Building 2, Room 215
777 Glades Road
Boca Raton, Fla.  33431-0991

Speakers:

Jeffrey R. Galin ,
Associate Professor, Department of English ,  Director UCEW/WAC/CCEW
Rafael Cruz,
Regional Director, FAU’s Florida Small Business Development Center
Barry Miller,
Executive Vice President USI Insurance Services LLC
Alex Clough,
Palm Beach Post Business columnist/reporter
Marcy Krugel,
Senior Instructor [Ret.] Business Communications Program College of Business, Florida Atlantic University
Megan Richards Bob,
Literacy Coalition of Palm Beach County Education and Family Literacy Director, Literacy Council of Palm Beach County

 

Resume Writing Workshops

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Resume Writing Workshops  are held the first two Saturdays of each month at the FAU CCEW office on the Boca Raton campus.  The cost is $65 for two 90-minute sessions held on Saturdays. Call the office for details.

Needs Assessment Review and On-site Business Writing Training

These in-depth business writing training sessions are scheduled on an individual basis. The CCEW business writing training sessions are completely customized and flexible.  There are two phases in the business workshop process:

1. Overall workplace needs assessments with accompanying interviews for communication/writing that determines strengths and weaknesses in the organization
2. Customized group training to help the employees become more effective writers
3. Individualized tutoring sessions if group support is not sufficient

The assessment can be separate or packaged with the workshops and/or individualized sessions.  Costs are based on assessment time, length of workshops, and number of individual sessions.
 
For more information, contact Chuck Epstein, FAU CCEW Coordinator, at 253-226-6339 epsteinc@fau.edu, or visit our website at www.fau.edu/ccew.

CCEW Calendar