Write and Communicate Like a Professional

Covers how to improve professional style and tone, develop professional documents, work in teams, and plan and execute multiweek projects. The book also includes various types of professional writing while focusing on those communication forms used most often: emails, memos, and short reports.

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Write and Communicate Like a Professional is for the introductory technical writing student seeking to improve their writing and communication. The book covers how to improve professional style and tone, develop professional documents, work in teams, and plan and execute multiweek projects. It also includes various types of professional writing—such as letters, texts, handbooks, reports, agendas, press releases, and newsletters—while focusing on those communication forms used most often: emails, memos, and short reports.

Authors Kathryn Raign and Jake VanderVaate also cover such important communications skills as collaborative writing in a chapter on sharing and giving feedback. With clear graphics, clever problem-solution rubrics, and the latest coverage of informal technical writing delivered through social media formats of email and text, Write and Communicate Like a Professional is essential reading for your professional success.