PS75 PTA – 2014 PS75 Annual Online Auction
Auction Ends: May 8, 2014 10:00 PM EDT

Unique Experiences

Communication Skills Training - Public Writing Class

Item Number
325
Estimated Value
650 USD
Opening Bid
150 USD

Item Description

 

Whatever you write in business, your challenge remains constant. With every document, you must quickly organize your thoughts and communicate clearly and concisely.

Exec-Comm's Action Writing public program helps you meet this challenge. Business people write for only one purpose, to achieve action. Unclear or poorly organized documents create misunderstandings and waste everyone’s time.

Objective & Benefits

  • Write shorter documents
  • Use precise, concise language
  • Eliminate passive verbs
  • Write appropriate, results-oriented e-mails
  • Use sentence writing techniques to write in an interesting manner
  • Edit documents quickly
  • Organize information quickly and effectively
  • Adjust their style appropriately for each document's purpose and recipient

You will receive:

  • personalized assessment of your writing strengths and challenges
  • a workbook for the class
  • individual in-class feedback
  • access to an on-line manual

Item Special Note

Christine, as PS 75 parent, develops and delivers programs worldwide and has specialized in consultative sales, writing skills, public speaking, and staff training and development for over ten years. In addition to English she speaks Spanish and French. She calls upon her language skills and cultural sensitivity as she coaches executives for global clients including MetLife, Citi, Barclays and Mercer. Christine became a partner at Exec-Comm in 2008.  In this role, she also heads business development initiatives, recruiting and onboarding for the firm.

Before joining Exec-Comm, she worked as an executive with Leach & Garner Company. There, she worked with the company’s French satellite office, served Canadian clients, trained new hires and acted as company liaison to Italian vendors. With a market research firm in Boston, Christine conducted international market research for European companies in the prepress industry and trained new staff.

Christine graduated with a double major in French and Italian studies from Dickinson College in Pennsylvania and the Université de Toulouse - Le Mirail in Toulouse, France where she also taught at Sup'Aero, a prestigious engineer's school. A New England native, she now lives with her husband and daughters on the upper west side of Manhattan where she appreciates the diversity of the people and the proximity to the parks.  She travels to Chile regularly to visit her in-laws where she enjoys the people, language, scenery and delicious food.

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