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Peer reviewedChiodo, Beverly A.; Hatcher, Barbara A. – Journal of Education for Business, 1988
The authors discuss how to write an effective, persuasive letter to an elected official. They encourage business communications instructors to promote letter writing to their students as a means of political activism. (CH)
Descriptors: Adults, Business Education, Legislators, Letters (Correspondence)
Holm, Kirsten C., Ed.; Prues, Don, Ed. – 1997
This guide provides up-to-date marketing information for those individuals who are developing or who wish to develop a career in writing. Featured in the guide are more than 2000 consumer and trade magazines; over 1250 book publishers; and more than 940 card companies, syndicates, script buyers, and contests. The guide's comprehensive and…
Descriptors: Marketing, Professional Development, Publishing Industry, Self Employment
PDF pending restorationWest Virginia State Vocational Curriculum Lab., Cedar Lakes. – 1976
This curriculum guide is the first part of a two-part volume developed to assist those who are engaged in implementing prevocational exploration programs concerned with business and office occupations. It consists of experiential learning pacs that sample a variety of competencies performed by various workers employed in the business and office…
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Business Skills, Career Exploration, Competency Based Education
Download full textCivil Service Commission, Washington, DC. Bureau of Training.
Designed for a 6-day training session, this manual includes a 27-item reading list of references for letterwriting (five of them government publications), detailed instruction, and nine examples of good letters. Examples and exercises are provided on how to write as you talk, good and poor opening sentences, coherence, transitions and linking…
Descriptors: Business Correspondence, Career Development, Clerical Occupations, Instructional Materials
Cincinnati Public Schools, OH. Dept. of Research and Development. – 1974
The purpose of this instructional "pac" is to provide individuals with the skills and information needed when seeking employment. The curriculum, designed for ten sessions, is intended to be taught by volunteers from the local community, business, industry and the civil service. Different activities are used in the class sessions and include…
Descriptors: Biographical Inventories, Community Involvement, Curriculum Guides, Employment
De Vries, Mary A. – 1994
Intended to help international business people create business documents of style and substance for correspondents in many different cultures (correspondents whose second or even third language is English), this guide is extremely useful for the millions who travel internationally, work abroad, and correspond with business people in other…
Descriptors: Business Communication, Communication Problems, Communication Skills, Cultural Context
Office of Consumer Affairs, Washington, DC. – 1984
This handbook was designed to help persons avoid consumer problems, handle their own complaints if they occur, and guide them to additional sources of help if necessary. The book can also be helpful to complaint handlers when they attempt to direct consumers to the appropriate source of assistance. The guide contains three general sections. The…
Descriptors: Agencies, Agency Role, Community Resources, Consumer Economics
