Houghton Mifflin Strategic Business Letters and E-mail, Paperback, 374 pages (0618448330) (Paperback)

Posted by qpen on April 20, 2010

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This excellent resource has as its foundation the fact that businesses stand to lose billions of dollars because of the poor business writing generated within their offices. In a handsomely laid-out format, the author “walks you through” her program for making sure you and yours write business letters (which here include letters, faxes, e-mail messages, and memos) that help put your best business foot forward. Her program encompasses a six-step process, from basic g (more…)

How to Write A Social Letter Film: Writing Better Social Letters (1950) [DVD] – Proper Form for Letter Writing, Personal Thank You Letter Writing & Writing Formal Invitation Letter Film [Vintage] (1950)

Posted by qpen on November 8, 2009

Writing Better Social Letters is an educational film staring two teenagers, Nora and her older brother Walter, who learn how to write an effective social letter. Nora can’t seem to get her thank-you letter right, so Walter becomes her letter writing tutor and helps her through explanation and examples of proper letter writing. He tells her that a letter should sound like her normal speaking voice instead of overly formal and stilted. When Nora wonders why she should even bother, (more…)